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Dust Bowl (Essential Events) – Horn Book Guide
This book chronicles hardships in the American Southwest during the Great Depression. The collapse of the financial markets, the severe drought and devastating dust storms, the subsequent crop failures, and the influx of hordes of families to California and Oregon are reported in… View →
Bolshevik Revolution (Essential Events) – Horn Book Guide
This volume chronicles events before, during, and after the revolution that altered the course of Russian history. The rise of Lenin and other Bolshevik leaders, the execution of the Romanovs, the struggles to establish a Communist state, and the aftermath of World War II are detailed.… View →
Mail Carriers At Work (Meet Your Community Workers) – Booklist
It gives a good overview of what the job entails and how postal workers spend their days. Though each two-page spread contains just a few sentences, kids will get a good idea of the range of activities involved in the job. View →
Dog Daze Set 1 – Horn Book Guide
These books provide basic information about each breed. Topics include appearance, training, and doggie proclivities. Vivid photographs of pups romping and posing add life. View →
Cool CSI – Horn Book Guide
These hands-on books clearly explain basic premises and techniques of crime scene investigators, then suggest simple ways to duplicate the processes, such as distinguishing among different kinds of pollen and testing people’s memory of objects—all the while recording data in… View →
Barnyard Buddies Set 2 - School Library Journal
Each title has a dual text, which appears on alternating pages. The large-font, easy-to-read main text presents introductory information about the animal and her young, while the smaller font offers more details. . .clearly and simply written. View →
Big Blue Bowl (Story Time with Signs & Rhymes) – Booklist
Children who are interested in learning sign language will find the Story Time with Signs & Rhymes series an intriguing place to start. Rather than just offering the letters and some examples of American Sign Language (although that is included), the main selling point here is View →
Cows Moo! (Animal Sounds) – Horn Book Guide
Intended for transitional readers, this book provides a light and jaunty introduction to cows. View →
United States Presidents (2009) - Library Media Connection
Showing our nation’s leaders as people and not just iconic historical figures, this series brings authenticity to the individual featured in each volume. Although certainly not the only presidential biography series students will find, those writing reports or who are interested in View →
United States Presidents (2009) - Horn Book Guide
Broad overviews of each president’s early life, aspirations, political challenges, and triumphs are packed into these brief, easy-to-read texts augmented with sidebars, illustrations, and photographs. Highlights of each administration are placed within the context of American and… View →
Baby Australian Animals – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Each book opens with a page of vital statistics: the “baby name,” “number in litter,” “weight at birth,” “age of independence,” “adult weight,” and “life expectancy.” The books then go on to describe where the animals live and their predators and conclude with a “Fun Fact.” The… View →
Cool CSI – School Library Journal
These books explain how crime-scene investigators use science to analyze evidence and thereby solve crimes, providing easy hands-on experiments to help young investigators get started. Biological Clues discusses gathering and examining evidence left by humans and animals. In… View →
Treasure Island - School Library Journal
In this Marvel Comics six-part retelling of Stevenson’s tale, the mood is intense and the plot is fast moving. The comic-book-style illustrations serviceably match the text, adding a good deal of clarity. The competent layout and panel structure make for smooth reading. Treasure… View →
Man in the Iron Mask - School Library Journal
Dumas’s swashbuckling adventure introduces readers to the Musketeers’ feats of derring-do with this six-volume series. Readers will be caught up in this romantic tale of action and adventure based on language from the original classic and containing a story synopsis at the… View →
Iron Man Set 2 - School Library Journal
These titles are essentially superhero comics in hardcover bindings, and they bring with them all of the hallmarks of the comic book genre: physics-defying action, pseudoscientific plot elements, and good-over-evil conclusions. The action takes place underwater, on land, and in outer… View →
Michelle Obama (First Ladies) – Booklist
. . . those looking for an attractive introduction to the new First Lady will find this appealing. Both the black-and-white and color photographs engage readers (the final one is of Obama holding the Bible while her husband takes the oath of office), while the fast facts at the… View →
Cool Eyewitness Encounters: How's Your Memory? (Cool CSI) – Booklist
For those who’ve had their interests piqued by forensic science, this book offers a good introduction as well as a few ways to have “fun with forensics.” The compact book, part of the Cool CSI series, begins with the way crimes are initially analyzed and… View →
Bulldozers (Mighty Machines) - Booklist
The exciting technology in this entry in the Mighty Machines series will grab all those fans of heavy machinery who stand enthralled at building sites and act out the vrooming drama in play at home. . . .Kids will want to talk about the names of the engine parts and… View →
Good Manners Matter! – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
This series points out the necessity of using good manners in a variety of situations…the text is easy to read, and is surrounded by plenty of white space. Scenarios are presented…and readers are invited to consider how they would respond. Behaviors explored in the narrative… View →
Brainy Brittanys (Dog Daze) – Booklist
As with other volumes in the series, this one gives children brief information about the breed. . .[and] the mix of quick facts, double-spread paintings, photos, quizzes, a few words from a spaniel named Molly—and even the tale of the heroic dog—offers just the sort of variety that will… View →