Manatees – Cows of the Sea!
What’s grey and brown and kind of looks like a floating potato? A Manatee! Check out these fun facts on these slow-moving water mammals (also known as ‘Sea Cows’). Did […]
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I'm a freelance writer and the creator/writer/editor of Smarty Pants Magazine for Kids; a nonfiction publication for children of all ages.
Audio Storytime – Stick Monsters
Listen and read-along with this adventurous story by, Jennie Gardner. It was the flash of lightning and the roll of thunder that made Kit and Florence tumble from their beds. […]
Show Us Your Stuff Saturday – A Bee Poem!
Check out this Springtime poem by our regular contributor, Avyaan R. Age – 7 Bee Suggestions If I were a bee You will all see I would fly Till I […]
Ancient Libraries Before Books
by, Jo Carol Hebert There was a time when there was no written word, but only the spoken word. In those days, ancient peoples were nomads – hunter/gatherers on the […]
Target This…Let’s Play Archery
You eye your target, take your stance, pull back on the string and let your arrow fly. It soars through the air, then… Thwack! It’s a bulls-eye! You draw another […]
The Queen is Coming! The Queen is Coming!
by, Jo Carol Hebert Listen to this post as a podcast. Bar the castle doors! Shut the tapestry drapes! Pull up the drawbridge . . . ! Queen Elizabeth the […]
It’s World Turtle Day!
Did you know there are around 300 different species of the turtle? It is one of the oldest animals on the planet, dating back around 220 million-years-ago. The turtle is […]
The Mystery of Sally Lightfoot
Who is Sally Lightfoot? a Canadian figure skater a British news reporter a Galapagos Island crab Surprise! Sally Lightfoot is a Galapagos Island crab. Possibly named for the energetic dancing […]
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