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"Discover the sublime pleasure and endless rewards of being self-sufficient. Here's everything you need to know to fix it, cook it, make it, clean it, build it, and sew it yourself. Each title features dozens of essential skills, practical how-tos, and projects, each explained and illustrated with step-by-step instructions, plus relevant charts, sidebars, lists, and handy toolboxes"--Provided by publisher.

Simple text and photographs look at different types homes from around the world.

Bright illustrations paired with interactive questions show what makes a house a home.

Melody Bird is fascinated by the walled off "plague" house she discovered near the the graveyard, but she is even more fascinated by the mysterious boy, Hal, she finds living there in secret; he tells her he is a spy-in-training, a story that Melody's friends Matthew and Jake do not believe, and they set out to find out more--and uncover a riddle even more confusing than Hal's spy story.

"Seventeen-year-old Dare plans to spend her summer debunking a haunting at an historic estate with a dark past, but she finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against a malignant ghost"--OCLC.

"A young chart maker faces a challenge when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home"--Provided by publisher.

"Five siblings worry that their shabby old house isn't 'proper' enough, but come to see that it's perfect just the way it is"--Provided by publisher.

"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a tree house? Or how cozy it must be to sleep in an igloo? Have you noticed that some houses are extremely old and were built centuries ago and other houses can be set up wherever you go? In 'Make Yourself at Home,' young readers are introduced to ten extraordinary types of homes. Find out what it's like to live underground or floating on a canal. Open up one of the two double gatefolds to see whether having hundreds of rooms in a castle is as exciting as it sounds, or whether a windmill is more your style. Any kind of house can be a home; learn about them all and choose your favorite!"--Amazon.com.

Photographs and simple text describe homes in many different cultures including cabins in Switzerland, African huts, adobe homes of the American Southwest, houseboats in Asia, country farm homes, and big city apartments.

When Trina and her father move into Goldenrod, an abandoned Victorian mansion, Trina's convinced the place is haunted. And when she finds Augustine, a tiny porcelain doll that belonged to a former Goldenrod resident, Trina realizes the house may be trying to send her a message that could change her life.