Beakman's World

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 and Spud}. The actors seen in the photographs are Paul Zaloom as "Beakman", Mark Ritts as "Lester", Alanna Ubach as "Jose" {Bacteria, Hovercraft}, and Eliza Jane Schneider as "Liza" {Electronic, Hovercraft, Spud}. These are part of a biger series of the "Beakman's World" products, they are all based on the original newspaper feature, 'You Can with Beakman & Jax' by Jok Church.

Other books in the 'Beakman' series are;
--'You Can With Beakman & Jax' books;
* You Can with Beakman: Science Stuff You Can Do. ISBN: 0836270045 (June 1, 1992)
** El Mundo De Beakman: Experimentos Divertidos. {Spanish language edition} ISBN: 9706433856 (January 1, 2001).
* You Can with Beakman & Jax: More Science Stuff You Can Do. ISBN: 0836270088 (June 1, 1994)
** El Mundo De Beakman y Jax: Experimentos Divertidos. {Beakman & Jax} ISBN: 9706434151 (May 1, 2002)
* You Can With Beakman & Jax: Way More Science Stuff. ISBN: 0836270436 (June 1, 1995)
** El Mundo De Beakman y Jax: Mas Experimentos Divertidos. {Beakman & Jax} ISBN: 9706434666 (May 1, 2002)
* Beakman and Jax's Microscope Book. ISBN: 0836270215 (December 1, 1995)
* The Best of You Can With Beakman & Jax: A Collection of the Grossest, Weirdest, Coolest Experiments You Can Do. ISBN: 0836236661 (October 1, 1997)
* Beakman & Jax's Bubble Book: Plus Everything You Need to Make a Real Square Bubbles! ISBN: 0836227069 (September 1, 1997)
* The Best of You Can With Beakman and Jax: Over 100 of the Grossest, Weirdest, Coolest, Experiments You Can Do. ISBN: 0887248004 (September 20, 2005) The Best of You Can With Beakman and Jax: Over 100 of the Grossest, Weirdest, Coolest, Experiments You Can Do. {A reprint of the earlier 'Best of' book with new Acknowledgments/Greetings information.}

--'Beakman's World: Build With Beakman" books;
* Bacteria Farm 0836270134 (November 1, 1994)
* Electronic Intercom 0836270126 (November 1, 1994)
* Hovercraft 0836270401 (June 1, 1995)
* Spud Watch 0836270428 (June 1, 1995)

--Other Beakman's World books;
* Beakman's World: A Visit to the Hit TV Show. ISBN: 0836270053 (September 1, 1993)
* Beakman's Book of Dead Guys and Gals in Science. ISBN: 0836270142 (November 1, 1994)
* Beakman's Gear Up Your Gray Matter. ISBN: 0836270150 (November 1, 1994)
* Beakman's Gear Up Your Gray Matter: Volume II. ISBN: 0836270398 (July 1, 1996)