Kathy Wollard

This book was all about answering questions that kids had asked a newspaper column. It's split into four sections: turbulent Earth, safari, body works, and factory field trip. In turbulent Earth, the section went over the questions on how things worked on planet earth, like why we don't have ice ages anymore. In safari, the book talks about the goings on in the animal and plant kingdom, like why dogs bark. Body works discusses why the body does certain things, and explains others, like why acids in the stomach don't destroy the stomach. Factory field trip, however, talks about how things from factories work and are made, like glue. In addition, the book has extra little tidbits of information when it relates to the answer of a question.

I enjoyed this book, since it answered some of my own questions. I didn't like, however, that is answered some obvious questions, like "if you dug all the way through Earth, would you end up in space?" I also enjoyed the funny drawings, though I didn't understand a few of them. My favorite section was safari, but my favorite question was "why do fingers get wrinkled after soaking in water for a long time?" since I had been wondering this subconsciously myself. The fact that the book is split into sections, then questions is another thing I like, since it makes the information easier to understand. The pictures were practically comics, so that helped the book not feel like some science book, even though that's what its focus was primarily on. In all, I give this book four stars since it was helpful, but some questions are just so obvious people!… (mais)