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Amy Lowell: Nightmare: A Tale for an Autumn Evening
Nightmare: A Tale for an Autumn EveningAfter a Print by George CruikshankIt was a gusty night, With the wind booming, and swooping, Looping round corners, Sliding over the cobble-stones,…Amy Lowell: Red Slippers
Red SlippersRed slippers in a shop-window, and outside in the street, flaws of grey, windy sleet!Behind the polished glass, the slippers hang in long threads of red, festooning from the…Weather: Staying Safe in a Storm
Staying Safe in a StormWeatherThere's No Place Like HomeThunderstormsDoing the TwistThe ChaseStaying Safe in a Storm In a tornado, winds are so great that brick and concrete walls can collapse.…Amy Lowell: The Paper Windmill
The Paper WindmillThe little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning. The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica. In the trees, a…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Old House
The BellThe Happy FamilyThe Old House In the street, up there, was an old, a very old house - it was almost three hundred years old, for that might be known by reading the great beam on…Fun Facts About Skyscrapers
From the father of the skyscraper to a building with a view by Karen Barss The Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France The Empire State Building, in New York City The Sears Tower, in…Peter Pan: The Return Home
"Hook or Me this Time" When Wendy Grew Up The Return Home By three bells that morning they were all stirring their stumps [legs]; for there was a big sea running; and Tootles, the bo'…Rapunzel
Rapunzel There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire. These people had a little window at the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 21, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 20, 1804June 22, 1804June 21, 1804 21st June Thursday 1804 river raised 3 Inches last night after our bow man Peter Crousat a half Mahar…Amy Lowell: Midday and Afternoon
Midday and AfternoonSwirl of crowded streets. Shock and recoil of traffic. The stock-still brick facade of an old church, against which the waves of people lurch and withdraw. Flare of…Trending
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