What better way is there to learn than by doing? This unusual book enables children to carry out more than 103 different experiments and demonstrations, carefully planned to illustrate principles of modern science. Clear step-by-step instructions, frequent diagrams, and clear statements of conclusions all enable the young student to carry through these experiments with minimal supervision, yet full success.The science projects included demonstrate what things are made of and how sub...

A fanciful adaptation of a Turkish folktale that tells the story of a poor villager, a donkey, and a wise man whose clever plan outwits a tyrannical Mongol ruler.

A fanciful adaptation of a Turkish folktale! A Donkey Reads is the tale of a poor villager named Mustafo, a tyrannical Mongol ruler, and the 13th Century wiseman, Nasreddin Hoca, who is able to avoid the conqueror's wrath by actually teaching a donkey to read.