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Cover: All About Your Senses

All About Your Senses – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Using concrete examples, each title explains the basic purpose of its featured sense. For example, in Mouths the text “Maria tastes the lemon. Her sister dared her to do it! Maria makes a funny face. The lemon tastes sour” is paired with a picture of a girl grimacing over a lemon. View →

 
Cover: African Animals

African Animals – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

. . .offer clear overviews of each animal’s physical features, habits, habitats, and herd or social structures. The color photographs are a mix of reasonably sharp close ups and distance portraits shot in the wild. Each volume ends with a page of interesting facts. . . .The informational View →

 
Cover: Get Healthy

Get Healthy – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Intended to empower kids to make healthy and safe choices, these titles provide a nice overview. Tieck advises against worry, emphasizes preparation, and explains the body’s natural response to danger, which helps to temper scary topics. The large typeface and full-color photographs make View →

 
Cover: Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

. . . there is credible content that includes scales of measurement, e.g., the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, the Fujita Scale, the Richter Scale, etc., as well as interesting “Xtreme Fact” text boxes, which are scattered throughout the volumes. Accounts of historical occurrences-such… View →

 
Cover: Super Simple Cultural Art Set Set

Super Simple Cultural Art Set 1 – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

In these attractive volumes, brief, clear instructions are illustrated with easy-to-follow, color photos. Each book starts with an introduction about the featured culture and then presents simple crafts inspired by it. The activities are well suited for primary-grade children, and the… View →

 
Cover: Gun Education and Safety

Gun Education and Safety – School Library Journal

History, safety, sports, and rights are all described in a politically unbiased manner. The images largely consist of clear photographs featuring males and females of differing ages, races, and occupations using many different firearms. The clearest book for novices is Ammunition, View →

 
Cover: Cool Garden to Table

Cool Garden to Table – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

These spare books explain how to plant, care for, and harvest vegetables and fruits in a container garden. The instructions are succinct and easy to understand and are accompanied by clear color photographs and illustrations. The titles end with a half dozen recipes featuring the… View →

 
Cover: Best Sport Ever

Best Sport Ever – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

This series celebrates eight popular sports and cites the reasons that so many people are passionate about them. Each volume draws readers in with a chapter describing a key moment in that sport’s history. For example, Hockey highlights the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” when the U.S.… View →

 
Cover: Unsolved Mysteries

Boston Strangler (Unsolved Mysteries) – Booklist

A disquieting entry in the Unsolved Mysteries series, this account of the hunt for the killer of (at least) 11 Boston-area women between 1962 and 1964 is not only laced with lurid details but also presents a case study in media-fueled terror and how public pressure to resolve… View →

 
Cover: Essential Issues Set 3

Indigenous People's Rights (Essential Issues) – School Library Journal

Marsico provides a broad overview of indigenous cultures from around the globe before delving into the common problems faced by many of them and outlining possible solutions, with a particular focus on the pros and cons of fair-trade initiatives. This book will give beginners a strong… View →

 
Cover: Big Buddy Biographies Set 7

Big Buddy Biographies Set 7 – School Library Journal

Full-page, full-color photographs are supplemented with clear descriptive explanations, and “Did You Know” quick-fact boxes and eye-catching graphics appear throughout. With their large print and one or two paragraphs per page, these books are a good fit for beginner and transitional… View →

 
Cover: Essential Lives Set 7

Essential Lives Set 7 – School Library Journal

The authors of these biographies present information that is current, accurate, and relevant, while also providing an overview of their subjects’ early lives and cultural significance. The books are primarily positive in tone, delivering a balanced, informative description of each… View →