The Extraordinary Elements: The Periodic Table Personified Hardcover – 6 Aug. 2020

Lovely book well set out explaining each element & context. Grandchildren loved it !

How do you take something as uninteresting and dry as the periodic table and turn it into something children want to read? Well the answer is here you enlist the help of some famous people like Alice Cooper, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain and a whole host of weird and wonderful characters both real and imagined. You then personify each element and present all of it’s key components using a mix of facts and infographics and boom just like that you have an engaging and entertaining read. Presenting complex information in an accessible way isn’t easy but this book accomplishes this brilliantly. I think the inclusion of an elemental ranking will really appeal to children, it gives it a kind of ‘Top Trumps,’ feel that would encourage children to discuss and share facts. I think it would make a useful addition to a classroom or school library.