Dragon Chemistry – My Book Review

Children’s Picture Book / STEM / Chemistry

Publisher: Sybrina Publishing

Page Count: 44

Publication Date: March 9, 2024

In this unique alphabet book, members of the Elemental Dragon Clan present 26 Magical Elements of the Periodic Table in alphabetical order. Each member of the clan has an element tipped tail. They also have magical powers based on the properties of their metals. There are no more perfect groups than unicorns and dragons to familiarize yourself with elements from the Periodic Table. Their theme is: “No Metal — No Magic. . .and No Technology.”

In this book, Antz starts out the book by introducing the very necessary metal, Antimony on his element page. Zora rounds out the alphabet by presenting scientific facts and other fun information about the metal, Zirconium, on her elemental page. In all, readers will get some great insight into the properties of 26 elements from the periodic table. Each page is full of amazing facts and tons of FUN. There’s a Magical Elemental themed periodic table, too!

This unique book will help tweens, teens and anyone else quickly absorb the elements of the Periodic Table.

REMEMBER. . .

No Metal,

No Magic…

And No Technology.

It’s Techno-Magical!

Paperback │ eBook │Hardcover

Author Sybrina Durant continues her book series on one of my favorite subjects – chemistry. In this book, she brings in the dragons.

The Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by The Elemental Dragons is Book 2 of Durant’s chemistry series.

The Elemental Dragons leads readers on a discovery journey of 23 pure elements that make up our world. While everything in this book is fantabulous what I truly loved about this book was learning that only four women have discovered periodic table elements. One of them was Marguerite Perey who discovered francium. Francium is the second rarest naturally occurring element  A cool historical fact is that this element is the last naturally occurring element to be discovered.

Marguerite Perey

Teaching kids is challenging and with chemistry it is even more difficult. With each of the elements in this book Durant gives readers the element, atomic structure, simple facts, and did you know summaries. Tied to these to help make the connection better are the Magical Dragons with cool names like Maximo, Ozzy, Dusa, and Jalan to name a few. She incorporates the magical abilities of these dragons by showing how the element gives them magical power.

Each page is a snippet of the importance of that element that without it much of our world would not exist. Of course, I imagine seeing each of these dragons coming to life in stuffed animals allowing the kids to take home one for a week to discover that element in their surroundings and empowering them to understand that without that element they do not have a superpower.

High fives and fist bumps to Durant on a fab job of writing an engaging chemistry book I wish I had growing up.

Chemistry helps us understand how things are made. The Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by The Elemental Dragons continues as a fantabulous foundation to help get kids interested and excited about chemistry at its basic levels by taking on the world of chemistry one dragon at a time.

Sybrina Durant is a unicorn author and entrepreneur. In addition to books, she offers unicorn-themed activities, t-shirts, and more. Plus, she has pulled together a collection of nearly all the unicorn books available today from hundreds of authors. They are categorized on her website by Little Kid, Middle Kid, and Teen Unicorn Books

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