The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Woodford, Chris

Potassium

32 pp. | Benchmark | October, 2002 | Library ISBN 0-7614-1463-0 $$22.79

(3) 4-6 Elements series. These four accounts discuss the discovery (if known), the sources, the properties, and the uses of common elements. Each series book begins with a short description of atomic structure and ends with an explanation of the periodic table and of balancing chemical equations. The well-selected photographs and diagrams are appropriate to the text. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Elements titles: Noble Gases, Silver, Potassium, and Titanium.]

Reviewer: Harry Clement Stubbs