"This is a most joyful and clever whimsy, the kind that lightens the heart and puts a shine on the day," raved
Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.
Is it possible to eat snowballs doused in ketchup—and nothing else—all winter? Can a washing machine wash dishes? By reading the step-by-step instructions, kids can discover the answers to such all-important questions along with the book's curious narrator. Here are 12 "hypotheses," as well as lists of "what you need," "what to do," and "what happened" that are sure to make young readers laugh out loud as they learn how to conduct science experiments (really!).
Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter—the ingenious pair that brought you
17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore—have outdone themselves in this brilliant and outrageously funny book.
JENNY OFFILL is the author of
17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore, a
Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, and
11 Experiments That Failed, also a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, which
Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called “the most joyful and clever whimsy.”
NANCY CARPENTER is the illustrator of
17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore by Jenny Offill, called "picture-perfect" in a starred review by
School Libary Journal; Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming; Apples to Oregon, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, and
Fannie in the Kitchen, both by Deborah Hopkinson;
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye, winner of the Jane Addams Picture Book Award; and
Masai and I by Virginia Kroll. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2011:
"This is a most joyful and clever whimsy, the kind that lightens the heart and puts a shine on the day. Go ahead, break a few dishes in the washing machine, see the humor and enjoy this fine poke at every science fair that ever was."
