How Slippery Is a Banana Peel?

Rebecca Donnelly

ene 2021 · Distribuido por Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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Rebecca Donnelly's How Slippery Is a Banana Peel? is a picture book companion to Cats Are a Liquid celebrating the science and the slipperiness of banana peels—a perfect introduction to friction, featuring illustrations by Misa Saburi.

Volcanoes roar,
But banana peels race.
Rockets soar,
Like bananas through space.

A group of kid-experimenters at a science fair explore the slipperiness of banana peels—a perfect introduction to scientific concepts! It's funny and STEM-inspired, with back matter on friction and a kitchen science experiment. These playful and mischievous banana peels will capture the imagination of readers.

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Rebecca Donnelly is the author of many best-loved books for children. Her debut picture book, Cats Are a Liquid, was nominated for the Mewbery Award. Her debut middle-grade novel, How to Stage a Catastrophe, was an Indies Introduce/Kids’ Indie Next pick. Rebecca writes, studies cats, and works as a children's librarian in northern New York.

Misa Saburi was born in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She currently lives in Brooklyn where she illustrates children’s books, including Cats Are a Liquid, Bearnard’s Book, and Monster Trucks.