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While You're Waiting for the Food to Come
by Eric Muller, Illustrated by Eldon Doty
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Below are some of the comments about
"While You're Waiting for the Food to Come."
"It's a great book!"
WNYC
"Best of the Best" list
Chicago
Public Library
"Choice List 2000"
Children's
Literature
"The Best Books of 1999"
The
Center for Children's Books
"A delightful book of science experiments to do
in restaurants... A winner"
School Library Journal
"This little paperback will change the way you
and your family go out to dinner forever"
Children's
Literature Review
"children will have such a good time testing Muller's
'restaurant science' activities"
Booklist
"A smorgasbord of activities and science experiments"
Publishers Weekly
"extremely clever book"
Copley
Newservice
"Restaurants can try kids' nerves...This
book is the solution"
San
Diego Union-Tribune
"This is a great book"
Science
Activities
"Dining out will never be the same."
Genesee Valley Parent
"...each of these activities provides a painless,
hands-on explanation of a scientific principle."
Working
Mother
"Eric's book will whet your appetite"
Ledger-Enquirer
/ Star Anniston
"My kids (9 and 12) were so entertained they
were unaware they were doing something educational."
The
Isthmus (Madison, WI)
"..the idea is an excellent one: Practical applications
and easy explanations of science principles.."
Science
Books and Films
"It's loaded with interesting experiments you
can do at a restaurant table or your own kitchen table."
Press
& Dakota"
"..make miles fly by for everyone, including
adults"
Miami
Hearld
"..this is a must have book"
North
Carolina Public Schools
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"While You're
Waiting for the Food to Come"
by Eric
Muller
illustrations by Eldon Doty
A feast for curious minds, this savory activity
book proves that science is always on the menu in restaurants, at the
picnic table,  in
the kitchen, or wherever food is served. It's the perfect way to pass
the time while young diners wait for their food to come.
Spiced with many helpful and witty illustrations, this irresistible
offering serves up hands-on science at its very best.
The book, published by Orchard
Press is available at major book stores and through mail order (via
this web site).
About the Author-
Eric is a science educator and teacher of teachers at the Exploratorium,
a museum of science, perception and art located in San Francisco, CA.
He is also a former fellow of Tufts University's Wright Center for Innovation
in Science Education and was a high school and middle science teacher
in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years. He can be heard monthly
on NPR's Sounds Like Science
program as well as on KCRW's (Santa Monica / Los Angeles public radio)
Good Food show.
Eric as well as other educators are available for educational and public
presentations. For more information about this service, click here.
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