The Sketcher and the Photographer · ages 9-14

Something in the Pocket

The idea: a pocket's shape fits a partner.

Read it

Who is in this book

Margit A prediction drawn from the letters alone, firm where sure and faint where not
Beto a child of the Green Takes things apart
Kemi A measurement from the real thing, sharp where it held still and blurred where it moved
Danya a child of the Green Asks "how do we know?"

Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.

The Honest Page

Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?

True

Many proteins have a pocket shaped to fit one small partner, such as a metal or a sugar. Source
A partner eight squares across fits a pocket eight squares deep with no gap.
A prediction made from the protein chain alone does not show small partners that are not part of the chain. Source

Stretched

Real pockets are not measured in squares. What we simplified: Scientists measure in ångströms, tiny units; squares on graph paper make the fit easy to see.

Made up

Margit, Kemi and their protein are made up.

Tell it back

Tell the story in your own words: who was there, what went wrong, and what they found out. Then the fourth pair goes on your belt.

Ring the hammer for someone

Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.

Across the Table → For the grown-up: the story in three lines, one question to ask, and one thing to do together.