"Experience chemistry like never before! The characters in this series will whisk you away on a colorful journey in science. Do you get a bad reaction to chemistry? Never fear! Accelerate your learning with the...Building Blocks of Chemistry."--Cover back.

Chemical elements -- Parts of an atom -- Atomic number -- Electron shells -- Chemical bonds -- Valence -- Molecules -- The structure of molecules -- Chemical properties -- Chemical reactions -- Chemistry is all around -- Timeline -- Can you believe it? -- Words to know.