Reviews
HorrorScapes
The dramatic photos and illustrations in this series grab the reader’s interest immediately. The text is written as a high interest story and includes fact boxes, making the books attractive to reluctant readers. Each book starts with the history of an actual person and describes… View →
Eco Dogs
Baghdad Pups explores how a special division of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International (SPCAI) has been rescuing dogs who have befriended service people in Iraq, despite the clear disapproval of the United States military, which has… View →
Blink of an Eye
Showcasing the fastest animals on land, air, and sea, this series is sure to appeal to a wide variety of readers. Vibrant photos illustrate each animal from multiple perspectives, providing opportunity for readers to closely examine the animal. Information is organized by subject… View →
Earthquake in Haiti
This title in the Code Red series is concerned with catastrophic events that occurred in a moment and had huge, long-lasting ramifications. The text is written from the points of view of some of the people involved, including primary source direct quotes. Some of the pictures are… View →
Gross Body Invaders
This book is guaranteed to make readers say “Ew-www!” Part of the Up Close and Gross series, this book lives up to its name. Readers get a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) photo tour of creatures that call your body home. Nothing says… View →
Gross Body Invaders
This book is guaranteed to make readers say “Ew-www!” Part of the Up Close and Gross series, this book lives up to its name. Readers get a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) photo tour of creatures that call your body home. Nothing says… View →
Eating Green
This Going Green series title introduces issues surrounding food production, nutrition, and the environment. The tone is balanced and the information clearly presented. End matter includes tips for growing vegetables, composting, smart food shopping, dining out, and more. View →
Eating Green
This Going Green series title introduces issues surrounding food production, nutrition, and the environment. The tone is balanced and the information clearly presented. End matter includes tips for growing vegetables, composting, smart food shopping, dining out, and more. View →
Animals with Super Powers
This series abounds with colorful photographs of uncommon animals in exotic locations. The books in the series focus on topics ranging from bioluminescence to camouflage, transparency, and electricity. Vibrant descriptions and interesting facts add to the animals’ appeal. The… 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 →
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 →
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 →