Caramel reviews Animated Science: Periodic Table by Shiho Pate and John Farndon

For his first review back from his summer break, Caramel wanted to talk about Animated Science: Periodic Table, a 2021 book illustrated by Shiho Pate and written by John Farndon. As usual Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

Sprinkles: Welcome back Caramel!

Caramel: It’s great to be back!

S: Yay! Are you ready to talk about books again?

C: Always!

S: So you chose a nonfiction book to talk about today. Can you tell us what it is about?

C: It is about the periodic table, as its title says.

S: So what is the periodic table?

C: The periodic table is a way to organize the elements and the atoms.

S: Yes, you actually talked about it before, when you were reviewing The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray. Do you remember that book?

C: Yes, of course I do.

S: So how is this book similar ot or different from that book?

C: Well, it is similar because it talks about many different elements and their uses. There are special pages for some of the elements and some of the elements are together on one page, but they talk about each of the elements.

S: That is cool!

C: Yes.

S: Back then, you told me your two favorite elements were titanium and uranium. If you were to pick two new ones now, which ones would you pick?

C: That’s a tough question. But I found some new interesting facts. Can I tell you about them?

S: Sure.

C: For example, Gallium is a metal that melts very quickly, only at 86 degrees Fahrenheit.

S: That is a reasonably warm day in California, no?

C: Yep.

S: That sounds interesting, a metal that can melt at a temperature that we can survive in. Is that what you found interesting about Gallium?

C: Yes. Also the book has very cute drawings, and I like the one for Gallium. It is a melted gray blob and it is very cute!

S: So tell me more about the drawings then.

C: They make them very cute. All the elements have faces and they are different colors and some are wearing clothes.

S: That is funny!

C: Yep. Then there is a green cube that is silicon and he is being sliced up so people can make chips with it. It could be sad or scary, but the cube is looking very serious but not in pain. So maybe he is concentrating.

S: That could be!

C: Also I learned from this book that the Latin name for lead is plumbum, and that is why its abbreviation is Pb.

S: I did not know that!

C: Neither did I.

S: So the book is full of lots of new facts then, right?

C: Yes. So “factful” is one of my three words.

S: Okay, so what are your other words then?

C: Incredibly cute pictures.

S: Hmm, that is three words on its own. But alright, I think we can let it slip by. So do you think other little bunnies would enjoy this book?

C: Yep. Especially if they like cute pictures.

S: Okay, that sounds good Caramel. Let us wrap this up then. What would you like to tell our readers?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!