This is a collection of the sunday comic strip 'You Can With Beakman', each comic is extended into three pages per comic. The comics are in pastel colors. Each comic is listed alphebeticaly by its subject. Jok Church writting as Beakman, answers science related questions. He illstrates how things work, and usualy gives examples of experiments that the readers can do. Several of these comics are also reprinted in the 'The Best of You Can With Beakman & Jax' in 1997, and it's reprinted version in 2005. This is an early version of the comic before the character Jax was introduced. She doesn't appear in the books until the second collection. A Spanish langue version of the book was also printed, "El Mundo de Beakman" ISBN 9706433856. The comicstip inspired the television series "Beakman's World."

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)