Tom the Atom, Book 1

GOAL: To introduce the Carbon atom (or "Tom-the-Atom"), who will be our host to present the readers to the world of atoms.Tom-the-Atom is discovered living in a beautiful shell on the beach at Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, CA where Henry and his sister Mary are walking, with their father and their dog, Bonita, on a nice warm day--one of those beautiful Indian Summer days--on a Tuesday after school, in the month of October. Henry and Mary bring the shell they found to Henry's...
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GOAL: To introduce the Carbon atom (or "Tom-the-Atom"), who will be our host to present the readers to the world of atoms.Tom-the-Atom is discovered living in a beautiful shell on the beach at Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, CA where Henry and his sister Mary are walking, with their father and their dog, Bonita, on a nice warm day--one of those beautiful Indian Summer days--on a Tuesday after school, in the month of October. Henry and Mary bring the shell they found to Henry's bedroom where Tom-the-Atom, exiting the shell, becomes an instant friend of Henry and Mary. Tom-the-Atom entices Henry and Mary to visit his world once a day after school, and he proposes to introduce them to his siblings and extended relatives who belong to the 10 different families of atoms (including his own family) as described in the "Periodic Table." They will learn how everything alive and not alive (organic and inorganic) in our Universe is made of tiny atoms, which by shaking hands they form bonds among themselves to form molecules!The readers will learn an exciting new concept related to the atoms in each book.