Reviews
A Bird
Through the eyes of a child who shares observations of animal life in ongoing journal entries, Lawrence keeps readers thoroughly engaged as they process a generous amount of information pertaining to the natural world. Colorful photos with clearly labeled focal points, interactive… View →
Library Media Connection Review for Animal Diaries: Life Cycles
This engaging new animal series offers young readers large, bold, engaging photographs while providing information about the stages of life. Each book begins with an introduction and picture of the child and featured animal he or she is investigating. Simply written entries transcend the View →
America's Hidden Animal Treasures
This set highlights some of the lesser-known animals with whom we share our country. While students may have some familiarity with cougars, they are less likely to have heard of the other creatures. Each volume starts with a high-interest story and goes on to describe its subject’s View →
Plant-ology
Whether dealing with photosynthesis or introducing unusual examples of meat-eating species, these volumes are strong introductions for early elementary learners. Clearly labeled photos reinforce information presented in adjacent text. Related questions encourage readers to make… View →
Surf Dog Miracles
The Dog Heroes series is up to a surprising two dozen titles now. The bigger surprise? They keep getting better. Surf Dog Miracles takes on a decidedly fuzzy topic—pooches capable of gnarly feats on a surfboard. It’s more heroic than it sounds: many of the competitions are for… View →
Weather Wise
Each book has full-color pages with photographs and a few diagrams showing weather concepts. Many of the pages ask the reader a question, some of which are answered on the following pages, others ask the reader to draw on their experience and preferences. There are notebook insets with… View →
Plant-ology
Whether dealing with photosynthesis or introducing unusual examples of meat-eating species, these volumes are strong introductions for early elementary learners. Clearly labeled photos reinforce information presented in adjacent text. Related questions encourage readers to make… View →
Ground-Zero Dogs
[Starred review]. The Dog Heroes series is up to a surprising two dozen titles now. The bigger surprise? They keep getting better. Ground Zero Dogs is the best entry yet, introducing readers to a select few of the roughly 300 search-and-rescue dogs that used their agile feet and powerful View →
America's Hidden Animal Treasures
This set highlights some of the lesser-known animals with whom we share our country. While students may have some familiarity with cougars, they are less likely to have heard of the other creatures. Each volume starts with a high-interest story and goes on to describe its subject’s View →
Surf Dog Miracles
The Dog Heroes series is up to a surprising two dozen titles now. The bigger surprise? They keep getting better. Surf Dog Miracles takes on a decidedly fuzzy topic—pooches capable of gnarly feats on a surfboard. It’s more heroic than it sounds: many of the competitions are for… View →
Water Babies
The primary-grade crowd will love this early fluent reader series that discusses the infancy and development from birth to adulthood of various water animals. Physicality at each stage, diet, and social structure are addressed; predators are not mentioned in all of the volumes. Clearly… View →
Amazing Plant Bodies
Amazing Plant Bodies and Cooking with Sunshine were recommended in Booklist’s October 2012 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →