family life

A look at the life of a twelve-year-old Mayan Indian girl and her family living in the lakeside village of Santiago Atitl?n. Includes a section with information on Guatemala.

Presents the life of a young child in Egypt, describing the family life, home, food, school, religion, customs, amusements, traditions, and celebrations of the country.

Describes the life of a ten-year-old Egyptian boy who lives in a large village near Cairo with his farmer grandfather, his camel driver father, and the rest of his extended family.

Numbers from one to ten are used to tell how members of a family shop and work together to prepare a meal.

The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.

A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

After moving to a new town, eight-year-old Mallory keeps throwing stones in the "Wishing Pond" but things will not go back to the way they were before, and she remains torn between old and new best friends.

The boxcar children uncover a double mystery involving an old friend of Aunt Jane's.

A ten-year-old draws and writes about her daily life in the journal she receives for her birthday.

When the Biggs go on a three-month vacation and an untidy family from the city moves into the house, the Littles must take action.