home economics

At head of title: Reader's digest. Describes a variety of traditional skills and handicrafts, including projects with illustrations.

Gives motherly advice to graduates, newlyweds, and singles on the art of living an organized and self-sufficient life.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide over eight hundred ideas for repurposing everyday household items, drawn from the pages of "Real Simple" magazine.

Advice for children who must take care of themselves in the morning or after school on dealing with organizing of time, fire, first aid, cooking (includes recipes), laundering and mending clothes, and otherwise getting through the day.

Four stories of teen parents accompanied by exercises providing practice for the reader in writing checks and in meeting the real challenges of living within a tight budget.

Mama and her chicks have fun while doing their chores.