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A kangaroo has powerful hind legs, a thick tail, and a pouch in which females carry their young. Kangaroos are a symbol of Australia. Why are they so important?

Ladybugs for kids with questions and answers that may be used as a self-quiz for preview or review. The ladybug life cycle, trivia, and jokes are included.

With her beloved cousin, Sarah, still languishing in a labor camp in Linz, Monika Ritter and her fellow OSS operative, Hans Viertel, return to Austria on a double mission—to rescue Sarah and investi...

Trees are the biggest plants on earth. Life could not exist without trees and many plants that produce oxygen for humans and other animals to breathe. Trees improve our air, save water, preserve the s...

Similes (SIM-uh-LEEZ) are words that can make you smile. Similes are words that compare two different things. Similes have either the word “LIKE” or the word “AS”. Have fun making up your...

A pattern is a repeated design that is found everywhere in our world and even in outer space. Fractals are never-ending patterns also found everywhere.

A colorfully illustrated retelling of a Grimm’s Fairy Tale about a wife and husband who are both poor shoemakers. In a time of need, they are helped by the kindness of strangers.

I sit down and look at my computer screen. Oh! No! A virus alert! My fingers touch the dusty screen. I feel like I’m falling into a bottomless pit. I shrink smaller and fly into my computer. I’m s...

Learn the shape and name of each of the 13 colonies using puns that have more than one meaning. For example: This colony looks like a new leg of ham hung on the wall, for sure! What’s it called? Loo...

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...

It is 1620. We Pilgrims do not agree with the Church of England and decide to sail to America which is known as the New World. Ahead of us is a wooden cargo ship with no sails. We see a wooden mayflow...

The three little pigs each build a house. One builds a house of straw. One builds a house of sticks. One builds a house of bricks. Along comes a wolf. What will happen next?