The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry

The Cartoon Guide to ChemistryBy: Larry Gonick, Craig Criddle Series: Cartoon Guide Series If you have ever suspected that "heavy water" is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album, believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder, or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry to set you on the road to chemical literacy! The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry, a collaboration between preeminent scientist

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certain to appeal to its audience

Did you know that more than half of the human body's weight is water

With poetic text from bestselling author Kim Norman

8 cm | Branches Books

The incredible wit and humor of Peter Hatcher and his mischievous brother Fudge have been captivating and delighting readers for decades – not to mention making them laugh out loud

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Les Miserables

Zafira is the Hunter

it’s no laughing matter

Sometimes even the most careful experiments yield unexpected--and wonderful--results

10-year-old Aurora Beam lives at home with her utterly unremarkable family - until the day she sees her little sister being picked on in the playground and suddenly beams of light shoot out of her fingers