King Canute on the Seashore

ReadOasis Step 3 About one hundred years after Alfred the Great, there was a king of England named Canute. King [...]

The Mindset Message (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3 Some people say that "hard work is more important than innate intelligence." To appraise this claim, researchers [...]

The Next Einstein

ReadOasis Step 1 By Max L. Knowles A large group of people came together. It was a special day, a [...]

Knocking on Heaven’s Door

ReadOasis Step 2 He came out of nowhere. In 1961, he just appeared in New York City, wanting to do [...]

The Adventures of a Folk Singer

ReadOasis Step 3 "I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet." - Bob Dylan It was [...]

Henry Ward Beecher, Friend of Slaves (Step 2)

By Max L. Knowles ReadOasis Step 2 On February 5, 1860, a strange thing happened at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, [...]

Sincerely, Thomas Edison

By Cana ShortReadOasis Step 2(Part 1) An amazing thing happened this morning! I was walking down the street when I [...]

Every Day I Have the Blues

ReadOasis Step 2 Memphis Slim at the Piano Long black fingers were dancing. They were dancing on the white and [...]

Walt Disney’s Impossible Dream

ReadOasis Step 2 In 1934, Walt Disney began plans to make a movie. He wanted to create the first full-length [...]

The Freedom Writers

ReadOasis Step 2 The classroom was noisy. Erin stood up in front of her students, and she smiled. Then she [...]