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We are Quirky Mice. We wonder what quirky means? We think it means “odd”. Do you have any quirks?

A retelling of the fable, "Belling the Cat". Try to figure out the moral at the end of the tale. Possible meanings or morals are given.

Easter celebrates Jesus rising from the dead with the promise of new hope and a new life. Easter reminds us that good things can happen, that love never ends, and that new beginnings are always possib...

I am born in Iceland around 970 AD. Leif Erikson is my name. I wonder what I’ll do when I grow up? My father is a Viking who has red hair and a red beard. Maybe that’s why he is called Erik the Re...

It’s a cold, windy day. There’s a house. I hope that they can spare some food for a hungry hobo. The story of Stone Soup is a folk tale for you to find the meaning. A recipe for homemade soup is i...

A part of science is asking questions, then guessing the answers and checking your answers. It’s okay to guess wrong. You can learn even from a wrong guess. Guess how many water drops fit on a penny...

What do you think is the largest organ of your body? Have fun learning about some of the organs of your body along with this quiz for you to guess them.

Twice upon a time, a long, long, time ago only yesterday, I was riding my horse named “Giddy-Up”. All of a sudden, Giddy-Up stopped. What do you think I saw?

My name is Clarissa Harlowe Barton. Maybe I will have a nickname like “Clara”. When I am 3 years old, I go to school and do well in reading and spelling. In school, I have only one true friend bec...

It is 1792. I am now grown up and 18 years old. I talk my 11 year-old brother Nathaniel Cooley Chapman into going west with me. Ours is a roaming life, walking in bare feet and wearing raggedy clothes...

Long ago, there was a gigantic mountain with sky‑splitting lightning storms. Deep in the mountain, there was a cave. What was that glowing light?

A rhyme for children to guess the meaning. The itsy, bitsy spider Climbed up the waterspout.Down came the rain. And washed the spider out. Out came the sunAnd dried up all the rain. And the itsy, bi...