Brainie Comics Fizz Force™ — The Comic Book Guide to Chemistry

Kids aged 7–12 — especially the ones who ask "what's it made of?" and the ones who'd rather do anything than open a science book. No prior chemistry knowledge needed. Younger readers (6–7) can follow the story and do the experiments with a parent; older readers (11–12) get a head start on topics they won't meet in class for years. If your child likes comics, they're the right reader.

Real chemistry, taught as a story: atoms and molecules, the states of matter, chemical reactions, acids and bases, mixtures and solutions, and the periodic table. Nothing is dumbed down — these are the same concepts covered in middle and high school, just explained through characters and missions instead of textbook diagrams. By the end, your child can explain what everything is made of, why ice melts and water boils, and what's actually happening when things fizz, burn or change colour — and they'll have tested each one themselves.

200 full-colour pages across 8 missions. Each mission builds a physics concept through the story, then hands it over to the reader: 16 hands-on experiments using things already in your kitchen, and 80 quiz questions to lock the learning in.

Most science books explain. This one gets read. It's a genuine comic — a shared universe with a cast kids follow across the series (Gravity Gang is the physics book; Fizz Force covers chemistry) — so the physics arrives inside a plot rather than a chapter. Kids forget facts; they don't forget characters. And every concept comes with an experiment, so it leaves the page and lands on the kitchen table.