Most Popular Books by Glen Vecchione

Science fair projects that not only enhance learning about science, but also provide models for entries in science fairs.

"Sims'' pencil drawings...capture the energy and chaos of the playground. Kids, teachers, and parents...will enjoy having a wide range of games and short clear directions in one volume."--Booklist From Freeze Tag to Double Dutch, this bright and lively companion to Sidewalk Chalk presents some of the best traditional street and sidewalk activities ever. For every game, you''ll find out how many people can play, along with instructions, tactics, and tips. Charming childlike drawings in crayon, plus diagrams, capture the fun and illustrate the rules of play, too. A kid alone can try Seven Up, as long as there''s a ball and a wall. Go Shoebox Bowling; enjoy that old favorite, Kick the Can; and check out how limber everyone is with Limbo, a Jamaican dance-game. The good times will keep on going!

Contains fun science fair projects that encourage learning and could win you a blue ribbon.

"This book is a good starting place for finding successful science-fair projects."--School Library Journal "Can provide needed direction to parents and students facing looming classroom deadlines."--The Los Angeles Times "Offers a real variety to young scientists."--Parent Council(R), Selected as Outstanding Any kid can be a winner, and take top honors at the school science fair, by picking one of these 100 proven first-place projects. Among the cool ideas: demonstrate the action of magnetic fields, make a moon box, build "ant architecture," and measure static electricity. Plus, there''s plenty of fun in creating homemade perfume and erupting volcanoes; doing a bubble gum plant graft; and building a big green solar machine. Youngsters will find plenty of hints for crafting eye-catching displays, too.

Hundreds of fascinating, flabbergasting, and sometimes freaky facts are at your disposal in this fun-sized compendium. Uncover animal oddities, including the fact that certain species of frogs can survive being frozen solid and thawed. Find out how strange people really are: Did you know that the average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime—enough to fill two swimming pools? And there are botanical surprises, such as that bananas are actually herbs, plus science tidbits about the Earth, inventions, computers, and more.

A collection of little-known facts about the U.S. presidents that provides a glimpse into their personalities, covering such topics as nicknames, families, finances, food and drink, homes, sports, hobbies, and oddities, as well as their lives after the presidency.

A handy and fun size illustrated guide that features big information, with more than 1,000 fun facts about animals familiar, unusual, and just plain bizarre. Whether kids are curious about cats, millipedes, parakeets, porpoises, or even the giant mola mola fish, the knowledge they uncover will make them say “wow.” * The forked tongue of a snake enables it to smell "in stereo." * The lungs of a horse are three times larger than those of a lion. * African elephants stay on their feet for 30 to 40 years. * Belching cows contribute to the greenhouse effect by adding methane to the atmosphere. Kids will feel smart entertaining their friends with everything new they know.

No kid in your house will ever say, "I''m bored" again. So much fun from such a little book! Over 200 wild and exciting games for kids of all ages, both indoors and out, feature: Dozens of games with balloons and soap bubbles, hiding games and relay races. Blindfold games. Guessing games. Many variations on Musical Chairs and Simon Says. Games with ping-pong balls and electric fans. Lots of concentration and memory games. Eight different Frisbee games. Fifteen relay races. Eight marbles competitions. 21 games you can play with a basketball or baseball. Novelty games using simple but fun streamer balls and twister sticks. Games with names like Cape in the Mud, Dizzy Race, Giggle Ball, Punch Ball and Swamp Monster. With so many games for one or two and for groups up to a dozen, you can turn your house and garden into a magical world with hours of fun from ordinary tables and chairs, soda straws and coins, balls and bats, bowls of water and cardboard boxes. Every game comes complete with instructions, rules, tactics and techniques for winning. They''re perfect for parties and picnics and rainy days--and just for times when kids need to stretch their muscles and exercise their brains and learn the fun of teamwork.

"This extensive collection of do-it-yourself projects ranges from simple ideas using household materials to sophisticated plans which are unique."--Booklist "[There are] many good projects."--Appraisal "The directions are clear and straightforward."--VOYA From a device that makes sounds waves visible to a unique "pomato" plant, these 100 imaginative and impressive science projects will impress science fair judges and teachers--and astound all the kids in the school. Some of the experiments can be completed quickly, others take more time, thought, and construction, but every one uses readily available materials. Budding Einsteins can make their own plastic, build a working telescope, or choose from a range of ideas in electricity, ecology, astronomy, and other scientific fields.

This appealingly packaged kitin the same style as the enormously popular String Games (80,000 sold) and Tangram Puzzles (45,000 sold)is absolutely guaranteed to attract kids attention.

"...turns traditional childhood jump-rope games into a vigorous sport....comprehensive guide provides all the moves necessary to become physically fit and perhaps even a jump-rope competitor...includes background behind jumping rope, equipment necessary, warm-up exercises, and progressively more difficult skills and routines. Black-ink line drawings...indicate foot patterns and arm moves....Physical fitness attributes as well as competitive organizations are also listed...rhythm rhymes are included."--School Library Journal.

Sensual cyborgs Omoo and Amaa live in an alien-like world where biological reproduction is forbidden and immortality is offered in a virtual afterlife known as the Dream Box. In this futuristic and dystopian society of sinister technologies, robots, and computers approaching singularity, the couple defies the law by having a child. Their journey to safety across a landscape of glaciers, toxic water, and savage monsters brings them into contact with primitive beings on the verge of an evolutionary breakthrough. A fast moving science fiction thriller with a horrific surprise ending!

Decimo volumen de la serie "experimentos sencillos," dentro de la coleccion "El juego de la ciencia." Con materiales tan comunes como pilas, hilo de cobre, perchas para la ropa o cartulina, y sin necesidad de complicados aparatos, puedes realizar sencillos y divertidos experimentos que te ayudaran a entender mejor el fenomeno de la electricidad, una de las mas misteriosas y omnipresentes fuerzas de la naturaleza, que se manifiesta tanto en el rayo devastador como en el inofensivo iman o la familiar bombilla. Estos experimentos con la electricidad no entranan ningun peligro y no requieren el uso de sustancias ni materiales especiales. Son faciles de realizar y estan dirigidos a los ninos que ya han alcanzado un nivel aceptable de lectura comprensiva, a partir de los 10 anos.Dentro de esta nueva coleccion, de divulgacion cientifica para ninos, el decimo volumen, Experimentos sencillos con la electricidad, ensena a los ninos a galvanizar una llave, a leer un contador electrico, a fabricar un generador de agua electrostatico y una pila voltaica, a comparar la conduccion termica en cuatro metales distintos...

Octavo volumen de la serie "experimentos sencillos," dentro de la coleccion "El juego de la ciencia." Con materiales comunes procedentes de la cocina de tu casa, como frascos, cuencos, colorante y diversos alimentos, y otros que encontraras en cualquier parque o jardin proximos, puedes realizar sencillos y divertidos experimentos que te ayudaran a entender mejor el ciclo de la vida de algunos de los seres vivos que te rodean. Estos experimentos con animales y plantas no entranan ningun peligro y no requieren el uso de sustancias ni materiales especiales. Son faciles de realizar y estan dirigidos a los ninos que ya han alcanzado un nivel aceptable de lectura comprensiva, a partir de los 10 anos.Dentro de esta nueva coleccion, de divulgacion cientifica para ninos, el octavo volumen, Experimentos sencillos con animales y plantas, ensena a los ninos a fabricar una trampa para insectos nocturnos, un comedero para colibries, a realizar un injerto de planta con chicle, a comparar el crecimiento de diversas semillas de judias, a extraer ADN de un tejido animal...Publico destinatario: Dirigido a ninos y ninas a partir de 10 anos, tambien es ideal para padres o educadores que quieran desarrollar la curiosidad y la intuicion de los pequenos respecto de las plantas, los insectos y otros animales que pueblan su entorno. Es un manual muy sencillo que les proporciona respuestas a medida que realizan sus propios experimentos. Constituye una excelente ayuda para incitarlos a curiosear y a experimentar a solas o con sus amigos.

Noveno volumen de la serie "experimentos sencillos," dentro de la coleccion "El juego de la ciencia." Con materiales de uso corriente y sin necesidad de complicados aparatos, puedes realizar sencillos y divertidos experimentos que te ayudaran a entender mejor las leyes que rigen el comportamiento de nuestro planeta azul y de su inmenso techo, el firmamento. Estos experimentos sobre el cielo y la tierra no entranan ningun peligro y no requieren el uso de sustancias ni materiales especiales. Son faciles de realizar y estan dirigidos a los ninos que ya han alcanzado un nivel aceptable de lectura comprensiva, a partir de los 10 anos. Dentro de esta nueva coleccion, de divulgacion cientifica para ninos, el noveno volumen, Experimentos sencillos sobre el cielo y la tierra, ensena a los ninos a entender el campo magnetico terrestre, a trazar la cartografia del fondo oceanico, a calcular la circunferencia de la Tierra, a simular una tormenta de arena en Marte, a construir un reloj de sol y un localizador diurno de la luna...

Hundreds of fascinating, flabbergasting, and sometimes freaky facts are at your disposal in this fun-sized compendium. Uncover animal oddities, including the fact that certain species of frogs can survive being frozen solid and thawed. Find out how strange people really are: Did you know that the average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime--enough to fill two swimming pools? And there are botanical surprises, such as that bananas are actually herbs, plus science tidbits about the Earth, inventions, computers, and more.