Was Pippo the Fool really Pippo the Genius? The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence was a marvel of art, architecture, and engineering. But it lacked a finishing ornament, a crown--a dome! The city fathers had a solution: to invite the finest masters to compete for the chance to design a dome. The rumors of this contest reached the ears of Filippo Brunelleschi, better known in Florence as Pippo the Fool. As soon as he heard about the contest,...

An introduction to counting using the history, rules, and fun facts about soccer, the world's most popular game.

By feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds, a girl proves that she is a real princess.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother. Presented in English and Spanish.