Presents a humorous and informative guide to writing that combines helpful style rules with story ideas and writing prompts as well as advice on how to write a story that is both engaging and correct.

Explains to children the concept of writing reviews to help producers and consumers better understand the products that they buy. Examines what makes a review a review and how to express one's opinion about a product.

Have you ever written a story that you want the world to know? Do you have an opinion you can't wait to share with others? Do you have the best idea for a website? Now is your chance to get your words out to others. Discover many ways you can make your message known to audiences big or small.

Reimagines everyday objects and situations as neat, color-coded rows of their component parts, including alphabet soup, a subway map, a Christmas tree, and French fries.

Provides readers with tips and advice on how to construct a proper letter or email. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Details the elements that make up a properly worded, well-written letter and discusses how to write a letter of one's own. Provides tips on editing and includes a glossary and further reading sources.

What we eat affects the functionality of every microscopic process inside each of our 30 trillion cells. Learn how the nutrients absorbed from our food protect cells from damage, provide the fuel used by the mitochondria to produce energy, and continually create new cells to replace old or damaged cells.

While caloric expenditure above resting levels is proportional to the duration and intensity of your exercise, small changes will make a difference, too--like consistently taking the stairs instead of the elevator. The most important aspect of your exercise program is to develop a plan you can stick to!

It's a common--but erroneous--belief that the amount of fat you eat is directly proportional to the amount of fat on your body. To the contrary, the latest research shows why you need to add specific fats to your diet for optimal health and to meet your body composition goals.

Hormones are the chemical messengers that affect every aspect of our physiology from blood pressure to internal temperature, energy availability, and the storage (and loss) of body fat. Learn about the complex relationships between your thyroid hormones, insulin, cortisol, and catecholamines and your sex, age, and body composition.