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Cover: Everyday Sign Language

Everday Sign Language -Booklist

These straightforward manuals are intended for adults teaching young children basic vocabulary terms in American Sign Language. Each title addresses a specific theme and introduces nine related words. Double-page spreads feature a simple sentence in oversized font on one page, the… View →

 
Cover: Best Inventions

Best Inventions - School Library Journal

Favoring photographs and patent diagrams over illustrations makes this series feel serious and authentic. Strongly consider purchasing. View →

 
Cover: Competitive Dance

Competitive Dance- Booklist

Library shelves will be grateful for a series that shows kids a much wider range of sports worth exploring. View →

 
Cover: Rain Forest Life

Rain Forest Life - School Library Journal

Perfect for public libraries and home collections that appeal to budding environmentalists and nature lovers. View →

 
Cover: Artistic Sports

Artistic Sports- School Library Journal

Fine additional purchases for libraries looking for entry-level material about these unique sports. View →

 
Cover: Mascotas presidenciales (Pets of Presidents)

Mascotas presidenciales - School Library Journal

Readers will be inspired to study history—and maybe adopt their own pet—thanks to this series, which is best for larger public library collections; some school libraries may also want to consider. View →

 
Cover: Versus

Versus- School Library Journal

With high-interest topics ranging from fashion to big tech to comic books, this series is recommended for late elementary and middle school striving readers View →

 
Cover: Animal Survival

Animal Survival-School Library Journal

Each book touches on the survival strategies of several animals, grouped by the behaviors they have in common. General information about topics like migration and camouflage leads into a variety of specific examples from the animal kingdom. In most cases, descriptions are accompanied by… View →

 
Cover: Kid Chemistry Lab

Kid Chemistry Lab-School Library Journal

The short chapters in these books are a mix of explanatory text, crisp photos of children and adults exploring aspects of chemistry, and supportive diagrams and tables. Readers will learn about atoms, elements, reactions and mixtures. Captions on the images offer additional information… View →

 
Cover: Core Library of US States

Puerto Rico- Booklist

STARRED: Puerto Rico is an island full of color, a vibrant energy, and people who love their heritage and tropical home. This attractive entry in the Core Library of US States series (52 titles) is ideal for those seeking to educate themselves on this island,… View →

 
Cover: Sports Brands

Sports Brands- School Library Journal

These thorough histories of the biggest brands in sports apparel have niche appeal. The lifelong rivalry between brothers Rudi and Adi Dassler makes an appearance in both Puma and Adidas, sharing how their family shoe business was split forever over a misunderstanding. The giants often… View →

 
Cover: Poetry Power

Poetry Power-School Library Journal

This series focuses on different forms of poetry while giving examples based on specific topics. Starting with a table of contents that shows short sections of varying length and followed by the type of poem, its history, and how the form is used, quoting and citing the authors, such as… View →

 
Cover: Spot the Sight Words

Spot the Sight Words- School Library Journal

This clever series uses interactive techniques for emerging readers to find common sight words. Carefully crafted to include specific high-frequency sight words, each page includes one-to-two simple sentences around a common theme (“What can I make? I can make a cake”). This is… View →

 
Cover: Field Guides Set 3

Field Guides Set 3-School Library Journal

Splashing real images of birds, bugs, and more for identification purposes, this collection of field guides is the fun out in the wilderness book for adventurous tweens to try. There is the expected information standard in guides like this such as species and differentiation markers, but View →

 
Cover: Egyptian Mythology

Egyptian Mythology-School Library Journal

The slim titles in this handsome series pack plenty of solid information into concise, clearly written sentences. The narratives provide facts not only about individual gods, but also about their roles in ancient Egyptian society. Each volume introduces the featured god, then discusses… View →

 
Cover: World of Mythical Beings

World of Mythical Beings- School Library Journal

Fans of these perennially popular beings will savor this enlightening series. Brief chapters, large fonts, only a few (two-to-four) sentences per page, and simple, clearly written sentences will be welcome to younger as well as striving readers. Though the narratives are compact, there… View →

 
Cover: Xtreme Cars

Xtreme Cars- School Library Journal

“Xtreme Cars” explores the fastest moving automobiles on the road, from classic supercars to modern, electric-powered vehicles. The books take a manufacturer, such as a Maserati or a Porsche, and track the history and development of its vehicles, with several different models… View →

 
Cover: History's Greatest Mysteries

History's Greatest Mysteries - School Library Journal

Attractive covers and high-quality, captioned black-and-white and color, interior illustrations and photos are appealing. View →

 
Cover: Creatures of Legend

Creatures of Legend - School Library Journal

The terse writing style will appeal to fans of the weird and bizarre. Covers are striking. View →

 
Cover: Aves estatales (State Birds)

Aves estatles- School Library Journal

This series features six common and recognizable state birds representing 24 states in the contiguous United States. The habitats, characteristics, and behaviors of American robins, California quails, Eastern bluebirds, Northern cardinals, Northern mockingbirds, and Western meadowlarks… View →