Vicki Cobb

"Experiments with food demonstrate various scientific principles and produce an eatable result. Includes fruit drinks, grape jelly, muffins, chop suey, yogurt, and junket." --

Surveys the living conditions in Arizona's Sonoran Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there. Also describes the engineering accomplishment of Hoover Dam.

Presents a biography of magician Harry Houdini.

Describes more than sixty tricks based on scientific experiments described in the text.

Focuses on the land, animals, plants, and climate of Alaska, presenting it as an example of a place where it is so cold your hair can freeze and break off.

Answers nine questions about motion, explaining Newton's Laws of Motion, gravity, centrifugal force, and other principles of movement.

Text and simple experiments introduce electrical, magnetic, and gravitational force fields.

Introduces young readers to the diverse properties of water while explaining why water makes one wet through simple tests and illustrations.

Using simple text and illustrations, offers an explanation of how one can see their reflection in the mirror through a review of how light works.