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The Greater World of Sports – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
These are well-written guides to lesser-known sports that could encourage the possibility of invention. Great first purchases if your shelves in these sections are bare. View →
Quidditch (The Greater World of Sports) – Booklist
The book’s clean, simple page design showcases the many colorful action photos. The text presents a quick, useful overview of the game’s basic rules and history. From the Greater World of Sports series (6 titles), a good first introduction to quidditch. View →
Símbolos de los Estados Unidos – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
The books do an excellent job providing information to young readers and can be adapted to fit different size collections and curricula. View →
Mythical Creatures – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Well-written texts capture creatures’ characteristics, abilities, and powers; their historical, cultural, and legendary backgrounds are compared and contrasted. Recommended for schools and public libraries. View →
Team Earth – Booklist
An attractive series with well-chosen topics. View →
History of Sports – School Library Connection
All in all, each sport is well-presented, the writing is clear and easy to understand, and the pictures complement the text well. Straightforward and interesting, this series would be very appropriate for collections serving elementary or middle school students. Recommended. View →
History of Crime and Punishment – School Library Connection
This set has a significant amount of informative material about past and current issues within crime and punishment that would lend to a greater learning on the subject. View →
Slavery in America – School Library Connection
This series thoughtfully studies how slavery has impacted (and stunted) the growth of the United States. Libraries in need of titles on this topic or looking to update older titles should certainly add this series to their collection. Recommended. View →
Nutrition and Your Body – School Library Connection
Not only should this series be included in an elementary library but it could also easily be included in the elementary curriculum. This is a great series and should be included in public libraries for children to hear or read for themselves. Highly recommended. View →
Financial Literacy – School Library Connection
Real life examples used to illustrate concepts in each book are age appropriate and are respectful of differing socioeconomic situations without resorting to stereotypes. Recommended. View →
Being LGBTQ in America – School Library Connection
Many examinations of the LGBTQ community in the past have been limited to the experiences of white people, but this series is notable for its inclusion of people of color in anecdotes, photos, and case studies. . . . A student who reads all six will be very well View →
Privacy in the Digital Age – Booklist
The series succeeds in presentation: its layout, art design, and typography all add up to a visually appealing and practical package….The overall topics remain relevant to today’s middle-school students. View →
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