Silly Science Tricks with Solomon Snickerdoodle - Peter Murray - Hardcover

Stephanie Zvirin

adult assistance. Professor Solomon Snickerdoodle, actually a boy in disguise, and his eager aardvark pupil present the seven science tricks gathered together in this eye-catching book. A bit of teacher-pupil patter introduces each trick. A page of clearly stated instructions and colorful, sequenced cartoonlike illustrations follows, with an explanation of how the trick works on the facing page. Materials and equipment are common to most kitchens, and instructions are straightforward enough for older elementary school children to manage virtually on their own. The delightful assortment of tricks includes how to make invisible ink, how to blow up a balloon without blowing into it, and how to make a chicken bone pliable enough to tie into a knot.