I found this to be a really neat book. I really like the way they incorporated the projects into the story line. I will have to give this to my granddaughter to read and then try to make some of the projects.
What a delightful and fun read. Incorporating movie magic, alien makeup and throw in a super hero add rumbustious siblings, what do you get? A splendid middle grade read. This story will motivate a child to the mystery of behind the scene movie magic from the simplicity to the complexity. Pappa...
Nick and Tesla's Special Effects Spectacular: A Mystery with Animatronics, Alien Makeup, Camera Gear, and Other Movie Magic You Can Make Yourself! by Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith Hardcover, 256 pages Expected publication: May 5th 2015 by Quirk Books ISBN 1594747601 (ISBN13: 9781594747601) mo...
*I won this book from a Booklikes giveaway. While I wasn't required to write a review - much less a positive review - I am writing one because I read and enjoyed the book. I got no payment, nor any other reimbursement for accepting and reviewing this book - other than, obviously, the actual book*...
I actually only picked up this book for work because its a Battle of the Books book this year. Very cute and surprisingly fun read. Nick and Telsa are brother and sister forced to spend the summer with their crazy uncle. When their rocket gets launched into the yard of the large abandoned house do...
Nick and Tesla are twins, named after a famous scientist in Holt family tradition. They are spending the day, along with their friends Silas and DeMarco, at a local museum where their Uncle Newt(on) has been hired to fix an animatronic exhibit - of famous scientists, of course. But things keep go...
A fun book with a mystery and instructions on how to build your own gadget glove. I really enjoyed this book, my 11 year old niece took turns reading aloud and at one point said "they should make this a movie." Full review soon, with input from my niece. I received a free copy of this book from Qu...
Nick and Tesla's Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove is a fun and informative read. Nick and Tesla, while at their father's workplace, they help solve why things are going haywire at the museum the day before the new exhibit opens. Their father is a scientist, and Nick and Tesla have picked up his love of sci...
My reviews for the previous books in the series: One, Two, and Three. A book with museums + animatronics + instructions on how to build a cyborg glove of your own = AWESOME! Seriously, this book took the last book and made it even better by adding the elements above. Anything to do with museums,...
Re-read published copy May 31, 2014. --------------------------------------------------- Original post 3/18/2014 Did you ever want to be a spy? Did you ever want to wear night-vision goggles? Did you ever want to dust for fingerprints or build an alarm to warn you if someone takes your things? W...
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