Reviews
Maine Coons
There are plenty of breeds of cats out there, as the Cat-ographies series shows, but the big Maine coon cats are particularly interesting because of their size and the ways they’ve adapted to their environment. One of the largest and heaviest breeds, the cats came to America from Europe… View →
Glow-in-the-Dark Animals
Creatures that make their own light are inherently fascinating, and this nicely crafted book in the Animals with Super Powers series will take readers beyond the glow of fireflies, introducing such bioluminescent animals as the cucujo beetle from South America. Ranging in size from… View →
Erased by a Tornado
Erased by a Tornado! effectively uses photographs to evoke raw emotion and explain the science of tornadoes. It begins with a first-person account from Mikias Mohammed, who lived through a tornado in Tennessee in 2008. The perspective gets broader as the location and formation of… View →
Flu of 1918
Donald Jacobi was one of the fortunate who survived the flu epidemic of 1918. What was later recorded as a worldwide pandemic spread across the United States between September 14 and October 5. The Bubonic Plague, most widespread in Europe in the 1300s, struck again in Los Angeles in… View →
Up Close and Gross
Never have the wonders of electron microscopy been more thrillingly displayed. From the back end of a flea burrowing into a human toe to a full-page, luridly red-lit, head-on view of a bedbug, these knife-sharp, all-too-explicit photos are riveting. The texts don’t trail far behind View →
Erased by a Tornado
Erased by a Tornado! effectively uses photographs to evoke raw emotion and explain the science of tornadoes. It begins with a first-person account from Mikias Mohammed, who lived through a tornado in Tennessee in 2008. The perspective gets broader as the location and formation of… View →
Fast Rides
Sharp, colorful photos and succinct texts provide brief but informative introductions to record-setting vehicles. Chapter spreads vary in length, but they adequately cover the topics. Captions add to the close-up photos, some of which cover the bottom half of spreads, while others occupy View →
Animals with Super Powers
Large color photos of animals in natural settings and clear, cogent presentations of information combine to boost this series well above the average for both assignments and casual browsing. Along with covering such uncommon topics as bioluminescence and transparency, the volumes offer… View →
Wild Baby Animals
Full review available in the April 2011 issue of School Library Journal. View →
Little Dogs Rock! II
Illustrated with numerous color photographs, each title showcases real-life stories of small dogs with big hearts… ©ontrolled texts provide basic information about the title breed’s history, “personality” and behavior characteristics, famous dogs of that… View →
Little Dogs Rock! II
Illustrated with numerous color photographs, each title showcases real-life stories of small dogs with big hearts… ©ontrolled texts provide basic information about the title breed’s history, “personality” and behavior characteristics, famous dogs of that… View →
Cat-ographies
Readers will find these informative and engaging books especially useful, as they include specific breed health concerns as well as standard information about history and care. Also provided is a link to the publisher’s website for the series, where readers can find sites for each… View →