Five star rating. Great pictures, humerous story for young and old alike. We checked it out of library weekly, and had each chase memorized after reading the story several times each day when he was 5 yrs old. My son is now 16 and we bring up Cully every so often and get a good laugh.

This book for 3-4 year olds (and any adult) I could read over and over again, the pictures complement the text and the quiet humor of both is worth any money. A great pity that this book is out of print.
Cully-cully wakes and decides to go hunting for a bear skin. He and the bear end up chasing round a large tree, overtaking each other.
As the bear staggers of into the distance cully-cully counts yet another bear as he continues to run around the tree. The book ends with cully-cully exhaustedly asleep but without the bear skin

Not only does this book give you comprehensive information on experimental techniques, it also gives you the fundamentals of elasticity that are necessary. This is important because even before you measure stresses or strains, you need to know what they are likely to be. (normal,shear,+/- etc) Apart from this, it is the best reference for photoelastic and optical methods of stress analysis. Excellent and a must have for any one interested in mechanics. Falls in the category of Timoshenko and Cook's books for quality and usefulness.