Beakman's World: Build With Beakman, Spud Watch
Series: Beakman's World: Build With Beakman
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: June 1995
Place of publication: Kansas City Missouri, U.S.A.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780836270426
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Science & Technology - Experiments & Projects; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; 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, a watch with openable back, a wire with connectors on each end, a box, and a sticker. 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 the reader how to make the watch work using the connectors, and placing them into slices of a potato. It then tells about how to set the time, and date. There is then a explanation of how batteries work, and how the potato is being used as a battery. Next there are a series of drawings and discriptions of various batteries. There is an explanation of when to change the potato or a newer one, and possible sollutions if it isn't working. It then suggests various other matterials to experiment with to see if they will work as a battery. The LCD screen of the watch is then discribed, and a explanation of 'Mood rings'. The last page is of the two penguins with speech bubble, telling a potato joke. 

The book is written by Luann Colombo writing as if she were Beakman, addressing the reader directly. The book is illustrated by Peter Georgeson, and mentions the art being based an episode of "Beakman's World. Peter Georgeson and Suzanne Brooker are credited with the design of the book. Its Electronic Production was done by Suzanne Brooker and Sue Ann Harkey. 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: label: Introduction
title: 3; label: What's in Your Kit - The Parts
title: 4-5; label: Spud Watch Construction
title: 6-7; label: more Construction - You're Not Done Yet
title: 8; label: Here's Why:
title: 9; label: Setting the Watch
title: 10-11; label: How Batteries Work
title: 12-13; label: What's Going On with the Potato?
title: 14-15; label: Batteries on Parade
title: 16-17; label: Time for a Change
title: 18; label: Troubleshooting
title: 19; label: Experimenting
title: 20-21; label: Liquid Crystal Display: LCD
title: 22-23; label: {Don and Herb with speech balloons, telling a potato joke}
title: 24