Toads and Diamonds

By Charles PerraultReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) Illustration by Gustave Doré Once upon a time there was a widow who had [...]

A Coach for Life (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3 The students stared at the lights on the scoreboard. Through their tears, the numbers were hard to [...]

How to Break Habits

Book Trailer by Charles DuhiggReadOasis Step 4 Imagine for a moment that you have a habit that you really want [...]

The Stone Baby

ReadOasis Step 2 The Stone Baby was lonesome. He looked over the cold, gray city from the side of a [...]

Hard Times and Happiness

ReadOasis Step 2 We live in the best of times. We live in the worst of times. We live in [...]

The Love of a Patriot

ReadOasis Step 2(Part 1) Hope filled the air on that famous day in August 1963. Over 200,000 people gathered in [...]

The Deer and the Lion (Step 2)

ReadOasis Step 2 One warm day a Deer went down to a river to get a drink. The water was [...]

The Golden Goose

More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt ReadOasis Step 3 Once upon a time there was a Goose who had [...]

The Purpose of Life

ReadOasis Step 2 What is the meaning and purpose of life? Throughout human history, philosophers have answered this question in [...]

The North Wind and the Sun

ReadOasis Step 3 Image Gutenberg.org One day the sun and the wind had a quarrel. The wind said, "I am [...]