Presents fifteen story problems with wacky elements such as flapjack-flipping frogs, a daisy-chomping dragon, and a laundromat whose washing machines mix frappes.
Presents fifty creative projects for children to make and includes full-color illustrated instructions for bean bags, printed paper, paper roses, cards, and boxes, and woolly webs and cross-stitch.
Describes the characteristics and skills young people need to possess to be successful baby-sitters, discussing diapering, discipline, safety, honesty, creativity, and other topics.
Offers advice to prospective baby-sitters on how to find and keep jobs, sharing ideas for gaining experience, getting hired, making a good impression, getting paid, and expanding the business.
Introduces the game of chess to young players, and includes information regarding the history of chess, object of the game, roles of the different pieces, and related topics.
Examines the life of Hernan Cortes, the Spanish conquistador responsible for the defeat of the Aztec Empire in the sixteenth century. Presented in graphic novel form.
Provides background information about ghosts, contains three stories of reported hauntings, presented in graphic novel form, and includes a brief debate on whether ghosts exist.
Examines the life of Christopher Columbus, the fifteenth-century Italian explorer who is credited with discovering the New World while trying to reach India by sailing west. Presented in graphic novel form.
