A typical American Thanksgiving meal includes things like roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. But what did they eat 400 years ago, at the first Thanksgiving, in 1621? That was when the English settlers (Pilgrims) and the Native Americans (Wampanoag Indians) had a feast...
The Promised Land Zoo, Branson’s Top Rated Animal Attraction and only zoo, is family owned and operated and dedicated to providing each and every visitor a personalized zoo experience. Josh Remenar, the zoo’s managing director, known as “Jungle Josh,” told us about this one-of-a-kind attraction and how he got...
What would we do without firefighters? Besides putting out fires, firefighters rescue people and animals from car wrecks, collapsed buildings, stuck elevators and many other emergencies. Firefighting is a job that requires bravery, strength, quick thinking and a wide range of skills. Rogers Arkansas Fire Chief Tom Jenkins loves...
Here is a list compiled by the entire Youth Services Team of the Bentonville Public Library of books that will inspire gratitude and celebrate Thanksgiving. Please check the Bentonville Library Friends & Foundation Facebook page for Stories Online with BPL: www.facebook.com/bplfriendsfoundation/ Fiction Hello, Fall! Diesen, Deborah 2018 • Grade...
Rosa and Sylvie H. of Fayetteville are the proud owners of several pets, and the two shown in this photo are those we could wrangle on a fall afternoon. Duke is an eight-year-old Labrador mix that the family adopted from Fayetteville Animal Shelter. Dixie, a corgi mix, was adopted...
Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it’s nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic shopping bags. Fish...
Fall is a great time to jump in a pile of leaves, but what’s the science behind why they change colors and fall off the trees? Leaves contain chlorophyll, which makes them green and makes photosynthesis possible. Photosynthesis is the process that lets plants use sunlight to make energy....
This month’s kid heroes are two brothers who made a sweet ice cream dream come true. When 18-year-old Michael and 17-year-old Andrew Hull of Bella Vista were 15 and 16 and old enough to get jobs, they decided they wanted to start their own business. “We wanted to get...
“Squash” comes from the Narragansett Native American word askutasquash, which means “eaten raw or uncooked.” Squashes are one of the oldest known crops–10,000 years by some estimates of sites in Mexico. Since squashes are gourds, they were often also used as containers or utensils because of their hard shells....
Hey kids! Do you get scared about going to the doctor? Lots of kids do. But going to the doctor is how we stay healthy. And it isn’t something to be afraid of. You might think that going to the doctor means you’re sick. You might be scared it...