The Elements Book: A Visual Periodic Table Encyclopedia for Kids

The Elements Book: A Visual Periodic Table Encyclopedia for Kids book cover

The Elements Book: A Visual Periodic Table Encyclopedia for Kids

Author(s): DK (Author), Smithsonian Institution (Contributor)

  • Publisher: DK Children
  • Publication Date: April 4, 2017
  • Edition: Illustrated
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 208 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1465456600
  • ISBN-13: 9781465456601

Book Description

Packed with more than 1,000 incredible images and full of fascinating facts, this children’s chemistry book takes you on a visual and vibrant journey of all the chemical elements that make up our world.

This eye-catching encyclopedia for kids is the perfect guide to the 118 chemical elements of the periodic table with pictures, for budding young scientists to explore. It explores the naturally occurring elements, as well as the man-made ones, and explains their properties and uses. This engaging encyclopedia for children aged 9-12, shows the many natural forms of each element, as well as a wide range of both everyday and unexpected objects in which it is found, making each element relevant to the child’s world!

Celebrate your child’s curiosity as they explore:

  • Striking and detailed diagrams, drawings and illustrations on every page
  • A highly visual approach to STEM learning and an intro to chemistry
  • Ideal combination of colorful diagrams with infographic text boxes
  • Showcases chemical elements in their pure and raw forms
  • In association with The Smithsonian Institution


This captivating kids encyclopedia takes a look at the periodic table of elements, from hydrogen to helium, potassium to polonium, calcium to carbon and so much more! The striking illustrations, photographs and diagrams featured throughout provide an optimum visual learning experience for both children and adults alike, accompanied by an array of fun facts all about your favorite elements, and lesser-known ones like terbium, thallium and boron – with easy-to-read accessible text for readers aged 9-12, yet can be enjoyed by the entire family, making this enthralling children’s encyclopedia a beautiful and educational chemistry gift that can be passed down generations.

Learn all about the world one picture at a time!

If you like The Periodic Table Book, then why not complete the collection? Part of the highly-visual Our World In Pictures series, avid readers can dive into the world of dinosaurs with The Dinosaur Book, become a vehicle virtuoso with Cars, Trains, Ships and Planes, and venture on a journey across the globe with Countries, Cultures, People & Places.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 5–7—An array of glittering crystals, lambent chunks of ore, and artistically posed lab samples that were all definitely ready for their close-ups are paired with equally vivid photos of manufactured products, scientific instruments, works of art, prominent scientists, and large-scale natural features to give this tour of the periodic table a strongly visual character. Arranged not by atomic number but (more logically) in groups, the 118 entries each contain examples of an element’s various forms and common uses, diagrams of atomic structures, and, occasionally, a side profile of the element’s discoverer or namesake. The narrative text is often rather squeezed into a ribbon along the lower margins, offering pithy explanatory comments on the pictures, which are accompanied by clearly visible labels and captions. Jackson occasionally makes simplistic claims, such as assertions that there are only three states of matter (more than a dozen have been demonstrated or theorized) and that Robert Boyle was the first to conduct chemistry experiments. Still, his information is precise, concise, and current enough to include the recently assigned permanent names for elements 113, 115, 117, and 118. VERDICT Not an essential replacement for older surveys such as Dan Green’s The Elements or Albert Stwertka’s Guide to the Elements, but for upper elementary and middle school students, this is a dazzling and up-to-date alternative.—John Peters, Children’s Literature Consultant, New York

Review

“Perfect for browsing, this gorgeous volume deserves a place in every school and public library.” — Starred Review, Library Journal

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