Beakman's World: Build With Beakman, Electronic Intercom
Contributors: Peter Georgeson (Illustrator)
Series: Beakman's World: Build With Beakman
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pubublishing
Published: November 1994
Place of publication: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9780836270129
Subjects: Science & Technology - Experiments & Projects; Children's 9-12 - Science; Children: Grades 3-4
Description: This is a kit, and book set from the 'Beakman's World: Build With Beakman' series. It consists of; A book, Two card board boxes which are differently styled for each end of the intercom. The first is yellow and cheese styled with an image Lester, and the other is green with a lightening bolt and arrows design with an image of Beakman on the other side. The mini intercom boxes come pre-perforated, with the user required to only push out the design sections. There is a 25 feet long electrical cord, and two speakers. Besides the illustrations and text, the book has images of the actors and penguin puppets with speech balloons, with helpful information, or silly comments. The book tells how the reader how to build the intercom and tells how it works. There is a short list of radio terms, and ways to spell out letters, such as 'Alpha' for the letter 'A'. There is an explanation of how phones work, and how we hear, with various parts of the ear labeled.

The book is written by Luann Colombo writing as if she were Beakman, addressing the reader directly. The front cover shows one illustrator Peter Georgeson, however on the copyright page Sylvia Shapiro is also credited as illustrator, the the art being based an episode of "Beakman's World. Peter Georgeson is also credited with the design of the book. Its Electronic Production was done by Suzanne Brooker and Millie Beard. The actors seen in the photographs are Paul Zaloom as "Beakman", Mark Ritts as "Lester", and Eliza Jane Schneider as "Liza". This book is part of a 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)
Table of contents: title: 3
label: Introduction; title: 4
label: What is Electricity?; title: 5
label: Insulators and Conductors: The Stop and Go of Electric Flow; title: 6-7
label: The Parts; title: 8
label: Intercom Assembly; title: 9-10
label: The Big Connection; title: 11
label: What's a Circuit; title: 12-13
label: How to use Your Intercom; title: 14-15
label: Official Radio Jargon; title: 16
label: When You Speak; title: 17
label: Now Ear This; title: 18
label: Sound Vibrations; title: 19
label: An Intercom Is Like a Telephone; title: 20
label: How You Hear