A Day in the Life of the Periodic Table

Freya McGhee author Aaron Blecha illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Publishing:3rd Sep '26

£8.99

This title is due to be published on 3rd September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

A Day in the Life of the Periodic Table cover

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...

  • This laugh-out-loud guide to the periodic table is the perfect funny read to teach kids aged 9+ about science without them even noticing...


  • 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.
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Step into A Day in the Life of the Periodic Table, where every element is a character and chemistry is a riotous, all-ages adventure. In this jolly irreverent guide, Freya McGhee and Aaron Blecha transform the periodic table from a static classroom chart into a living, breathing cast of personalities, each with their own quirks, dramas, and dazzling scientific secrets. -- Roger Highfield, Science Director * The Science Museum *

ISBN: 9780241816653

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 200g

208 pages