A dozen stories answer children's questions about how the camel got his hump, the rhinoceros his skin, the leopard his spots, how writing began, and other concerns

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Product Description: "The country had only 600 trained nurses at the start of the Civil War. All were Catholic nuns. This is one of the best-kept secrets in our nation's history," Father William Barnaby Faherty once wrote. When the Civil War broke out, the Union and the Confederacy were prepared to fight, but they weren't prepared to care for the wounded that their fighting created...read more

This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Science: History and Nature of Science Social Studies: Time, Continuity, & Change

A collection of the well-known stories, including 'How the Whale Got His Throat,' 'The Elephant's Child,' and 'The Butterfly That Stamped'

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