11 Experiments That Failed

Author: Jenny Offill

Illustrator: Nancy Carpenter

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books  Random House

ISBN: 9780375847622

Format: Hardcover

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!).