Kids will discover the richness of the Victorian period in America as they follow the lives of the Mobarts and the Kadinskys of New York City. This new addition to the American Kids in History "RM" Series will give modern kids a first-hand look at what life was like in the late 1800s. They'll join twelve-year-old William Hobart as he makes a tin-can telephone, and eleven-year-old Mary Kadinsky as she makes paper flowers and cinnamon bread sticks. They'll be able to try over thirty fun and easy projects, recipes, activities, and games, including creating Victorian Christmas ornaments, sewing a drawstring trinket bag, and making rock candy crystals, plus lots more!

Introduction -- an age of change -- the Kadinskys and the Hobarts -- the projects and activities -- Spring -- Helping at home -- paperflowers -- biscuits with filling -- cinnamon bread sticks -- Easter fun -- shadow puppet -- decorated Easter eggs -- Polish checkers -- starting school -- drawstring trinket bag -- embroidered bookmark -- Summer -- Coney Island adventure -- deviled eggs -- seashell display case -- walnut-shell sailboats -- Mary's flower business -- Colored sand bottle --sand-dried flowers -- the settlement house -- Autumn -- school days -- decoupage box -- tin-can telephone -- wilderness outing -- creating and measuring lightning -- plaster leaf casts -- corn oysters -- luncheon party -- party invitations -- New York cheesecake -- pebble target game -- Winter -- scientific experiments -- rolling can -- rock candy crystals -- presents for Lucy -- snowflake impressions -- snowfall jar -- Victorian folding fan -- maze greeting card -- Holiday season -- holiday fruit punch -- Candy cane sundaes -- Easy to make ornaments.