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Somebody Catch That Christmas Tree!
“POPCORN, NO!” MRS. SIDNEY shouted.
Glorious Gelt!
ON HANUKKAH, FAMILIES exchange presents, play dreidel, and snack on delicious gelt: chocolate candies shaped like coins. Why coins?
Woolly Weather Woes
BZZZZZZ WENT THE sheep-shearing clippers.“Hold her tight, Humphrey!” Hildy cried.
Fabulous Facts: Sheep
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison all had sheep. President Woodrow Wilson kept sheep on the White House lawn.—Ophelia
A Future In The Making
Three high school researchers are on the cutting edge of science
Friends And Enemies In Times Of War
Long before the first European settlers arrived in North America, the Haudenosaunee formed their confederacy. Joining together allowed them to establish themselves as a dominant native force.
Meet The Haudenosaunee
Thousands of years ago, five distinct Native American nations—the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas engaged in constant war with one another.
The Peacemaker Story
Most historians say that the Haudenosaunee Confederacy came together during the 15th century.
The Floating City
If you put a fish on dry land, can it survive? That is the way we people here are like. We cannot live on land. Living on water is part of our culture.” -Noah Shemede, native of Makoko
Welcome To Nollywood
Lagos is home to Nollywood, one of the world’s largest film industries. More than 2,500 movies are made in Nollywood each year. The industry adds about $10 billion a year to the country’s economy. According to the International Monetary Fund, as many as one million Nigerians work in the movie industry.
Preserving Ancient Mysteries At The Nigerian National Museum
Many amazing works of art are on display at the Niegerian National Museum in Lagos.
LAGOS: A City Of Opportunity
The Nigerian city of Lagos is Africa’s most heavily populated city. It is home to an estimated 21 million people. Researchers at the Global Cities Institute predict it will be the world’s largest city by the year 2100. By then, they estimate the city’s population will have reached 88 million.
Printing Big
WHO’S THE BIGGEST MAKER OF THEM ALL?
Eshu: The Yoruba Trickster God
One hot afternoon, two friends were having an argument.
The Bubbler
Bursting with ideas at the Madison Public Library
Digital Detectives
Printing Dinosaurs For Summer Science
The Fable Of The Three Cats
ALONG TIME AGO, when the ancient landscape of Japan was dotted with hundreds of castles and the country was ruled by the sword, there was a great samurai warrior who was pestered by a large rat.
Stomp Troopers
Inspired by a certain space opera, young makers let the good times roll!
The Chocolate Hills of Bohol
Wait, did you say, “Chocolate Hills?!” If you have mouth-watering images of mounds of chocolate ready to be munched, your taste buds will be sorely disappointed.
When a Whale Falls
When an enormous whale dies, its body sinks to the bottom of the ocean. There it provides food for thousands of deep-sea creatures.
One-Hundred Eighty Bars A Day
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. What about a chocolate bar a day? Cacao beans, the primary ingredient in chocolate, are part of the fruit from a flowering tree, just like apples. Cacao beans are the seeds from the cacao fruit. Cacao beans have more than 300 chemicals, including a poison. Yet eating a chocolate bar doesn’t kill us—it makes us happy.
Pumpkin Pockets
Making of Recipes.
The Haunted House Next Door
The Broaddus family had just bought their dream home and couldn’t wait to move in. Until ominous letters began arriving in the mail.
From Bean to Bar
Aztecs believed that chocolate was the gift from a god, and most people today would probably agree that it is a heavenly treat. The ingredients of this exotic and ancient food gets its complex flavors from the fruit of cacao trees. In fact, it might be strange to think about, but chocolate is made from the seeds of this fruit, the cacao pod.
A World Without Chocolate?
Many people enjoy a steaming cup of hot chocolate on a snowy day or a gooey candy bar as an afternoon treat. So rumors predicting that chocolate would disappear from the planet by the mid-21st century sent chocoholics into a frenzy.
Doodlebug & Dandelion
Ghost Walk
The Three Shades Of Chocolate
Like coffee, chocolate contains caffeine—but in much smaller quantities. White chocolate has no caffeine; milk chocolate has some; dark chocolate has the most.
The Very Wicked Witch and the Village Play
THE VERY WICKED Witch sat at her gnarled breakfast table and chuckled.
The Epic World Of Puppet Theater
A DRAGON EMERGES from a foggy lake.
A Short, Sweet History Of Chocolate
No one knows exactly when and how the delights of chocolate were first discovered.