"Mr. Archimedes' bath always overflowed. And Mr. Archimedes always
had to clean up the mess" - despite the fact that he always shares
his bath with a kangaroo, a goat, and a wombat. And so Mr.
Archimedes decides to find out "where all this water is coming
from." As one by one, then all together, the animals are removed
from the tub, Mr. Archimedes notes that the water still goes up and
clown but doesn't overflow. "Eureka! I've found it!" he shouts when
he discovers that the level after he gets out is just the same as
before he got in. "We make the water go up," he continues as they
all get in and the tub overflows again. "There are just too many of
us in the bath, that's all." But this obvious observation is really
not much to scream about. Allen's Archimedes stops where the real
Archimedes began in the official story; and Allen doesn't even draw
any conclusions or generalizations from the phenomenon she does
have him catch on to. The menage as pictured seems to be having a
lot of fun jumping in and out of the round footed tub with flabby,
pink, Mr. A.; but where's the fun of making a dummy out of
Archimedes for children who never heard of him in the first place?
At first, Allen seems to be onto a good thing here, but she lets it
go down the drain. (Kirkus Reviews)
When Mr Archimedes takes a bath with three of his friends, Kangaroo, Wombat and Goat, the water always overflows and makes a mess. Mr Archimedes is determined to find the culprit. Using a measure and taking turns getting out, they finally discover who it is. Early science made fascinating with the use of animal characters, comical text and colourful illustrations.
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