Science doesn't have to be intimidating or confusing — these books make learning fun! Children will enjoy exploring the environment, human anatomy, and other fascinating subjects with basic chemistry experiments, coloring books about the five senses, and more.
Recommendations... Strange Mysteries from Around the World
by Seymour Simon
Discover nine bizarre-but-true incidents: a shower of fish and frogs from the sky; treasure that remains buried, even though its location is known; the sudden disappearance of a ship's crew; and more!
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by Seymour Simon, William Downey
There are more than 250 kinds of poisonous snakes, and this illustrated book reveals where they live, what they eat, how they behave, and other fascinating facts. 26 illustrations.
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| |  Human Anatomy Coloring Book
by Margaret Matt, Joe Ziemian
Careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body's organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and more. Numerous views, cross-sections, and diagrams. Suggestions for coloring. Complete text. 43 plates.
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Products in Science and Nature for Children | | |  | 47 Easy-to-Do Classic Science Experiments
by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Asterie Baker Provenzo
Simple but enjoyable experiments, performed with common household items, teach youngsters principles of light, elasticity, perspective, gravity, air pressure, optics, more. Instructions, illustrations.
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|  | Biology Experiments for Children
by Ethel Hanauer
Cells, using a microscope, plant life, animals; 77 experiments involve growing protozoa, bacteria, building a terrarium, growing seeds in a sponge, studying spider web formation, similar material. Over 100 illustrations
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|  | Body Sense, Body Nonsense
by Seymour Simon
Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Discover the truth (and falsity) of familiar adages with this illustrated volume of fun facts about the human body.
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|  | Calculator Puzzles, Tricks and Games
by Norvin Pallas
Perform amazing feats of mathematical magic, answer clever riddles, solve a baffling murder, and much more with this clever introduction to calculator games. Answers included.
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|  | Chemistry Experiments for Children
by Virginia L. Mullin
Exciting experiments introduce important principles of modern science. More than 40 illustrated projects include growing a crystal garden, manufacturing oxygen, creating a miniature volcano, making soap and toothpaste, and more.
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|  | The Code of Life
by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Clear, concise presentation of how DNA works, how a human cell develops, what happens when "the code" goes wrong, the field of genetic engineering, and related topics. 24 black-and-white plates.
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|  | Cup and Saucer Chemistry
by Nathan Shalit
Thirty-eight safe experiments for youngsters seven and up. All they need to perform these fun and fascinating exercises are common household items: aspirin, paper towels, vinegar, and more.
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|  | Cut and Make a Human Skeleton
by A. G. Smith
Three-dimensional model (16½ inches high) of full human skeleton can be assembled with scissors, glue, needle, and thread. Easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams help pre-teens and older youngsters with little or no adult help.
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|  | Deadly Ants
by Seymour Simon, William Downey
Discover fascinating facts about dangerous ants: how they live and the methods of controlling their damage. Written in direct, easy-to-understand terms, this illustrated volume is suitable for readers of all ages.
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|  | Entertaining Science Experiments with Everyday Objects
by Martin Gardner
A prominent popular science writer presents simple instructions for 100 illustrated experiments. Memorable, easily understood experiments illuminate principles related to astronomy, chemistry, physiology, psychology, mathematics, topology, probability, acoustics, other areas.
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|  | Experimenting with Water
by Robert Gardner
Twenty-one water-related puzzles to be solved through captivating experiments, appropriate for students at and above the junior-high level. The thought-provoking puzzles illustrate water's characteristic properties. 30 figures, 12 black-and-white photographs.
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|  | Fascinating Science Experiments for Young People
by George Barr
Clearly illustrated, well-written text invites youngsters to perform experiments dealing with chemistry, astronomy, magnetism and electricity, weather, water, the body, sound and light, measurement and more. 130 illustrations.
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|  | Fun with Science: 46 Entertaining Demonstrations
by George Barr
The Mystery of the Balancing Butterflies, The Invisible Movie Screen, The Suspended Paper Clip and other feats that demonstrate basic scientific principles with materials that are safe, inexpensive, and easily available.
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|  | Ghosts
by Seymour Simon
Nine true tales from the spirit world include the exploits of French castle-dwelling phantoms, an English specter that literally scares people to death, White House ghosts of former presidents, and more.
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|  | Hobby Fun Book: For Grade School Boys and Girls
by Margaret O. Hyde, Frances W. Keene
There's fun on every page of this book of easy at-home activities. Kids can make their own amusements with pets, papercrafts, painting, modeling, and simple experiments involving chemistry and electricity.
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| | Human Anatomy Coloring Book
by Margaret Matt, Joe Ziemian
Careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body's organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and more. Numerous views, cross-sections, and diagrams. Suggestions for coloring. Complete text. 43 plates.
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|  | Human Anatomy in Full Color
by John Green
Twenty-five exceptionally clear and detailed anatomical plates — with labels and extensive captions — depict the skeleton, spine, bones, joints, skull, muscles, skin and limbs; heart, stomach, other organs; much more.
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|  | Indian Boyhood
by Charles A. Eastman
Chronicles first 15 years in life of a native Santee Sioux Indian in mid-19th century: childhood memories, training in the hunt, woodlore, religious practices, medicine men, more. 13 illustrations.
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|  | Indian Scout Craft and Lore
by Charles A. Eastman
Autobiographical account of how Eastman became a young Indian scout reveals secrets of the Sioux: how to read footprints, hunt with a slingshot and bow and arrow, trap and fish, much more. 27 illustrations.
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|  | Life in a Bucket of Soil
by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
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