Series:

A Let's-read-and-find-out science book

4 total works

Cover of What Happens to a Hamburger?

What Happens to a Hamburger?

by Paul Showers

Published 1 September 1970
What happens to a hamburger and all the other foods we eat? Digestion! In your mouth, your stomach, and your intestines, food is turned into bones and muscles and energy for your body to use. Carrots and peaches, eggs and pickles, all make you strong and healthy and help you grow.

Cover of Sleep is for Everyone

Sleep is for Everyone

by Paul Showers and W Watson

Published 31 December 1974
Elementary discussion of the importance of sleep and what happens to our brains and bodies during slumber

Cover of Where Does the Garbage Go?

Where Does the Garbage Go?

by Paul Showers

Published 1 January 1974

Follow that garbage truck!

...to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up...to the incinerator to see how trash can be turned into energy ... to the recycling center to see how a soda bottle can be turned into a flowerpot. Filled with graphs, charts, and diagrams, Where Does the Garbage Go? explains how we deal with the problem of too much trash and provides ideas for easy ways to be a part of the solution.

Cover of Me and My Family Tree

Me and My Family Tree

by Paul Showers

Published 1 October 1978