A Day in the Life of the Periodic Table

A laugh-out-loud guide to the periodic table from comedian and chemist Freya McGhee.

Hi! I'm Hydrogen, but you can call me H. I am the smallest element in the universe, but don't underestimate me. I was here first, before all the other elements. (Literally, I've been around since the very beginning—before the planets, the stars, and even your great-great-great gran.) Follow me as we explore a day in the life of a periodic table, and meet a cast of characters that might just explode any second...

This laugh-out-loud guide to the periodic table takes a playful look at different groups of elements and their characteristics, from the Hot Heads (the explosive ones) to the Introverts (the unreactive ones).

Packed with fascinating facts about real-life chemistry—such as, did you know the potassium in bananas makes them radioactive? (Don't worry, you'd need to eat about 10 million of them to get the same radiation as an X-ray...)

Written by comedian and chemist Freya McGhee, with hilarious comic strip illustrations by Aaron Blecha, this is the perfect funny read to teach kids aged 9+ about science without them even noticing.