ELEMENTS

Pros: children loved it. Cons: this is not the book if you need a ton of information on each element. You will find other elements books with more information on the elements. But this one has more attractive pictures, and the author knows how to tell the tale of elements. It is for children.

Wow

A very interesting book, with ample of information and very amazing pictures of the elements.

Children are used to think chemistry as a boring and bad subject but this magical book changes their thoughts completely with many dazzling photographs of the 118 elements. RECCOMENDED FOR THOSE WHO THINK CHEMISTRY IS BORING!

Book is fantastic , one less star for delivering an old I’ll kept book. Cover had plenty of scratch marks

Book is perfect for a periodic table enthusiast..my 8 year old was so happy to see the book, loved the images..explanation..

Very useful and beautiful book for anyone interested in elements. Information could be more.

Love this book sooooo Much !!! Such a great help specially if you want to visualize an element ..

Great book - very visual and not at all stuffy old school. I bought it for a 9 year old interested in science, who has only been introduced to the periodic table through mine craft. He has started to ask questions about elements and what they are. Wanted to show him that the REAL elements are different and not like the mine craft ones. He is particularly interested in radioactive substances, this book was ideal in explaining what uranium was to satisfy his curiosity. It's a great book to dip in and out of, I wouldn't expect him to read it cover to cover, (although it is under his pillow). There is a double page colourful spread for each element, and the text is very readable. It is ordered in a way sympathetic to the periodic table. I love that practical everyday objects are used to illustrate what the elements are and how we use them in everyday life. Takes you up to secondary level science concepts, but in a way younger children may find interesting. He likes to categorise, order and group things, so this is right up his street. Found it when searching for a periodic table poster on line. Would quite like to get the cards that go with the book, and the poster. Also the book about molecules from the same series. I do think that when kids ask questions about a topic it's fine to give them text that takes them beyond what they may be doing at school. Hopefully it will make chemistry look interesting rather than scary, by the time he reaches secondary school.

Perfect book to get kids curious about learning!

This book is an amazing introduction into the Elements. It is a good read for all age groups above 6 years old. It has a lot of great colorful images that go along with concise text.

This is a very useful and informative coffee-table book and can be dipped into, not read cover to cover. Excellent for all ages from 9 to 90.

Beautiful book and explain some properties of elements that we don’t see easily.