The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Cobb, Vicki , Darling, Kathy

You Gotta Try This!: Absolutely Irresistible Science

144 pp. | Morrow | June, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-688-15740-8 $$15.00

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by True Kelley. Fifty simple (and cool) experiments, tricks, and activities are presented in accessible prose and playful black-and-white illustrations. The book teaches readers how to burn a candle under water, make square-shaped hard-boiled eggs, and create a bomb from a sandwich bag. All the activities require household objects, and the scientific concepts behind each experiment are clearly explained in a section called "Insider Information." Ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta