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Connolly, Sean

The Book of Ingeniously Daring Chemistry: 24 Experiments for Young Scientists

242 pp. | Workman | November, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7611-8010-4 $14.95
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Cara Bean. Each of twenty familiar elements (helium, carbon, sodium, etc.) is explored in a chapter offering detailed information on its characteristics, discovery, uses, and relationships to other elements represented in the periodic table. Sidebars introduce additional general chemistry concepts, and appropriate activities allow readers to experiment. The final chapter covers a "Dirty Dozen" elements deadly to humans. Cartoonlike illustrations and a chipper narrative voice lighten the book's tone. Glos.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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