Ed Emberley

Instructions for creating a variety of shapes and figures using thumbprints and a few simple lines.

A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.

In this version of the classic fable, a weary ant is energized by the swinging sounds of a grasshopper and his "buggy" band.

Can you see the moon? Does it look like a big round ball? Or is it just a sliver of light in the sky? The moon seems to change. But it doesn't really. The moon revolves around the Earth. It takes about four weeks to make the journey, and as it travels round we can only see certain parts of it. Try the simple experiment described inside using an orange, a pencil, and a flashlight, and you'll understand why the moon seems to change.