"Following the success of the You Can books, the brother and sister duo of Beakman & Jax present a fabulous introduction to understanding how microscopes work--presented in Beakman & Jax's trademark easy-to-get explanations and broad sense of humor. A real hand-held microscope is included for the reader's own explorations." --Amazon.com

This book explains how a microscope works, has close up images of items, and an experiment that the reader can do. It comes with a microscope, and had a original price of "$14.95 ($20.50 Canada)" {Back cover}. There are two different versions of the book. First a "Spiral-bound", version that came on a cardboard backing, along with the microscope. And second a staple bound version of the book, this version has the "Dog Poop" images/pages removed, but it keeps the same page count by adding two further pages for notes at the end of the book. For the first 12 pages the books are identical, however from page 13 onward each version has a different image on its numbered page, because the staple version is missing the two pages, and the numbers have been shifted to reflect the actual page count. The staple bound version, had the microscope wrapped in bubble wrap, and were sealed in a plastic bag.

Other books in the 'Beakman' series. --'You Can With Beakman & Jax' books;

• You Can with Beakman: Science Stuff You Can Do 0836270045 (June 1, 1992)
• You Can with Beakman & Jax: More Science Stuff You Can Do 0836270088 (June 1, 1994)
• You Can With Beakman & Jax: Way More Science Stuff 0836270436 (June 1, 1995)
• Beakman and Jax's Microscope Book 0836270215 (December 1995)
• The Best of You Can With Beakman & Jax: A Collection of the Grossest, Weirdest, Coolest Experiments You Can Do 0836236661 (October 1997)
• Beakman & Jax's Bubble Book: Plus Everything You Need to Make a Real Square Bubbles! 0836227069 (September 1997)
• The Best of You Can With Beakman and Jax 0887248004 (September 20, 2005) {Reprint of 'Best of' from October 1997, with new "Acknowledgments/Greetings" and dedication.}

--'Beakman's World: Build With Beakman" books;

• Bacteria Farm 0836270134 (November 1994)
• Electronic Intercom 0836270126 (November 1994)
• Hovercraft 0836270401 (June 1995)
• Spud Watch 0836270428 (June 1995)

--Other Beakman's World books;

• Beakman's World: A Visit to the Hit TV Show 0836270053 (September 1, 1993)
• Beakman's Book of Dead Guys and Gals in Science 0836270142 (November 1994)
• Beakman's Gear Up Your Gray Matter 0836270150 (November 1994)
• Beakman's Gear Up Your Gray Matter: Volume II 0836270398 (July 1996)