cover image Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science

Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science

J. Patrick Lewis. Silver Whistle Books, $16 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216681-6

Silly rhymes in Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science by J. Patrick Lewis, illus. by Frank Remkiewicz, a companion to Arithme-Tickle, offer basic scientific knowledge for curious readers in poems that are both educational and entertaining. For ""A Threat of Sweat,"" Lewis writes, ""Whenever you visit Miami/ What is it that makes you so clammy?"" The upside-down answer: ""Humidity."" (Apr.)