How Come: Over 175 Questions and Answers About the World Around Us
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
How Come: Over 175 Questions and Answers About the World Around Us
By (Author) Kathy Wollard
By (author) Debra Solomon
Workman Publishing
Workman Publishing
30th December 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage reference: Encyclopaedias, general reference
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world
031.02
Physical Properties
Paperback
512
Width 203mm, Height 203mm
Description
This is the best of the How Come trilogy, featuring answers to more than 200 irresistible questions about the world around us and beyond. Based on Kathy Wollards popular syndicated Newsday column, these are the questions that frequently stump kids and their parents: Why is space black What makes hail Why do heavy Brazil nuts always end up on the top in a can of mixed nuts And much more. Wollards clear, accessible, engaging prose is enlivened by witty illustrations now in color from Debra Solomon. Comprised mostly of the best entries now revised and updated from the three previous editions, the book will also include twenty completely new questions and answers.
Author Bio
Kathy Wollard is the author of Newsdays popular How Come column. She has physics and journalism degrees from New York University, and has written about science and health for Self, Scholastic, Popular Science, and Family Fun magazines. A former New Yorker, she and her husband, author Evan Morris, now live in rural Ohio.
Debra Solomon is an illustrator and animator. Her print work has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Self, and The Daily News. She created the animation for the Disney Channels Lizzie McGuire television show, and won awards for her short films Mrs. Matisse and Everybodys Pregnant.
