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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Animal Fun Facts Set 2 - School Library Journal
These books provide interesting but at times random profiles of broad animal groups. Each spread introduces either an animal type or a feature common to the group. In Fun Facts about Apes, for example, six spreads cover individual species, such as orangutans and chimpanzees, while three… View →
Mighty Math - School Library Journal
Fractions, measurement, time, and money – basic math concepts of all sorts are explored in this series. Full-color photographs show children counting coins, sorting Halloween candy, and other everyday events that relate to math. A few sentences of text per spread are balanced by… View →
Zodiac Signs - School Library Journal
This series explores the nuances of the 12 zodiac signs. Each book opens with a table of contents and follows a similar format, with sections introducing the zodiac sign, the history of astrology, and key characteristics. Captioned illustrations and photos correspond with the text. QR… 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Amphibian Groups - Booklist
In this survey of amphibians from the Strength in Numbers: Animal Groups series (6 titles), readers will meet northern red-legged frogs, salamanders, caecilians, and poison dart frogs. Each of these categories receives its own chapter, focusing on two specific species in the main text… View →
Essential Library of Countries - Booklist
These upbeat guides from the Essential Library of Countries series offer snapshots of current conditions in countries around the world. Chapters consider overarching themes, such as history, geography, Indigenous populations, cities, politics, economics, education, medical care, sports,… View →
Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour Encyclopedia - Jean Greenlaw
Taylor Swift is one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour Encyclopedia (Mari Bolte, ABDO, 2025, 192 pages, $16.99) is the perfect book for the avid fan or for a library. There is information on the tour itself, the… View →
The Crafting Encyclopedia - Jean Greenlaw
A book on crafts is the perfect solution to “I’m bored!” The Crafting Encyclopedia (Zoey Schrader, ABDO, 2025, 192 pages, $52.79) begins with the elements of design, composition and color theory, which are used in all crafts. There are sections View →
American Chronicles Set 1 - School Library Journal
Covering early events during the founding of America, this graphic series follows the founding of colonies, the journey of the Mayflower, church reformation, wartime and peacetime with Native Americans, rebellion against the English King and his tyranny, and an entire book dedicated to… View →