Meet Mars Perseverance Rover Watch NASA engineers prepare Perseverance for launch Learn more about the SpaceX Starship for it's 2022 Mars Mission On certain nights, if you go outside and look up into the sky you may see a very bright light. It may look like a star,...
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Bedtime HistoryThe Maya Angelou Story for Kids
Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis Missouri. Her full name was Margeurite, but her older brother had trouble saying her name so he started calling her “Maya” for short. Maya’s parents had trouble getting along and when she was three they divorced....
History of Athens and Sparta for Kids
Imagine you're walking down an ancient, stone road... In the distance, you hear music and the voices of people gathering and singing songs. You join the crowd along the road and slowly walk up a very tall hill. At the top of the hill is a magnificent white building...
History of Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli for Kids
Do you like animated movies? Have you ever seen Ponyo or My Neighbor Totoro? These are beautiful, hand-drawn, animated films made by Studio Ghibli and its brilliant artist and director Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki has become one of the most celebrated film animators and...
What is a star?
Close your eyes and imagine you are standing in a wide open field. In the field you see a gigantic white rocket reaching far up into the sky. As you walk up to the rocket, the door opens and you climb inside and find a seat and buckle up. Next you hear the countdown -...
History of the Newsboys or Newsies Strike of 1899 for Kids
Tonight our story beings around 100 years ago in New York City. Every day new families were moving to New York. Some were traveling across the sea by boat to find new work. They came from Ireland, Italy and England looking for new places to work and to raise a family....
The Rosetta Comet Mission For Kids
Have you ever heard of a comet? A comet is a gigantic piece of ice and rock and dirt that flies through outer space at incredible speeds. Many comets are the size of mountains and when they speed around space have a tail of gasses that can be hundreds of thousands of...
The Chunnel: The World’s Longest Underwater Tunnel for Kids
Tonight we are going to learn about the longest undersea tunnel in the world. This tunnel actually goes under the ground at the bottom of the ocean. England and France are separated by a large area of water called a “channel.” Before the tunnel people had to take...
The History of Joan of Arc For Kids
Tonight our story takes place in the Medieval Times, also called the Middle Ages. This was the time of kings and castles and knights and battles over kingdoms. It was also a time when many people had very little to eat and had to work very hard. In the country of...
Bob Feller For Kids
Tonight our story is about a boy named Bob Feller. Bob lived on a farm with his family where they grew corn. Bob loved baseball and always looked forward to playing catch with his father after a long day of work. He practiced throwing a baseball everyday, but he...