Take a little fiction, take a little science; add a pinch of imagination and voila! You get this book. Aimed at kids, this book describes various metals, their different properties, how they are extracted and so on - but in a fun way, like a series of stories, not like your average chemistry text book.
This book was worth every paisa my parents spent on it - it made me breeze through all my inorganic chemistry classes, and heck, this made inorganic chemistry FUN! If I was the only one in class who complained that our text books missed most of the fun stuff about metals, this book was the reason. I'm currently looking for my old copy. A definite must buy for parents with kids about to start studying chemistry! Heck, I'd read the whole book before we even started studying science (~8yrs), so the recommendation would be more appropriate for all parents with young children.