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The perfect book for any young scientist or passionate experimenter! Love the diagrams of steps taken in each experiment and the laugh-out-loud moments caused by several of the experiments. A great intro book to lab safety at the beginning of the school year. Each experiment includes a question, hypothesis, "what you need" list, steps to take, results, AND delightful illustrations. I think the final experiment may be my favorite... or perhaps the bologna activity!

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5.0

Ok, stop: the peaceful, rapturous expression on our girl scientist's face as she lets fly a slice of bologna in the school cafeteria would have sold me on this book even if I had not already been giggling, snorting, and cackling on almost every page prior.

Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/10/11-experiments-that-failed-by-jenny-offill-nancy-carpenter-review.html#more

5elementknitr's review against another edition

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4.0

Wonderful artwork combining "real" pictures with the drawn/painted art. I especially enjoyed the subtle background art!

Funny experiments gone horribly wrong!

trixie_reads's review against another edition

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4.0

Funny, but yikes! I wouldn't read this to my kids without a lot of dire warnings.

suzannekm's review against another edition

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5.0

Wonderfully silly, and demonstrates proper scientific methods.

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