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The Element in the Room

Investigating the Atomic Ingredients that Make Up Your Home

Mike Barfield author Lauren Humphrey illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Hachette Children's Group

Published:17th Sep '18

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The Element in the Room cover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2019 - BEST BOOK WITH FACTS

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE 2019.

LONGLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2020

Did you know that without the ‘lead’ in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Just about everything in the universe is made from only 92 elements – and from aluminium to zinc, many of them are hiding in your very own home!

Packed with Lauren Humphrey's quirky illustrations and written by the multi-talented Mike Barfield, this unique introduction to the elements in the periodic table will excite all young readers as they help Sherlock Ohms solve the mystery of how absolutely everything came to exist!

"a fantastic introduction to the laws of physics" -- Juno magazine

  • Short-listed for Blue Peter Book Award 2019 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize 2019 (UK)

ISBN: 9781786271778

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

64 pages