Little Rabbit should have known better, but he is a very little bunny who is headed for his first day of school. Against his mother’s advice, he decides to take Charlie Horse-a wooden horse on wheels, pulled by a string-with him. Mama... Read More

Two bugs, Frieda and Gloria, green and slightly grasshoppery in appearance, are about as opposite in personality as friends can be. Tall Gloria is brave and adventurous; short Frieda is afraid of everything, real and imagined. When... Read More

Pachyderms are known for their memory, but the welcome of a new member of a elephant sanctuary herd came as a tender surprise. Shirley lived at a zoo for twenty-three years after a broken leg rendered her unable to do circus tricks. When... Read More

If children need a new superhero, they should skip Hollywood’s fictitious offerings and learn about China’s real Su Dongpo. “He was the best,” concludes the author. Demi builds her case by sharing the quality of the man, not just... Read More

Loch Ness has its monster and Wisconsin has its Hodag. Although neither has ever been captured, these mythological creatures have spawned wonderful tales and legends. Generations of lumberjacks in the Wisconsin forests have amused... Read More

The role of African-Americans in United States? military history is not well known. Stories about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen, who fought in World War II, are becoming more familiar, as are others about the blacks who fought in the Civil... Read More

Who could resist another invitation from Uncle Max to accompany him and his family on a scientific adventure? Certainly not his nephew, Riley, and neither will the reader. Riley tells his fellow soccer players in the United States that... Read More

In a time not so long ago when people respected the land and wildlife and relied on nature’s bounty for sustenance, lack of buffalo to hunt meant starvation and even death for indigenous people who lived on the plains. As winter... Read More