Most Popular Books by Vicki Cobb

Color illustrations and photomicrographs show what happens when a human body is attacked by a cold virus.

A group of scientific experiments that demonstrate chemical principles and can be performed with common household items.

Imagine living in a place where commuter trains are so crowded that the train workers are paid to cram more people into each car--in Japan, this is a daily occurrence. What would it be like to live there? This addition to Cobb''s Imagine Living Here series gives young readers passports to this unique place.

A collection of science experiments and activities, arranged in such categories as "Physical Attractions, " "Curious Chemistry, " and "Freaky Fluids."

This book provides comic illustrations and photomicrographs that describe how the body heals a broken bone.

Meet your personal superheroes - your body''s cells! Superhero cells rally together to battle common childhood ailments in this series in which Vicki Cobb explains how your amazing human body heals itself and fights off intruders.

Learn what your body does to battle a stomachache.

Examines how the human body responds to having an earache.

DK''s acclaimed DK Biography series tackles one of history''s most colorful figures in Harry Houdini. Perfect for book reports or summer reading, the DK Biography series brings a new clarity and narrative voice to history''s most colorful figures. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Fireworks make any celebration a major event. Oohs and aahs accompany the spectacular light and sound show. But fireworks have a secret. Behind the fire and aerial displans is a lot of science. "Where''s the Science Here?" answer the question for fireworks and reveals that they are more amazing than you ever imagined.

A biography of the 16th-century Italian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who questioned the accepted scientific theories of his time and was tried by the Inquisition for his ideas.

Meet your personal superheroes - your body''s cells! Superhero cells rally together to battle common childhood ailments in this series in which Vicki Cobb explains how your amazing human body heals itself and fights off intruders.

Describes more than sixty tricks based on scientific experiments featured in the text.

Decay is explored in a series of interesting experiments.

Provides instructions for a variety of science activities outside, arranged by such categories as school, parks, and vehicles.

Wanna bet you can make your pupils bigger by squeezing your neck? Slice an apple in midair with a hammer? The challenges in this book may seem impossible, but we bet you can do them all. And what''s more, you''ll have a ball in the process. What better way to learn about science!

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

Explains and demonstrates scientific principles by using them to create magic tricks.

Fans of Vicki Cobb''s unique blend of humor, science, and hands-onactivities will have tons of fun with How to Really Fool Yourself.Kids won''t be able to believe their eyes--not to mention theirears, noses, hands, and tongues! Packed with all-new illustrationsand a delightful new design, this book features over 70 activitiesto fool all five senses. Each illusion is followed by a fascinating"Why You''re Fooled" section that explains the science and historybehind the "magic." * Illusions of touch, taste, hearing, smell, and sight include: theIncredible Shrinking Sugar Cube, Flavorless Coffee, Movie-StyleSound Effects, Making Circles from Straight Lines, and manymore * The hardcover edition of How to Really Fool Yourself has sold90,000 copies * A Main Selection of the Primary Teachers'' Book Club