Reviews
Acts of Courage
These books identify individuals from the five military service divisions who have been recently honored for heroic deeds. Brief vignettes tell the stories of the recipients’ heroism and identify the medals awarded. Readers will appreciate the photographs of the honorees that… View →
What is the Water Cycle?
[Starred review]. What Is the Water Cycle? is a simple, well illustrated guide, with straightforward language and solid information about the visible and invisible stages from clouds to precipitation to surface water to evaporation and back to clouds (note that groundwater is not… View →
The Hole Truth!
Simple, well-placed text combined with labeled diagrams, thoughtful discussion questions, and attention-grabbing photographs will hook beginning researchers into this series about animal burrows and dens. A “Science Lab” activity at the end of each book offers more… View →
What is Weather?
[Starred review]. One of my fondest childhood memories is of sitting on my father’s lap on our front porch during a thunderstorm, watching him draw the clouds and lightning formation while the flashes and booms surrounded us. What Is Weather? would well serve parents or teachers in View →
Weather Wise
These brief books emphasize the hydrological component of weather in simple, clear prose. Captioned photographs and drawings are bright and appropriate; each book includes a question for the reader and a “Science Lab” exercise. View →
Saving Animals from Oil Spills
Biologist Kayla DiBenedetto rescued pelicans that were covered in brown sticky oil off of the coast of Louisiana after the largest oil spill in U.S. Waters in 2010. In colorful photographs, maps and captions this book describes how a pipe on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig cracked. Workers View →
Saving Animals from Oil Spills
Biologist Kayla DiBenedetto rescued pelicans that were covered in brown sticky oil off of the coast of Louisiana after the largest oil spill in U.S. Waters in 2010. In colorful photographs, maps and captions this book describes how a pipe on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig cracked. Workers View →
Fox's Den
Did you know that parent foxes bring live mice to their cubs to practice hunting? This nonfiction book will help young children learn more about furry red foxes. The full-page photographs with numerous labels, headings, and captions are informative and interesting. For example, children… View →
Fox's Den
Did you know that parent foxes bring live mice to their cubs to practice hunting? This nonfiction book will help young children learn more about furry red foxes. The full-page photographs with numerous labels, headings, and captions are informative and interesting. For example, children… View →
Signs of the Season
[Starred review.] The titles of these books in the Signs of the Seasons series ask good questions, and then answer them with vivid illustrations, explicit language and projects/experiments to try on almost every page. In each book you will find a calendar identifying the dates which… View →
Rescuing Animals from Disasters
Each title looks at the people involved and techniques used to rescue animals from natural and man-made disasters around the world. Specific and recent disasters are highlighted, such as Hurricane Katrina, the Cedar Fire in San Diego, CA, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the 2010 oil… View →
Rescuing Animals from Disasters
Each title looks at the people involved and techniques used to rescue animals from natural and man-made disasters around the world. Specific and recent disasters are highlighted, such as Hurricane Katrina, the Cedar Fire in San Diego, CA, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the 2010 oil… View →