Madame Amelia Tells All

Marissa Moss. American Girl Publishing Inc, $5.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-1-58485-305-3

The spring list of American Girl Library titles boasts fun things to do for girls ages eight and up. In Marissa Moss's Madame Amelia Tells All, the now-familiar marbleized notebook opens to reveal secrets of fortune-telling, including how to do palm readings and foot readings, and four tear-out ""fortune-tellers"" (aka cootie catchers) that reveal such things as career choices and character strengths. ( Mar.)

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