Cranston Public Library

Young chefs can learn essential kitchen skills while creating teatime recipes—including cakes, biscuits, scones, savory tea sandwiches, and more.
With mouthwatering treats like vanilla-rose teacakes, strawberry shortcakes, and chocolate palmiers to more traditional tea-party fare such as cucumber-mint sandwiches, berry-studded scone bites, and buttery shortbreads, this collection of fifty recipes will appeal to kid chefs of all...

A preteen girl's guide to basic health and hygiene--from braces to bras, pimples to periods, hair care to healthy eating.

Meet Marisol Luna, a girl who was born to dance. The family is moving to the Chicago suburbs, and Marisol learns that her new neighborhood doesn't have a dance studio. Instead of giving up, resourceful Marisol is determined to keep dancing. With the help of two friends, she figures out a way to combine her old world with a renewed commitment to stretch and try her hardest.

Offers things to consider and suggestions on how to go about making new friends.

Even though he is away serving in an English hospital during World War II, Molly's father finds a way to make the family Christmas very special.

Provides techniques for dealing with embarrassing, emotional, or frightening situations, including forgetting your lines on stage, being threatened by a bully, or losing your parents in a big city.

"Presents ideas for slumber-party themes from January to December, featuring how-to instructions for decorations, food, games, and crafts." --