Coming October 28, 2025. Pre-order today!From BAM! to BURP!A Carbon Atom's Never-Ending Journey Through Space and Time and YOUBy: Melissa Stewart / Illustrated by: Marta lvarez MigunsYou never know where a carbon atom will go next . . .Follow a carbon atom
By: Melissa Stewart / Illustrated by: Marta lvarez Miguns
Follow a carbon atom on its incredible adventure over billions of years. Its been part of many thingsfrom early volcanic gases, to plants that dinosaurs devoured, to your breakfast burp!
Long ago, the young Earth crashed into a smaller body called Theia. Matter blasted through space, and the carbon atom was trapped deep inside Earth until a volcano erupted, thrusting tons of ash and gasesincluding the carbon atomhigh into the sky.
Over millions of years, the carbon atom has been part of all kinds of things, including plants and dinosaurs, eggshells and seashells, a lump of coal, and even a sheet of toilet paper! Not long ago, it became part of a towering maple tree and then a drop of maple syrup. Just imagine that the syrup ended up on YOUR pancakes and then inside your body. And when you let out a deep breath, the carbon left your lungs, met up with a blast of gas from your stomach, and . . . BURP!
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Melissa Stewart, author
Melissa Stewart is the award-winning author of more than one hundred fifty science books for children. She holds degrees in biology and science journalism. Recent books include Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate, Seashells: More Than a Home; Feathers: Not Just for Flying; and Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem.
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Marta lvarez Miguns, illustrator
Marta lvarez Miguns is a self-taught illustrator who lives in Spain. She has illustrated many books, including Dinosaur Lady and Shark Lady, which was named a Best Children’s Book of the Year by Parents magazine and one of Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls by the New York Times.
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Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-446-1
Ages: 58
Page count: 40
8 x 10
Publication date:October 28, 2025
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