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DK Human Body: Health

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES IN THE WORLD TODAY? HOW DOES LIFESTYLE AFFECT HEALTH? LIFE EXPECTANCYNUTRITIONFIND OUT MOREBeing healthy means being free of disease or injury and able to lead a…

DK Science: Skeletal System

THE HUMAN SKELETON BONES JOINTS FIND OUT MORE The body is supported and its internal parts protected by a strong yet flexible framework of BONES called the skeleton. These bones meet at…

Worst Enemies/Best Friends: Index

Stars Over Beacon Street Charlotte Stars and books have always been my best friends. My books go with me wherever we move. And the stars, they are always there when we get there. The first stars…

Tongue Twisters

  Tongue Twisters Twenty Tongue-Tying Tongue Twisters to Twist Your Tongue a Ton   brought to you by Holly Hartman   Oh no! An onion's annoyed…

Fact Monster Wins Webby Award!

Astonished Fact Monster Wins Webby! Creature overwhelmed with happiness by Borgna Brunner Fact Monster, www.factmonster.com (the children's reference site from Infoplease.com) was selected…

Shark Hall of Fame

The Shark Hall of Fame The biggest, smallest, scariest, coolest . . . by Holly Hartman Scariest Great White (Carcharodon carcharias) Made famous by the movie Jaws, the great white…

Classical Mythology: The Labors of Heracles

The Labors of HeraclesClassical MythologyThe Labors of HeraclesTraining a HeroBeastly Chores: The First Four LaborsEven More Beastly Chores: The Second Four LaborsThe Far Corners of the Earth: The…

cheese

(Encyclopedia) cheese, food known from ancient times and consisting of the curd of milk separated from the whey. The numerous cheeses (often named for their place of origin) depend for their…

syphilis

(Encyclopedia) syphilissyphilissĭfˈəlĭs [key], contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum (described by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905). Syphilis…

Women and Work

You can be most anything you want to be. Here is a sampling of just some of the careers you might consider, and women who have succeeded in them. Ambassador Eugenie Anderson (1910-1997), the first…