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What is the Water Cycle? Why do we have weather? Go on a journey from viewpoint of the sun, the earth, the ocean, the water droplets, the clouds and more who tell a story that is based on real science...

My Pet Rattlesnake is an interactive story between storyteller and children. Feel free to adlib your own words. Usually, whatever the children say, the storyteller says something different. “Do you ...

Why are Spring Flowers valued? It may be their beauty, colors or smells. Learning about flowers lets you recognize them around you. You might try to grow them inside. Know your plant zone to help you ...

Peter lives in his grandfather’s house near a forest. When he leaves his yard, he leaves the gate open. Peter and the Wolf is a story about bravery and saving nature. 

A dead man walked out of his tomb. Now a merchant’s entire world refuses to balance.Caleb ben Josiah has built his life on certainty — on weights that balance, contracts that hold, and truths that...

Betty Adams lives in a particularly damp and remote corner of the Pacific Northwest and like a hobbit enjoys visitors so long as she knows them in advance and knows when they are coming. She was born ...

People worship technology on Planet Daishon.With inventions that prolong life and eradicate disease, it's little wonder. Death seems obsolete until an earthquake kills thousands, including Mallory's p...

Abby, Liam, Ben, and Charlotte are very hard workers. After many years, they finally make a time machine. What will happen when they go back in time to the age of dinosaurs?

Over 400 years ago, I was just a rock lying on the shore of America. It was soooo boring. I wished something exciting would happen to me, anything! I’m just a rock head. I’m made of granite. Only,...

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?

You might say that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. You should be so lucky. My name is William Randolph Hearst. Do I have any regrets about my life and my choices? I died with no friends, h...

A day without laughter is a day wasted! Anyone can tell jokes. Enjoy these jokes about trucks.