Hello Kitty Crochet: (Quirk Books, $15) by Mei Li Lee. Clear instructions along with a materials list, patterns and tips to make crochet dolls of all your favorite characters from the Hello Kitty ...

A seventh-grade girl sent a Hello Kitty doll into near space for a science project, upstaging baking soda volcanoes worldwide. When Lauren Rojas, a precocious 13-year-old from Antioch, Calif., ...