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Essential Library of Inventions – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
This effective series describes history’s most crucial inventions and explains their enormous impact on the modern world. . . . All titles are well written and include information, complete with diagrams, about how the inventions work and the comple[me]ntary technologies they… View →
Ocean Life - School Library Connection
. . . each double-spread displays a beautifully colored photograph and several simple sentences that explain where the creature lives, what it looks like, how large it is, its body parts, and how it moves. Other chapters explain how each creature captures its prey and how it develops… View →
My Military Mom (My Family) – School Library Journal
A new entry in a series that aims to celebrate family diversity. The tone of the narrative is humorous and friendly, and Lenny (as well as readers) are able to gauge a lot about Conner and his father’s household. Persico’s especially charming digital illustrations make the… View →
Cool Great Outdoors – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Fun activities . . . . ABDO’s characteristic clean design will invite crafty kids to try seven accessible projects per volume and then to take their creations outside. Hiking bingo cards are a particularly inspired addition. Delightful offerings: readers will be asking for s’more. View →
Super Simple Gardening - School Library Connection
This series will appeal to science teachers, beginning gardeners, and garden clubs. Each book gives easy step-by-step instructions on how to create the garden. The photographic illustrations are first-rate. Teachers will appreciate the botany students are learning as well as the… View →
Seeing is Believing - School Library Connection
This series offers one or two simple sentences per two-spread with a colorful photograph to illustrate the information given. An access code for related crafts, videos, and games is also included in each title. The little-known facts will intrigue and delight young children and. . .lead… View →
Rocks and Minerals - School Library Connection
This well-researched series offers many opportunities for students to engage with the text and drive home Common Core skills. Clear and crisp photographs also support the text and engage readers’ curiosity. Each volume is packed with information and activities. View →
How the US Government Works – School Library Connection
Chapters give information on the book’s topic with generous white space, some captioned photographs, and several sidebars of information. This is an attractive series to supplement the Social Studies curriculum in the intermediate grades. View →
Healthy Habits - School Library Connection
With simple kid-friendly language and bright engaging pictures, any early elementary library would be incomplete without this series. View →
Biggest, Baddest Books Set 2 - School Library Connection
This series teaches young readers about various high interest scientific topics. The information contained in each book is brief in scope but appropriate for the intended audience. Each book provides full-color illustrations and vivid photographs detailing fascinating facts and presents… View →
Stories of the Civil Rights Movement – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
For such slim volumes, the content of this set on the civil rights movement is remarkably thorough. Each title begins with the basics of the event or case in question, drawing readers in with details that give the history immediacy. . . . Each book goes on to describe issues that led up… View →
Animal Superpowers – School Library Journal
Each title in this series briefly identifies one “superpower” for each animal, such as the alligator’s strong jaws or the regeneration ability of the salamander. This brief introduction is followed by straightforward species basics. Using a few sentences per page, the… View →
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