Stories for young minds

Why are snakes important? Snakes control pest populations such as rats and mice that might overpopulate and destroy crops or carry diseases. They can be both predator and prey. Snakes maintain a healt...

To understand what a virus is and what you can do about viruses, you must first learn about living cells that are invaded by viruses. This can help you prevent infections by viruses as well as stop th...

Veterans Day is a holiday observed every year on November 11th. It honors military soldiers who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Since 1775, the United States Armed Forces have played an...

I’m a baby groundhog living underground in a den. Snow is above me. Living in a cold place, I grow two coats of hair. One is gray-white and the other layer is thick brownish. I’m grown up now. My ...

Because of movies and books, bats are misunderstood by many people. Some think that all bats fly into your hair, carry rabies, and are blind bloodsuckers. In fact, bats are smart, gentle animals. They...

Some historians refer to the USA 1990’s or Nineties as the “Prosperity and Conflict Decade”. It was a time with prosperity, a presidential scandal, signs of the conflicts to come with the first ...

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...

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...