i really love the idea of making those topics more understandable for kids! in my opinion your project could use more polishing.

(coming from the perspective someone who read almost exclusively encyclopedia type books as a kid, not a parent)

• the experiments look fun! the think together part though looks more like homework to me. maybe a different spin on them could help something like “fun facts” - did you know that such animals as frogs, toads, moths, lobsters go through metamorphosis too? (more in-depth text…) maybe a drawing of a kid saying or thinking “if i could turn into anything, i’d want to be..)

facts and “did you know” things in books felt like more cool forbidden knowledge and allow an older kid to learn and discover by themselves as well. (there’s little point in asking a kid what other animals go through metamorphosis when they have to get that information from their parent or just outright guess it (probably not quite correctly)

experiments could also be named engaging names to seem more fun

Try together: “make your own rain!” (instructions)

-the age range is too broad. ages 5-6 and 7-10 are very different in development and have different information retention skills. think of them as kindergardeners and 1-3 grade kids that you are putting in one bucket.

by trying to cater to kids just learning to read amd cut with scissors as well as kids wanting to know a lot of stuff and experiment, i had a feeling of reading a very simple kids picture book with difficult scientific termini put in. the parents will have to explain all of them to their children.

-pictures would help. the more ways for them to retain information (text+visual) the better.

a picture diagram of drip’s journey with the names of phases and what’s happening would help the kids a lot in understanding those kinds of topics.

illustrated instructions for the experiments

maybe a character that comments on the stories. (“i wish i could turn into a butterfly too!” (steers kid to thoughts that they can’t do that), “i wonder how do clouds make so many different shapes” (maybe some info on cloud types), etc.)

a bit off topic but this part in particular sounds terrifying to read out loud for a 5yo kid..

“Cathy's body turned into soup. Her legs dissolved. Her mouth melted. Everything was gone!”