cover image Detective Science: 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids

Detective Science: 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids

Jim Wiese. John Wiley & Sons, $14.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-471-11980-7

An elementary introduction to such concepts as forensics, voice-prints and DNA testing, Detective Science: 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids by Jim Wiese shows how detectives and forensic experts use science to do their jobs. Through a variety of easy, at-home experiments, readers learn how to take and analyze fingerprints, identify blood and detect counterfeit bills. With black-and-white illustrations by Ed Shems. (Wiley, $12.95 paper 128p ages 8-12 ISBN 0-471-11980-6 Mar.)