Now that budding scientist Curious McCarthy's dad is going back to work,
the five oldest McCarthy kids will be helping more with chores and
taking turns cooking dinner. When her parents present the daily chore
chart, Curious is delighted that they forgot to assign her a task. She
spends the next week trying to go unnoticed and chore-less as she learns
about chemistry and observes it at work right in her own chaotic home.
Her funny footnotes capture all the details of her observations for
readers, who can then try their hand at science with an included
experiment. The addition of a glossary and questions for the reader make
this a great choice for libraries.