This weekend I ran across a book that has me fascinated. It's called The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Child, and it was originally published in... 1828. The entire text is available for free in a variety of formats at Project Gutenberg (I downloaded my copy to my Kindle) ...

No, that's a real book. It sounds like a cheesy infomercial tag, doesn't it? But yesterday, Max did something momentous. He finished his 100th lesson. Before we started, he knew the alphabet and how to read his name, and now he is reading at a second grade level. I was going ...

by Jane Davis. (Scroll down if you just want to see what's in the book.) Billed as a book of "irresistible and classic designs for babies" and aimed at the confident beginner, it appears upon casual inspection to hit the mark. It includes a 'how-to' section at the beginning, ...