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The Baking Encyclopedia - Jean Greenlaw
Many children love baking and eating the results of their endeavors. The Baking Encyclopedia (Zoey Schrader, Abdo, 2025, 192 pages, $52.79) begins with basics, preparation and safety, ingredients and techniques. The bulk of the book provides instructions for creating cakes and cupcakes,… View →
Essential Travel Guides - School Library Journal
These detailed guides focus on popular places young people might travel on a field trip or with their families. The destinations range from fun locations like Walt Disney World, natural spots like Yellowstone, and serious historical sites like Gettysburg. Each book begins with the… View →
Iconic National Parks - School Library Journal
Whether readers are looking for information before a family trip or doing research for a report, these books have plenty to offer. Each title begins with a description of the featured park followed by a history of the area the park now occupies, including the presence of American Indian… View →
Dirty Work - School Library Journal
Less glamorous jobs, within a certain category of employment, are highlighted in this early readers series. Each spread features a brief paragraph explaining what the worker does and why the job can be messy, paired with large, colorful action photos and bold background designs that make View →
Face Painting Fun - School Library Journal
The opening pages of each title in this series include a table of contents, the history of face painting in Indigenous cultures, where to get inspired, a list of materials, and several pages of tips and techniques. The face painting designs include numbered instructions with pictures, a… View →
Máquinas Simples - School Library Journal
This series focuses on six simple machines that serve mundane to extraordinary functions. Each machine, from ramps to pulleys, is depicted and defined in its most basic form and broken down into its different parts, then shown in a variety of real-world adaptations. A wedge (cuña) is… View →
Essential Library of Countries Set 2 - School Library Journal
A series of lengthy explorations of countries around the world offers current information to a tween or teen audience. Each title begins with a chapter following a fictional character around a major city in the title country. The geography, climate, and plants and animals commonly found… View →
Gross Stuff - School Library Journal
This series is not for the faint of heart. Brave readers will squirm through pages about nasty bugs, disgusting foods, and foul animals. Gross Stuff at Home highlights the many ways bacteria can spread throughout a house, though it stops short of discussing the health risks these germs… View →
North American Field Guides Set 3 - School Library Journal
Readers can step into the woods with confidence and knowledge with these practical field guides that explore the many deciduous fruit and nut trees, as well as the critters that live around them. As with other sets of these guides, the photographs are visually appealing and helpful for… View →
Dinosaur Groups - School Library Journal
Using side-by-side comparisons between very similar dinosaurs, fans of the prehistoric can see the myriad differences and similarities between the selected species. Prehistoric biodiversity within related groups is something not often focused on for younger audiences, but it is done… View →
Soccer Biographies - School Library Journal
Each book in this photo-rich series profiles a professional soccer player from their early life through their professional career and highlights their accomplishments, including major awards and game wins. While it does not offer play-by-play accounts of matches, it gives readers a solid View →
Growing Gardens - School Library Journal
From food to flowers, readers will discover new plants and how to take care of them in this series. Each title opens with a table of contents and a narrative describing a character’s experience in the garden: “Jack’s mom said they could start a garden. Jack would have… View →