Cobb, Vicki

Describes how soap and water, toothpaste and toothbrush, and comb and brush were invented and how they keep us clean and healthy.

An introduction to directions--up, down, left, right, north, south, etc.--and how maps indicate direction, distance, and location.

Experiments with food demonstrate various scientific principles and produce an eatable result. Includes rock candy, grape jelly, cupcakes, and popcorn.

Instructions for creating such artistic cuisine as mosaic salad, cheese intaglio, carved chocolate, pasta mobile, and peach pit ring.

Comic illustrations and photomicrographs describe how the body's internal defense mechanisms work, and focuses on the digestive system.

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

Shows kids the science behind light and reflection, explaining why they can see themselves in a shiny doorknob or a puddle on the street.

Answers nine questions about matter, such as why does an ice cube float?, how much does air weigh?, how does wood burn? and other concepts about the nature of matter.

Provides illustrated explanations of thirty-five science concepts for children, covering motion, energy, matter, and biology, and discussing why ice floats, whether a marble will fall faster than a bowling ball, the weight of air, and more.

Comic illustrations and full-color photographs describe the process by which the body attacks infected cells and germs in the ear.