Fun & games

By Vicki Cobb

Examines in text and special, detailed photographs how popcorn pops, how a ball bounces, how a phonograph needle "reads" the sound on a record, and many other things.

Natural wonders

By Vicki Cobb

Describes how to make photographs that reveal information about the apparent movement of the stars, the nature of the earth's crust, the interaction of roadrunners and rattlesnakes, and other scien...

Bet you can't!

By Vicki Cobb

Describes more than 60 impossible tricks, each based on scientific principles which are explained in acompanying text.

Whirlers and twirlers

By Vicki Cobb

On the tip of your tongue

By Vicki Cobb

An introduction to the different tastes our tongue can detect, with related activities.

This Place Is Wet

By Vicki Cobb

This place is wet

By Vicki Cobb

Focuses on the land, ecology, people, and animals of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, presenting it as an example of a place where there is so much water that some houses need to be built on stilts.

This place is high

By Vicki Cobb

Surveys the living conditions in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia for the people and unusual animals that live there.

This place is lonely

By Vicki Cobb

Presents Australia as a possible place to live, mentioning that though you may "go to school" by radio, it has other good features.

This place is cold

By Vicki Cobb

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.