Reviews
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Wild Baby Animals
Full review available in the April 2011 issue of School Library Journal. 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 →
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 →
Monstrous Morgues
We’re in the midst of a supernatural nonfiction book rush, but few are as genuinely hair-raising as the Scary Places series. As with the publisher’s similarly creepy HorrorScapes series, the high-interest text is ideal for reluctant readers, with each two-page spread focusing on a single View →