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Essential Library of American Wars - School Library Journal
These titles do an excellent job of describing the history of. . .wars in which the United States has been involved. . . . The amount of information in these titles makes them solid additions. View →
Beginner Biographies Set 2 - Library Media Connection
This series is written with not only young readers in mind, but also with classroom instruction in mind. . . . Young readers will not feel overwhelmed; the illustrations included are simply done. . . . View →
Xtreme Pets - School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
This set surveys potential pets, offering overviews of their attributes rather than specific care instruction…The straightforward writing lays out basic facts clearly using paragraph-long summaries and sometimes detailed captions. “Xtreme Fact” text boxes offer snippets of further… View →
You're Invited to a Creepover - Library Media Connection
What reader doesn’t like to be scared and has to keep turning pages to see what will happen?…The fast-paced stories have the reader rushing through the books to see how things will turn out for each character… View →
Arctic Animals – School Library Journal
Each title starts out with a spread that explains what and where the Arctic region is then breaks off into its featured topic. Maps show where the creatures live. The texts are presented in a large font and the sentences are short. Spreads have different colored backgrounds, a layout… View →
Abby and the Book Bunch – School Library Journal
The busy lives of Abby, her friends, family, and neighbors in the idyllic suburban community of Evergreen are the focus of these early chapter books. . . . Generously sized font, short chapters, and a good number of gray-scale digital cartoon illustrations make these fast and fun reads.… View →
Cool Wheat–Free Recipes, Cool Meat–Free Recipes (Cool Recipes for Your Health) – Library Media Connection
These eye-catching books touch on two popular diet trends. . . . After relaying reasons behind these trends, the books share, in helpful picture format, the tools and ingredients necessary to make the recipes. Especially noteworthy are the cooking terms. . . .The books do offer a lot in… View →
American Revolution - Library Media Connection
These richly illustrated volumes provide a brief survey of major events in the American Revolution, while dispensing with the usual introductory and concluding chapters. The vocabulary is clear and simple, with the use of action verbs and phrases that will appeal to boys who prefer to… View →
Explore the Countries Set 1 - School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
With a format that combines large, bright photos and brief text, these books provide basic introductions to world countries. Each title opens with maps that locate the country and its most important cities and then touches on its history and flag, geography, economy, culture, most famous View →
Cool USA Cooking – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
All the titles begin with an introduction to the featured region, a spread addressing health and safety, another that defines and illustrates “cool cooking terms” and tools, and a section of necessary ingredients. The instructions for the eight recipes that follow are nicely arranged. .… View →
More Super Simple Science - School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Prefaced by boilerplate on the scientific method and a complete list of easily available ingredients, the 9 to 11 new science demonstrations in each volume of this follow-up set to ABDO’s Super Simple Science series offer clear directions, color photos. . .and lucid explanations… View →
History's Greatest Disasters - School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
These chronologically arranged accounts of major world disasters begin with background information followed by a summary of events and analysis of how each event resulted in technological or regulatory changes to prevent or mitigate the effects of similar happenings in the future. The… View →