How a poor kid from Trinidad developed what became the only new instrument of the century: the steel pan drum. A bio of musician/drum maker Ellie Mannette.
This article is an eyewitness account of the flood that occurred on St. Patrick's Day 1936 in Johnstown, PA. The narrator was fifteen at the time. She describes the fear she felt and the extent of the flood's damage to the town.
Story about Jackson Liaram one of the Maasai people who grew up in a village near a large wildlife preserve in Kenya. Animals include the African buffalo elephants lions ostriches giraffes baboons and hippos.
Real dinosaurs! Read about Triceratops' horns and their purpose. Did you know that there are animals alive today that move similarly to dinosaurs? Sometimes museums display copies of dinosaur fossils instead of the real thing. Learn how the Smithsonian made an exact copy of a dinosaur skeleton. A dinosaur fan's dreams came true as he watched a dinosaur skeleton being rebuilt. Stories by Sharon Pochron, Cheryl M. Reifsnyder, Ph.D., Suzanne McIntire, and Don Lessem, Dinosaur Editor.
