{"id":216,"date":"2007-05-29T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=216"},"modified":"2008-08-05T13:01:41","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T17:01:41","slug":"weekend-book-festival-to-feature-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Weekend book festival to feature science"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have kids and are in Marion County this weekend, stop by the Marion County Public Library. They’re hosting an annual book festival<\/a> that features science as its theme. It looks like a lot of fun<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“I make tea bags fly. I levitate ping-pongs, and I blow up toilet paper,” said [author Vicki] Cobb, who compares herself to the Pied Piper. “But, there is a lot of real science involved in what I do. Instead of bringing children into the world of science, I bring science into the world of children… I see myself as a teacher, but I’m not teaching. I entertain and I motivate.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have kids and are in Marion County this weekend, stop by the Marion County Public Library. They’re hosting an annual book festival that features science as its theme. 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