| Introduction | viii |
| Stargazing | 1 |
| Constellations | 3 |
| Notable Women I: Astronomers | 7 |
| Rock Towers | 9 |
| Lacrosse | 10 |
| Hula-Hoops | 15 |
| The Greek Alphabet | 17 |
| How to Conduct an Orchestra | 18 |
| A Short History of the Bicycle | 20 |
| Picnic Games | 23 |
| Paper Cup Candles | 26 |
| Tic-Tac-Toe Around the World | 29 |
| Collective Nouns About Animals | 31 |
| Card Games | 32 |
| Scrabble Words | 34 |
| Fun Things to Do with Paper | 36 |
| Cowgirls | 43 |
| How to Dye Your Hair Using Kool-Aid | 48 |
| Make a Decoupage Bowl | 49 |
| Dangerous Volcanoes | 51 |
| Tennis | 53 |
| Make a Lava Lamp | 57 |
| Labyrinths | 58 |
| Turning Your Backyard into a Farm | 60 |
| Courage | 63 |
| Sundials | 64 |
| The Chinese New Year | 66 |
| Notable Women II : Dancers | 70 |
| Cricket | 72 |
| Lightning | 75 |
| How to Waltz | 78 |
| Furoshiki | 80 |
| The Double-Daring Girl’s Guide to Getting Out of Trouble | 83 |
| Japanese Tea Ceremony | 84 |
| Friendship | 87 |
| Football | 89 |
| How to Throw—and Catch—a Football | 92 |
| Car Camping | 93 |
| Tying a Sarong | 98 |
| Batik | 99 |
| Sand Castles | 101 |
| Months and Days | 103 |
| How to Catch Fish | 107 |
| Notable Women III : Math and Science | 109 |
| Make a Piñata from Papier Mâché | 114 |
| Slumber Party Games | 117 |
| The Nobel Prize | 118 |
| Pogo Sticks | 120 |
| How to Run Away and Join the Circus | 121 |
| How to Make a Rope Ladder | 124 |
| Scoubidou | 126 |
| The Underground Railroad | 131 |
| Dreams and Their Meanings | 135 |
| Dream Journal | 138 |
| Dream Catchers | 139 |
| Commonly Confused Words | 141 |
| How to Make a Scarecrow | 142 |
| The Moon and Moon Lore | 144 |
| Make a Snow Globe | 149 |
| Phrases and Idioms and Their Origins | 150 |
| How to Become President of the United States of America | 153 |
| Quilling | 158 |
| Playing the Harmonica | 161 |
| Horses | 162 |
| Sailing Phrases | 164 |
| Worry Dolls | 167 |
| Measurements | 169 |
| Electric Buzzer Game | 174 |
| Being a Private Eye | 177 |
| How to Play Croquet | 178 |
| Surfing | 182 |
| Notable Women IV: Eleanor of Aquitaine | 186 |
| Stepping Stones | 189 |
| How to Say No / How to Say Yes | 190 |
| Dancing the Cotton-Eyed Joe | 192 |
| Shooting Pool | 194 |
| Math Tricks | 198 |
| Words to Impress | 199 |
| How to Paint a Room | 201 |
| Running a Magazine | 204 |
| How to Build a Raft | 207 |
| April Fools’ Day | 210 |
| Dominoes | 213 |
| How to Practice Anything | 215 |
| Calamity Jane | 217 |
| What to Do When You’re Bored | 219 |
| Charades | 222 |
| Yo-Yos | 224 |
| Rhetoric | 227 |
| Bocce, Horseshoes, Shuffleboard, Lawn Bowling, and Quoits | 230 |
| How to Organize a Tournament | 234 |
| Notable Women V: Arts and Letters | 235 |
| Whittling | 240 |
| Putting on a Show | 242 |
| How to Say Hello, Good-bye, and Thank You Around the World | 246 |
| Swimming | 250 |
| Practical Life | 253 |
| Calligraphy | 256 |
| Making Antique Paper | 261 |
| How to Debate | 262 |
| The Long and Short of It | 264 |
| Windowsill Garden | 266 |
| Optical Illusions | 268 |
| How to Start a Mother-Daughter Book Club | 271 |
| Miscellanea | 273 |
| Illustration Credits | 276 |
| Acknowledgments | 277 |
