Books with author Gail Hartman

This fascinating and educational book provides fifteen well illustrated, exciting projects for kids to build... toys, scientific devices, and gadgets illustrating both mystery and adventure, things that will teach skills and excite curiousity in a youngster! There are forty nine illustrations showing construction of such items as a Boomerang, a Barometer, a wooden Army Tank, a Kite, a Kaleidoscope, a Compass, a Sextant and a model fighter plane built as in the 1950's- from scratch, also a slingshot, toothpick Glider, and many more. The book projects are accompanied with tidbits of educational facts that fill in background on many of the toys. Magic devices include a box showing the principle of special effects originally used before Computer Graphics to make ghosts disappear in movies, and a “Magic Propeller”, a toy from long ago where rubbing a notched stick with another causes a propeller to spin. A youngster and parent alike will find many hours of pleasure and learning from this book!

This fascinating and educational book provides well illustrated, exciting projects for kids to build... toys, scientific devices, and gadgets illustrating both mystery and adventure, things that will teach skills and excite curiosity in a youngster! Forty nine illustrations show construction of such items as a Boomerang, a Barometer, a wooden Army Tank, a Kite, a Kaleidoscope, a Compass, a Sextant and a model fighter plane built from scratch, and many other projects. Magic devices include a device showing the principle of magic used to make ghosts disappear in movies, and a "Magic Propeller", a toy from long ago where rubbing a notched stick with another causes a propeller to spin. A youngster and parent alike will find many hours of pleasure and learning from this book!

This fascinating and educational book provides well illustrated, exciting projects for kids to build... toys, scientific devices, and gadgets illustrating both mystery and adventure, things that will teach skills and excite curiosity in a youngster! There are forty nine illustrations showing construction of such items as a Boomerang, a Barometer, a wooden Army Tank, a Kite, a Kaleidoscope, a Compass, a Sextant and a model fighter plane built from scratch. Magic devices include a device showing the principle of magic used to make ghosts disappear in movies, and a "Magic Propeller", a toy from long ago where rubbing a notched stick with another causes a propeller to spin. A youngster and parent alike will find many hours of pleasure and learning from this book!