(Encyclopedia) Grateful Dead, The, American rock music group formed in 1965 by guitarists Jerry Garcia, 1942–95, and Bob Weir, 1947–, harmonica player Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, 1945–73, bassist Phil…
Senate Years of Service: 1952-1963Party: RepublicanBUSH, Prescott Sheldon, (father of George Herbert Walker Bush, grandfather of President George W. Bush), a Senator from Connecticut; born in…
(Encyclopedia) pikapikapīˈkə [key], short-haired mammal related to rabbits and hares, also called mouse hare and rock rabbit. Pikas live above the timber line in the mountains of N Asia and W North…
Mayflies have a life span of about two hours.A slug has four noses.Despite its long neck, the giraffe has only seven neck bones — the same number as a person.The mouse deer of Asia, a real deer, is…
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(Encyclopedia) Halifax, Charles Montagu, earl ofHalifax, Charles Montagu, earl ofhălˈəfăks [key], 1661–1715, English statesman. He and Matthew Prior were coauthors of a parody of John Dryden's The…
(Encyclopedia) umlautumlaut&oobreve;mˈlout [key] [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. In this instance it is the end product of the…
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…
