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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. Alice, the main character, has gone into a strange world after she followed a rabbit down a hole. Alice spends a lot of time in this world becoming tiny and then growing very large. In this passage, a caterpillar…
One day at lunch, best friends Olivia and William had an argument. “A tomato is a vegetable,” said William. “You can tell because it belongs in soup and salad.” “What about a fruit salad?” asked Olivia. “A tomato is a fruit. My dad says so.” “Would you put tomatoes in yogurt or pie?”…
Peter Pan is a book about the adventures of Peter, a boy who did not want to grow up, and his friends from London named Wendy, Michael, and John. Peter has taught the children to fly, and they have gone to Peter’s home called Neverland. Once there, they meet the…
Twin sisters Ella and Madison were in the bedroom on a sunny Saturday morning. The girls both had long blonde hair and brown eyes. Ella’s hair hung down her back in a neat braid with a pretty yellow ribbon on the end. Madison’s hair was a bit of a mess…
The King looked at his garden from the balcony. “I can’t stand it any longer. We have to find a gardener who can bring my garden to life.” “We’ve tried,” said the Queen. “No matter who works in the garden, they can’t get anything to grow.” The King tightened his…
Students take lunch breaks at school every day, and grown-ups take them at their jobs. Almost everyone stops to eat at some point in his or her day, and that includes astronauts. Eating a meal in space takes some extra planning and preparation. Weightlessness raises a special set of concerns…
Wendy the Wasp loved sweets. Her favorite things to eat were sugary fruits like grapes and raspberries. She lived in a nest in the ground with hundreds of her brothers and sisters. Wendy’s nest was in a park, so it was easy to find bits of fruit that children left…
Today, people who are deaf and blind can receive a standard education. Schools and organizations help them make the necessary adaptations. However, this was not always the case. At one time, educators had few ideas about how to teach children who were both deaf and blind. Laura Dewey Bridgman may…
On this Saint Patrick’s Day, The leprechauns will play A game that brings them smiles Across the many miles. For way up in the sky, A rainbow gleams on high And makes a lovely slide Upon which they can glide. So to the top they go And call, “Look out below!”…
Ohiye S’a, whose English name was Charles Alexander Eastman, was a member of the Dakota tribe of Native Americans. A writer and doctor, he was the first to write about tribal life from the Native American viewpoint. Born in Minnesota in 1858, Eastman wrote Indian Boyhood in 1902. It tells…
