A Thistle book

Describes string and wind instruments easily assembled from household items which are not only fun to play but also demonstrate basic music theory.

Her new employer teaches a servant girl unusual names for familiar things.

Traces the events of the twenty-four year struggle for power between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung and their influence on the destiny of China.

Two boys boarding at an English school begin to fear for their roommate's life when the school officials simply ignore the fact that he has a broken leg.

A summer job as a reporter covering auto races for a wire service gives a college student new ideas for a career.

The McBrooms start a zoo with the Desert Vamooser, Silver-Tailed Teakettler, Sidehill Gouger, and other rare animals dropped in the path of the passing tornado.