Elizabeth James

Offers advice on how to handle all kinds of social situations and personal interactions, presented with letters from two eighth graders to an etiquette advice columnist, K. T. Answers.

Explains how to choose a topic for a report, how to find and organize information, and how to write and revise the final version.

Discusses the general purposes of writing letters and outlines the elements of different types of personal and business letters. Includes information on state abbreviations, forms of address, and pen pals.

"In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He's good with his gun and is drawn to trouble but he's also out of money and out of options. A drought has ravaged the town of Dorado, Mexico, where he lives with his wife and children, and so when he hears about a train laden with gold and other treasures, he sets off for Houston to rob it -- with his younger brother Hugo in tow. But when the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed...

Instructions for making a variety of easy and scary outfits and creating ghoulish faces for Halloween.

Discusses the significance of Thanksgiving, suggests various projects and activities for celebrating it, and provides recipes for the holiday.

The story of the illustrated book from the earliest printed books to the present day, told through the collections of the V&A's National Art Library. Throughout history, images have been used to reflect the meaning of words and to enhance our understanding of texts. With the invention of mechanized printing in Germany in the 15th century, illustrated books were no longer the preserve of the elite and became a source of knowledge, instruction and pleasure...

A handbook of secular holidays, arranged by season, describing their origins, ways to celebrate them, and other pertinent facts.