Children's Stories
A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two houses, which are made of straw and sticks, respectively, but is unable to destroy the third house, which is made of bricks.
What is The Three Little Pigs?
This mammal is California's official state animal.
What is the California Grizzly Bear?
This popular stone has the highest rating on the Mohs scale for hardness.
What are Diamonds?
A massive park near Berkeley featuring the historic Redwood Valley Railway steam train, a carousel, and hiking trails.
What is Tilden Regional Park?
The hero of this story builds a cocoon, stays inside for two weeks, and emerges as a butterfly.
Who is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
This is the fastest land mammal in the world.
What is a Cheetah?
This stone is believed to reduce stress, bring calmness, and improve clarity.
What is an Amethyst?
A large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland with a 3.4-mile walking path, gardens, and boating.
What is Lake Merritt?
A tender story about the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a clever spider.
What is Charlotte's Web?
These unique black-and-white bears are native to the temperate mountain forests of central China.
What are Pandas?
This stone has deep cultural, spiritual, and symbolic significance across many global civilizations, most notably in China and Mesoamerica.
What is Jade?
A museum blending art, history, and natural science right next to Lake Merritt.
What is the Oakland Museum of California?
This author wrote a children's novel about a little girl who gets lost in a different world run by a temperamental queen.
Who is Lewis Carroll?
This animal is one of the most common and frequently seen wild mammals across the open spaces, parks, and suburban edges of the East Bay.
What is the California ground squirrel?
Agate, Jasper, Amethyst, & Citrine are all members of this family of gemstones.
What is the Quartz family?
This peak, also considered one of the highest peaks in the greater Bay Area, is a popular hiking spot.
What is Mt. Diablo?
Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, and Little Red Riding Hood are some of the fairy tales written by this pair of literary siblings.
Who are the Brothers Grimm?
This land mammal has been around for 2 million years.
What are Tigers?
This material has been found in meteorites - a true space gem!
What is Peridot?
This bar, located in Jack London Square, is the oldest running bar in Oakland, having opened in 1883.
What is Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon?