Britannica's 5-Minute Really True Stories for Family Time
Contents No Place Like Home What’s for Breakfast Staying Clean Mind Your Manners Cleaning Up Storytime Animals in the Family The Great Outdoors Fun at the Playground Camping Adventures Splashing Around The Wonder of Trees Pedal Power Let’s Go Shopping Up Down Round and Round It’s Vacation Time Happy Birthday to You 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102
Growing Families Getting Married Saying Farewell Let’s Celebrate Family Reunions Game On Animal Homes Creepy-crawly Hideaways Water Babies Animal Mealtimes Epic Animal Journeys Work First Then Play Dinosaur Families and More Meet the Authors and Illustrators Glossary Sources Index 108 114 120 126 132 138 144 150 156 162 168 174 180 186 188 189 190
No Place Like Home Home is different for everyone It can be a brick house standing in a row a mobile home or a bungalow Home can be on a farm or floating on a canal It can be in a tent a treehouse or even underground There are billions of homes around the world with families gathered inside Shall we visit a few First stop an apartment building Concrete apartment buildings were first built by the ancient Romans They needed to build homes upward and make room for more people to live in the same space Today tall apartment buildings are found all over the world They come in many shapes sizes and colors Some have balconies for hanging out the laundry potting plants or just relaxing Others have courtyards where people can sit and chat with neighbors and children can play One huge complex of five apartment buildings in Hong Kong is called the Monster Building It contains 2,243 homes 6
Chickens eat grains and worms Sheep like to munch on grass and other leafy plants Donkeys and cows graze on grass and hay In the countryside there is more open space This is where we usually find farmhouses Some farmers and their families care for animals such as chickens cows goats and sheep Others grow food such as corn rice and wheat Some farmers might do both A farmer’s day is long and busy After school the children might help with tasks like feeding the animals When their day is done the family heads indoors for dinner and bedtime
