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Beakman's World

Build With Beakman

by Luann Colombo

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There are four book/kit sets in this 'Beakman's World: Build With Beakman' series. Each consists of a book, and a box, with various things to build inside the box. The book tells how to build the item, and explains how it works. It also gives various experiments that can be done with the contents. It also usually gives a brief discussion on other related topics. Besides the illustrations and text, the book has images of the actors, and penguin puppets Don and Herb, with speech balloons, with helpful information, or silly comments. The text for each of the four books was written by Luann Colombo, writing as if she were Beakman, addressing the reader directly. The books were mainly illustrated by Peter Georgeson, and the book mentions that, the art is based on an episode of "Beakman's World, although in 'Bacteria Farm', and 'Electronic Intercom' Sylvia Shapiro is also listed as an illustrator, but on the copyright pages only. Peter Georgeson {all four} and Suzanne Brooker {Hovercraft, Spud} are credited with the design of the books. While their Electronic Production was done by Suzanne Brooker {all of them}, with Millie Beard {Bactria and Electronic} and Sue Ann Harkey {Hovercraft an

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