| 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 |