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A  nation does not fall overnight. It happens quietly. One compromise at a time. When foreign powers begin exploiting Canada’s economic vulnerabilities, few people recognize the dange...

"Why did the chicken cross the road?”"To get to the other side."I loved that joke and retold it for years, as did millions of children who recall it as their first and archetypal riddle. We were per...

Donald Davis is running. Running from his life, his regrets, and the man he failed to be. When he turns his car onto an empty highway, the road itself begins to fight back. This is no ordinary road tr...

Children’s illustrator Shelley Dieterichs has created and illustrated this Fun ABC Flipbook – using her illustrated Boys, Girls, Dogs, Cats, Sports and Zoo Animal Alphabet letters.  This ador...

Rhymes can have meanings that are not the same for different people or rhymes can just be nonsense. Enjoy these many bedtime rhymes. 

The platypus or duckbill has feet and beak like a duck with a flat tail like a beaver and fur like an otter. Except for zoos, the platypus is only found in the rivers and streams of eastern Australia ...

Some historians refer to the USA 1980’s or Eighties as “The Conservative Decade”. It was a time when traditions were emphasized such as social and family stability, economic growth, military str...

There were many parables told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Bible. What can we learn from the parable of the Good Samaritan?

Pixie is a beautiful dog with bright eyes and a tail that wags like a paintbrush that paints the air with joy. Pixie’s owner owns a bookstore named after her. Pixie hears the Woods whispering to her...

What do you do if you don’t like writing? First, try to find out why you don’t like writing. This can help you find ways to enjoy writing. If your hand hurts when you write, there are many ways to...

This is an Aesop Fables over 2,000 years old. You can enjoy reading this fable and try to think about its meaning. At the end of this tale, you will be challenged to figure out the meaning or moral of...

“Mama and Papa, I’m hungry!” says baby goat Gruff. Mama goat and Papa goat Gruff say, “Yes, we’re starving, too. Baby goat Gruff asks, “Can we cross over the bridge to greener pastures?”...