Reviews
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
School Library Journal Review for Uncommon Animals
These examinations of six photogenic animals and selected specialists who study them offer the current crop’s best balance of appealing presentation and systematic, clearly presented information. Each creature inhabits an exotic habitat, from the arctic fox that “lives… 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 →
No Backbone! Spiders
Young children will surely be fascinated to discover the wonderful world of spiders in this set of six slim books for readers in the early elementary grades. My own children, and students I have taught, found these eight-legged invertebrates to be a little scary yet absolutely… View →
Tasmanian Devil
Fossa and Tasmanian Devil were recommended in the October 2008 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →
Tasmanian Devil
Fossa and Tasmanian Devil were recommended in the October 2008 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →
Dog Scouts of America
The Dog Scouts offer opportunities for people and pets to work together to learn new skills. Photographs show many different breeds and their human companions working, playing, and providing community service by reading with kids, visiting seniors, and helping raise funds for police dogs. View →
Hollywood Horses
Fire offers true tales of how horses were used to save lives before the advent of motorized equipment; Hollywood discusses the roles horses have played in the film industry, from the advent of silent pictures to modern cinema…. the two-page sections are easy to read. Many photographs… View →
No Backbone! Insects
These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging. View →