Tanya Tinker and the Gizmo Gang

Created to encourage inquisitiveness in young children about the objects around them -- how things work, what¹s inside them, or how they came to be -- and to delight them with fascinating facts about their world. Throughout the book, liftable flaps reveal the answers to questions posed by members of the ³Gizmo Gang² -- three friends who set out to solve the mystery of a top-secret list. Along the way, the characters pause to investigate the workings many items, from stoplights and silos to elevators and playground swings. They explore natural phenomena: how popcorn pops, where milk comes from,& why the sky is blue. Includes an insert, ³Tanya¹s Tangrams,² a puzzle in which 5 triangles, a square, and a rhomboid can be combined to produce a variety of shapes.Marks, Burton is the author of 'Tanya Tinker and the Gizmo Gang', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756767600 and ISBN 0756767601.