There is no time like Spring

We will welcome Spring season with some stanzas from the best classical poems about spring. Read them and try your best at writing your own spring poem!

"Spring", by William Blake

Sound the flute!
Now it’s mute!
Bird’s delight,
Day and night,
Nightingale,
In the dale,
Lark in sky,—
Merrily,
Merrily merrily, to welcome in the year.

"A Light Exists in Spring", by Emily Dickinson

A Light exists in Spring

Not present on the Year

At any other period –

When March is scarcely here

A Color stands abroad

On Solitary Fields

That Science cannot overtake

But Human Nature feels.

Crime Riddles

Here are some crime riddle that will bring out the Sherlock in you. Try and solve them, little sleuths!

The Car mystery

A man was shot to death while in his car. There were no powder marks on his clothing, which indicated that the gunman was outside the car. However, all the windows were up and the doors locked. After a close inspection was made, the only bullet holes discovered were on the man’s body.  How was he murdered?

The Burglary mystery

A couple reported a robbery. The husband told  the policeman, that he thinks that the burglar presumably entered the house by breaking through the window, pointing to the broken window glasses on the outside of the house. The policeman noticed that the inside of the house only a few tiny pieces of window glass particles scattered around near the broken window area and told him that it was not a burglary and no outsider has entered his house through that window. What made the policeman so sure?

The Tea mystery

A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, “You brought me the same cup of tea!” How did she know?

Elemental, My Dear Watson

What do you know about Sherlock Holmes? 

Watch this video and find out the story behind the most famous detective of all times.

A Small Mystery Hidden in Five Stamps

The strip of five Sherlock Holmes stamps contains a mystery. Take a look and try and solve the anagram.

YOSEMITE MYSTERIES

Read through these stories about mysteries that have taken place at Yosemite National Park.  Then, investigate about the origins of the word Yosemite.

CHARLES DICKENS

"Every traveler has a home of its own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering."

Charles Dickens

                       

Today, 7th of February, we celebrate Dickens's birthday. This English writer was quite the character!  Read through this webpage and discover some amazing facts about him. What have you found more striking?

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - Jane Goodall

This week, we will read a good night story about Jane Goodall.

Sailors and Books

“To the Hesitating Reader:

"If sailor tales to sailor tunes,
Storm and adventure, heat and cold,
If schooners, islands, and maroons
And Buccaneers and buried Gold
And all the old romance, retold,
Exactly in the ancient way,
Can please, as me they pleased of old,
The wiser youngsters of to-day:

-So be it, and fall on! If not,
If studious youth no longer crave,
His ancient appetites forgot,
Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave,
Or Cooper of the wood and wave:
So be it, also! And may I
And all my pirates share the grave,
Where these and their creations lie!”