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Bio-Graphics – School Library Journal
The books are certainly more accessible than most standard nonfiction titles. View →
Bill Gates (Essential Lives) – School Library Journal
These biographies provide an update on Gates’s professional and personal life. Each account follows the now-familiar journey of the young computer genius from a prominent Seattle family to Harvard dropout, multibillionaire technology visionary, and defendant in lawsuits. What these View →
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Essential Lives) – School Library Journal
This readable biography further amplifies Wilder’s life and correlates it with her books. . . . [It] does not gloss over the difficult life faced by pioneers in the latter half of the 19th century and includes events that Wilder deemed too difficult for young readers. . . . The many… View →
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Essential Lives) – Booklist
Beginning with a publishing history of Little House in the Big Woods (1932), this title in the Essential Lives series first explains how the Great Depression affected Wilder personally and professionally. Berne then recounts the highlights of Wilder’s life,… View →
Underwater World Set 1 – School Library Journal
Basic information is presented in these overviews. The full-color photographs. . . illustrate the texts nicely and are clearly captioned. Each title includes a labeled diagram of the featured animal and short, simple sentences. The two-page chapters have catchy titles to spark interest… View →
Bill of Rights – School Library Journal
In 32 pages, including glossary and index, readers are presented with. . .facts, questions, and court-case details. . . . Each spread has at least one photograph or drawing that usually illustrates the ideas being presented on those pages. View →
Main Street School: Kids With Character Set 1 – School Library Journal
Colorful illustrations depict a multicultural classroom. . . . They do a decent job of imparting lessons on character development. View →
First Ladies Set 1 – School Library Journal
These brief biographies begin with each woman’s childhood, college life, and meeting her husband. . . . They delve into their professional and personal lives. . . . The author then describes the role each woman played in her husband’s political life, including campaigning and View →
3-D Shapes – School Library Journal
These basic titles introduce shapes through line drawings, full-color photographs, and one or two simple sentence descriptions. Each volume begins with a two-page labeled illustration of the shape. Each book ends with a springboard activity to find shapes in everyday surroundings. A… View →
Cool Pizza to Make & Bake (Cool Cooking) – School Library Journal
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions take readers from dough to sauce to toppings to completed pizza. An overview of necessary cooking tools is included, as is an index and glossary. This is just one of many terrific titles in the Cool Cooking series, which touches on a… View →
On the Duck Pond (Barnyard Buddies) - Booklist
With a clear, very simple format, this small, square title in the Barnyard Buddies series includes fascinating science for very young readers. Good for sharing at home or in the classroom. View →
Beginning To End – School Library Journal
Short chapters explain the steps necessary to produce each product. . . . Back matter has a “Can You Guess?” page with two questions. Captioned color photos or drawings appear on every spread and pair well with the narrative. . . View →
Cool Cooking – School Library Journal
These attractive books emphasize creativity. Each one begins with spreads that show necessary equipment, describe basic cooking terms, and illustrate ingredients. Substitutions are encouraged, and an ‘Allergy Alert’ is included. The pages are as appetizing as the recipes themselves, with View →
Cool Cooking – School Library Journal
The general instruction pages and the eight or so recipes that follow are written in clear, informal prose and illustrated with bright, sharp color photographs. The bindings and covers have a glossy finish for easy cleanup. Some dishes are simple and could easily be made by the target… View →
Defending the Nation - School Library Journal
Written in simple vocabulary and organized into sections of a spread or two, they have plenty of clear, well-captioned photos. Large sidebars lend variety to the books’ design and provide engaging facts. Each title has a time line giving highlights of the agency as well as a… View →
Perfect Pets – School Library Journal
These books are presented in two parts. The first introduces the animal and is complemented with color photos of children and their pets; the second part is a rhyming tale about care, accompanied by cartoon illustrations. Each volume closes with a page of “Fun facts.” The layout, like… View →
Digestive System (Human Body) – School Library Journal
This solid and informative title (Digestive System) describes the digestive system from the moment food enters one’s mouth. Written with a conversational and interactive tone and accompanied by full-color photographs and diagrams, the book is easy to understand and will… View →
First Biographies Set 5 – School Library Journal
These beginning biographies are clear and to the point without fictionalizing facts. . . . Sentences are clear and concise. The books are abundantly illustrated with photos and reproductions, many full page, and the print is large. Throughout the texts, words that appear in the glossary… View →
Marvelous Adventures of Gus Beezer – School Library Journal
The visual interpretations are a hoot, such as Aunt Violet replaced by arch villain Venom. Kids will enjoy the complete silliness of these titles. View →
Cat Tails, Bear Claws (Animal Tales) – School Library Journal
In eight spreads, these small-format books offer information about their respective animals and a fictional story. The left-hand page includes one or two facts and a colorful, often close-up, photograph of the creature. It faces a story about an animal character. . . . Both texts are… View →
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