Author: Neeraja Raghavan
Publisher: Children Book Trust
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 88
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170119375
Description
Have you ever wondered what makes you laugh when someone tickles you? Or why some people are left-handed and some right-handed? Or why do babies smile in sleep? Well, how about a sphinx to answer these and many more such queries as and when they occur to you?
The book explores, with the sphinx, the scientific principles behind the day-to-day happenings. It is necessary to wonder why and to know the answers in some degree!
Contents
What Is Everything Made Up Of? Nothing1
Hello, Who Is Speaking?
From Green To Red
A Super Factory: The Green Leaf
How Tall Will I Be?
Water, A Unique Liquid
Milky White And Rose Red
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
What Is That I See Before Me?
Strange Turns Of Tops
How Can We Hear Ourselves?
The Friendly Microbes
Changing Face Of The Moon
It Is Time To Sleep
Instinctive Action
It Gets On My Nerves!
Oh, I Feel So Ticklish!
Laughter And Tears
Of Soaps And Suds
Will My Hair Turn Grey?
Whence Comes This Hail?
Care For A Cup Of tea?
Hic, Hic, Hic!
Left, Left, Left-Right-Left!
Life In The High Seas
Scratch, Scratch!
Smiling Babies
Barks In Uniform