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Count Your Way through China
From the Series Count Your Way
According to a Chinese myth, four animals helped create the universe. This ancient story joins nine other descriptions of Chinese life and culture—from the five tones of the Chinese musical… Read More →
A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story about George Washington Carver
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very… Read More →
Buttons for General Washington
From the Series On My Own History
Fourteen-year-old John Darragh was a spy. But British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777 was not a safe place for an American spy. If he were captured, John knew he would be hanged. In this… Read More →
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
From the Series On My Own History
Abbie was afraid. She had never had to keep the lights burning by herself. But many lives depended on the lighthouse, and Papa was depending on Abbie. This is the exciting true story of… Read More →
Silkworms
From the Series Lerner Natural Science
Silkworms are not actually worms at all. They are the caterpillars of a large white moth. Many moth caterpillars produce silk thread inside their bodies, but the thread of the silkworm is so… Read More →