Vicki Cobb

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Channel: Reading Rockets · 2013 · Education

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Meet science writer Vicki Cobb. Called the "Julia Child of hands-on science," Cobb has published more than 85 books for kids K-8 that explore physics, chemistry and biology, biographies, geography, and the human body.

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