January 29, 2019 • Page 14 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com The Bookworm ... For Young Readers New At The Library Books Offers A Fun Guide To The World Of Chemistry “The Book of Ingeniously Daring Chemistry” by Sean Connolly; © 2018, Workman Publishing; 241 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER Safety goggles on. Let the mixing commence. You’ve got pennies, salt, magnets, vinegar and all kinds of things from your kitchen pantry. You’ve got tubes and bowls and wire and towels. You’re ready to experiment with “The Book of Ingeniously Daring Chemistry” by Sean Connolly. As for what you’ll make – does it matter? Yes! says Connolly. Every single thing “is matter” and more, and learning why is “a whole lot of fun.” It involves elements, which are “basic building blocks of matter” that are arranged into what makes a cat a cat, and so on. Elements are also atoms and they’re similar but different, in that they have different numbers of “tiny particles that all atoms have, but in different numbers and arrangements.” What’s more, some have no charge and others are negatively charged. If this sounds complicated, it’s not so bad if you understand how to read the periodic table. Says Connolly, the periodic table is like a “road map of all the matter in the universe.” It will help you to tell how many protons an element has, which elements it’s related to, and other cool things. Start easy with the first element, hydrogen. It’s first because it’s the lightest, and one of the three oldest elements. Along with helium and lithium, hydrogen was created almost 14 billion years ago! Boron, used to make ceramics, is not boring. 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