Reviews

Use this page to browse reviews. Use the Advanced Search form to find reviewed products in general.

Show All
Cover: Teen Challenges

Unplanned Pregnancies – Booklist review

This straightforward offering features plain language and relatable scenarios while considering multiple perspectives on unplanned pregnancies. Part of the Teen Challenges series (8 titles), the text lays out options—from prevention measures to decisions about keeping or ending a… View →

 
Cover: Pets of Presidents

Pets of Presidents – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

These bright, cheerful volumes introduce youngsters to the various animals that were owned by the United States presidents. Readers learn about George Washington’s parrot, Bill Clinton’s pet cat Sox, Franklin Roosevelt’s terrier Fala, and the more unusual animals, such as the alligator… View →

 
Cover: Children's Authors

R.L. Stine – Booklist review

Kidlit horror master R. L. Stein stars in this biography in the Children’s Authors series (6 titles). Young readers will learn about his early years, what inspired him to write, how he came to write his popular Goosebumps and Fear Street series, and his legacy in children’s literature.… View →

 
Cover: Hauntings

Hauntings – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Each book in the series retells three haunting tales in easy-to-read text with bolded vocabulary and plenty of white space…. A wonderfully creepy way to build reading skills. View →

 
Cover: Xtreme Aircraft

Xtreme Aircraft – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

This series is full of detailed aircraft content and is best suited to striving readers at the secondary level. View →

 
Cover: Field Guides Set 2

Field Guides Set 2 – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Nature lovers will rejoice with these trimmed down, visual field guides. As one expects, there are scientific as well as common names featured in each, but there are also more candid images that match a real-life visual experience. Helpful tips are alongside background information about… View →

 
Cover: Military Animals

Mine-Hunting Animals – Booklist review

Readers will get acquainted with these impressive creatures and come to understand how they are able to spot, hear, or sniff out mines. View →

 
Cover: Military Animals

Mine-Hunting Animals -Booklist

Dolphins, sea lions, rats, dogs, and bees can all be trained to quickly locate explosive mines in environments that are inaccessible or too dangerous for humans. In this volume in the Military Animals series (6 titles), readers will get acquainted with these impressive creatures and come View →

 
Cover: Essential Animals

Essential Animals – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Covering the five vertebrate classes, plus invertebrates, these well-organized titles include a lot of information…. Useful resources for kids studying animals at the upper elementary and middle school levels. View →

 
Cover: Children's Authors

Children's Authors – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

These six titles present brief introductions to the lives and works of famous children’s authors. View →

 
Cover: Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology – School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Among the usual gods and goddesses, readers will learn about centaurs, Pegasus, and Medusa in this fascinating series. It is hard to make a series about Greek mythology feel fresh, but the authors manage to do just that. With easy-to-read yet richly detailed text, young readers will… View →

 
Cover: Hauntings

Hauntings- School Library Journal

Haunted objects are the focus of this hair-raising series. Readers will be left with chills after reading about Little Robert, a haunted doll, or the SS Ourang Medan, a ghost ship. Each book in the series retells three haunting tales in easy-to-read text with bolded vocabulary and plenty View →