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Your Piggy Bank: A Guide to Spending & Saving for Kids! – Library Media Connection
School libraries need books about money and economics, and this series covers both well. Each book in this series has the same effective structure. Money is described with pictures of both coins and bills, economic principles are explained with vocabulary defined. Each book addresses an… View →
Planet Earth – Library Media Connection
Very young naturalists will enjoy this general overview of forces that shape our planet. Each double-page spread presents a topic in easy to read text with color photographs and a “Science Spot” box with additional facts. The format makes the titles easy for browsing, beginning research… View →
Ghostly Graphic Adventures – Library Media Connection
This series of ghostly adventures offers a unique graphic novel approach to historical events that will appeal to upper elementary readers. Each title opens with a list of heroes and villains that help readers instantly get into the story. . . . The brightly colored panels will attract… View →
Cool Jobs for Handy Helpers (Cool Kid Jobs) – Library Media Connection
The book sets forth some basic business practices and discusses the importance of work, what to do with the money one makes, and developing a plan. Sample forms provide young workers an excellent way to track the services they provide and help them develop professionalism. View →
Your Piggy Bank: A Guide to Spending & Saving for Kids! – School Library Journal
Salzmann successfully deposits practical math into the hands of young consumers with a winning combination of fun graphics, sassy dialogue, and easily understood information. Charts and nuggets of text in bold colors explain how to organize money to count it more efficiently; to buy… View →
Thor, Son of Asgard - School Library Journal
Originally published by Marvel in 2004, Akira Yoshida and Greg Tocchini’s “Thor, Son of Asgard” series (Gr 6 Up) focuses on the great warrior’s teenage years, long before he had the wherewithal to wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir. Spotlight has published the View →
Technology Pioneers Set 1 – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Written in a clear, linear fashion, this series offers vivid, well-researched details about the development of technological advancements considered essential in today’s society. The books provide a profile of the person or persons behind each innovation, including their background and… View →
Google: Company and Its Founders (Technology Pioneers) – Booklist
You know you’ve arrived once you’ve become a verb. Googling Google produces billions of results to read through, but this more analog, print resource provides a compact, direct, well-researched, and relevant explanation of how Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and their brand have changed the… View →
Super Simple Science – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Each of these approachable volumes begins with an explanation of the scientific method to get young scientists started out on the right foot. Experiments include an opening question to consider, a list of materials, safety symbols, step-by-step instructions illustrated with clear… View →
Troubled Treasures – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Representing just the tip of the iceberg—there are currently more than 900 official World Heritage Sites—these quick introductions convey a sense of the vast range of places that have been designated by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre as being significant to our world and its cultures,… View →
Thor (Short Tales Norse Myths) - School Library Journal
Part of the Short Tales: Norse Myths series, Shannon Eric Denton’s Thor (Gr 2-5) presents a straightforward retelling of the exploits of the God of Thunder from boyhood to manhood, including the destruction of Ragnarok, and Thor’s lasting legacy.… View →
Professional Tools – School Library Journal
Fast facts offer interesting bits of information without being overwhelming. The length of the text is ideal for emerging readers. . . . Labeled photographs show the different parts of the featured tools and brief texts explain how and why people in the different professions use them.… View →