Reviews
No Backbone! Spiders
This series allows readers to come safely eye-to-eye with larger-than-life spiders of all shapes and sizes. The texts, which are occasionally too vague, offer basic and interesting facts about spiders’ body structures, their young, how spiders eat, and where they live. Their many… View →
The Midwest Book Review for Super Bowl Superstars
A premier publisher of non-fiction books-in-series for young readers, Bearport Publishing presents Super Bowl Superstars by Michael Sandler, which will have an especial attraction for boys in grades K through 3 and features a text with a second grade reading level. This series of six… View →
Earth in Danger
This series covers green living and environmental policy for children. Each book tackles a different problem, defining the issue using lucid, easy-to-read (though occasionally preachy) text and clear stock photographs. Appended “Just the Facts” and “How to Help”… View →
Garbage & Recyling
Garbage and Recycling and Living Green were recommended in Booklist’s Spotlight on the Environment. View →
Garbage & Recyling
Garbage and Recycling and Living Green were recommended in Booklist’s Spotlight on the Environment. View →
I read and reviewed the Disaster Zone series, which included separate books for hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards. droughts, earthquakes, etc. I thoroughly enjoyed all of these books, probably most of all because of the incredible photography and illustrations/infographics. Each book in… View →
Earth in Danger
The Earth in Danger series of easy-to-read, 32-page books is a valuable resource for teachers and students. Each of the six books is packed with information that clearly explains a particular topic. By reading these books independently or in small groups, students will discover that they View →
Earth in Danger
Each of the first 20 pages of each book features a large photo on a full spread, with related text next to or superimposed on the striking visual. Smaller photos, maps, and text boxes add information, but since the topic changes with every page turn, coverage is necessarily basic and… View →
School Library Connection Review of Scary Places
If you have young patrons who have a fascination with the macabre (and what librarian doesn’t?), owning these titles will make your library a popular place. Each book commences with an overview of the book’s topic, followed by a two-page spread containing a brief description… View →
Dino Times Trivia
Sensationalized titles and action-packed covers should draw interest to this well-conceived introduction to dinosaurs. A sentence or two offers a key fact about the animal with follow-up data in a brief question-and-answer format. In each volume, a size chart, a fact box, and the… View →
Gross-Out Defenses
The stars of the show, at least when it comes to browser appeal, these titles focus on different defensive strategies highlighted in vivid, often gloriously repulsive photos. Leading the way is the hagfish, with its ability to generate clouds of thick, gill- and nose-clogging slime, but, View →
No Backbone! Spiders
Each book is devoted to a particular spider type, covering key topics such as food, habitats, defense, and life cycles. Spreads include four or five simple sentences, each neatly spaced by a carriage return, facing a vivid, close-up view of the spider in action. Word balloon captions… View →