HALL, Linley Erin . The Transactinides: Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium . ISBN 978-1-4358-3559-7 . LC 2009014943. LA BELLA, Laura . The Oxygen Elements: Oxygen, Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, Polonium . ISBN 978-1-4358-3555-9 . LC 2009012541. LEW, Kristi . The 15 Lanthanides and the 15 Actinides . ISBN 978-1-4358-3557-3 . LC 2009014416. ROZA, Greg . The Halogen Elements: Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine . ISBN 978-1-4358-3556-6 . LC 2009012539. ea vol: 48p. (Understanding the Elements of the Periodic Table Series). charts. diags. photos. reprods. bibliog. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Rosen Central . 2010. PLB $26.50. Gr 5-8 These overviews discuss the history of each element, where it can be found, and how it is used in everyday life, and describe its atoms. Charts show each element's chemical symbol, atomic number, atomic weight, melting point, and boiling point. Colorful photographs and illustrations are included on most pages. Lengthy sidebars highlight key informationsome in Noble Gases present boxed information on helium versus hydrogen and on the Hindenburg disaster. Each title explains what makes its group of elements different from the others. Transactinides devotes a chapter to the controversies surrounding naming its elements, while Oxygen Elements details the use of sulfur in rubber and gunpowder, for example. Practical additions Maren Ostergard, King County Library System, Issaquah, WA