Reddit reviews Wonderful Life with the Elements: The Periodic Table Personified

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Wonderful Life with the Elements: The Periodic Table Personified https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593274238/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_bB42DbRNE0RDN

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First time here. Don't know if doing right. :/

Books were my best friends, growing up, and I developed a deep, abiding appreciation for what being a reader can do for a person. I read to both of my kids, even in utero, and they both became very avid readers. My daughter has developed a talent for writing, and a desire to be a doctor. She knows I am unlikely to be able to pay her tuition, so she's worked really hard. She's a straight-A student, and the only freshman at her school taking the advanced math and science classes.

She'll be taking AP Chemistry and Calculus, as a sophomore, next year, and she really wants to get a head start. She wants Wonderful Life With the Elements, which is on her wishlist, here. She doesn't really care if it's new or used, but it would need to be a hard copy, rather than an e-book.

My son still hasn't figured out what he wants to be, yet, but he's only almost-eleven. Right now, I think he's vacillating between engineering and video game design. :o)

He's seen me laughing at the Terry Pratchett Discworld series, and is dying to read Wee Free Men, also in hard-copy. His list is here.

Neat "coffeetable" books in a subject they're into-- examples from my wishlist are The Wonderful Life of the Elements, The Where, Why and How, and 100 Diagrams that Changed the World
Little useful items related to their hobby-- things like stitch markers, blocking mats/pins, a charm for a bracelet, a tool they need/want, cuticle oil, etc.
A used book they've been looking for or one in a genre they're into
Stuff that involves their favorite animal(s)