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Step out of your element with Science Comics: The Periodic Table of Elements, the latest volume of First Second's middle-grade nonfiction series!

About the Author

Jon Chad is obsessed with giant robots, screen-printing, and bookmaking. He has been commissioned by Cartoon Network to make artist books based on shows like Adventure Time and The Amazing World of Gumball. He is the author of Leo Geo, Science Comics: Volcanoes, the illustrator of Science Comics: Solar System, and the creator of the multi-format immersion narrative BAD MASK. Jon drew the art package for The Jetsons pinball machine (from the Pinball Company and Spooky Pinball) and is the author of Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball.

Reviews

A Junior Library Guild selection "Solid gold." --Kirkus, starred review "A fun scientific romp with a Black girl protagonist; perfect for middle grade readers who need a chemistry review or a clever introduction to the periodic table." --School Library Journal Praise for the Science Comics series: "The insight behind these books is a powerful one. So much information about the world around us is actually better conveyed visually, through charts, illustrations, and sequential panels, than purely using words." --New York Times "Like having a Time Life Science Library in comic books. Which is awesome!" --Popular Science