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Laurie Hernandez (Big Buddy Olympic Biographies) – Booklist
The text describes Hernandez’s rigorous training with Coach Maggie Haney and how she must be homeschooled to fit her practice schedule. The final chapters relate her Olympic events and victories, as well as the Final Five’s post-Olympic celebrity. The book features two-to-four-page… View →
Through the Wire (Prisoners of War) – Booklist
KL Himmelweg is a fictional concentration camp, but Crawford draws inspiration for the setting of this series opener from historical accounts of places like Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachau. Crawford’s straightforward plot gains tension as Americans begin bombing the camp, secrets are… View →
Wild West – School Library Connection
This series is purposely designed to support the Common Core State Standards and includes a lot of features teachers will love when using these books in the classroom as a supplemental resource. These books include primary source accounts of the historical events; multiple suggestions… View →
Native Americans Set 3 – School Library Connection
This easy-to-read series describes the customs and ways of life of different Native American tribes. Each double page spread has one page of large font text and a colorful photo. The text covers each tribe’s territory, home life, food, clothes, craft, beliefs, timeline, and history. The… View →
Women's Lives in History – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
. . . This is an engaging look at women’s participation and advancement in a variety of fields. Each title opens with a chapter on a contemporary woman who exemplifies power and status in the book’s subject field, followed by roughly chronological chapters about women who refused to… View →
Super Species – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Each of the six featured species is distinguished by length, height, or weight—sometimes all of the above. Three to four sentences per page accompany a single photograph covering more than half of each spread. Much of the content focuses on the animal’s size. Facts and figures are… View →
Super Simple Body Set 2 – School Library Connection
Medical doctor Karin Halvorson has teamed with professional educators to write simple, accurate books about human anatomy, physiology, and health topics in attractive well-organized text. Each title succinctly defines the major topic and moves to smaller parts and details in a logical… View →
STEM in the Real World Set 1 – School Library Connection
This series provides timely resources for schools using the Common Core curriculum. Each book follows same format: an introductory chapter, key events and pioneers in history, a description of career possibilities, and a final chapter predicting future growth and goals. Photographs,… View →
Super Simple Critter Crafts – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Young crafters gain practice with standard tools and materials, such as air-dry clay, hot glue, chenille stems, and craft paint, in the eight projects per volume of this series. Little expertise is needed to achieve recognizable results, and there is plenty of room for individual… View →
Essential Library of World War I – School Library Connection
These volumes provide a comprehensive overview on the Great War from alliances forged between countries to political, geographical, and civilian consequences resulting from the conflict. Each volume includes large vivid photographs, explanatory maps and diagrams, intermittent sidebars… View →
Women in Arts and Entertainment (Women's Lives in History) – Booklist
This entry in the Women’s Lives in History series pinpoints the accomplishments of a number of women in multiple artistic fields. It is particularly up-to-date: the “Women in Theater” section gives a nod to Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, who won Tony Awards just last spring for Fun View →
Women in STEM – School Library Connection
This series is an informational text set for upper elementary and middle school students. Each book follows the same format of five chapters relating to women’s contribution to the STEM fields. Pictures of real women in the course of their daily duties are… View →