Reviews
John Elway and the Denver Broncos
Elway’s personal reflection about several losses before finally winning the Super Bowl combines with the simple text, fact boxes and bright photos for an interesting read. In this series, football fans meet quarterbacks and other key players of Super Bowl’s winning… View →
America's Animal Comebacks
Vibrant pictures and a child-friendly layout make this series a wonderful addition to any elementary school library. The series focuses on animals that were once considered extinct and are now “back.” The facts are beautifully laid out. Each page contains one or more… View →
Manny Ramirez
Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox is a beautiful production. Chock-full of vivid photos, it features several easy-to-read paragraphs on each page spread, as well as information nuggets displayed in text boxes adjacent to the photos… Recommended for early elementary school-age… View →
Manny Ramirez
Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox is a beautiful production. Chock-full of vivid photos, it features several easy-to-read paragraphs on each page spread, as well as information nuggets displayed in text boxes adjacent to the photos… Recommended for early elementary school-age… View →
Smart Animals
[Starred review]. The Smart Animals series takes young readers on a journey that is informative and heartwarming as they explore experiments and feats of bravery and compassion among six groups of animals. In 32 pages, the authors give numerous examples depicting how animals are smart… View →
Smart Animals
[Starred review]. The Smart Animals series takes young readers on a journey that is informative and heartwarming as they explore experiments and feats of bravery and compassion among six groups of animals. In 32 pages, the authors give numerous examples depicting how animals are smart… View →
America's Animal Comebacks
These titles summarize key efforts of committed biologists, environmentalists, zoologists, and other scientists to take these animals off the endangered list. The books are well organized and have an easy style and an accessible vocabulary and text size, leading readers smoothly from one View →
School Library Journal Review for No Backbone! Marine
Appealing introductions. Each overview gets right to the point with simple sentences that define and describe the animals’ features. To reinforce the written definition, a splashy full-color photograph appears on the facing page. Although Lunis points out that the term “sea… View →
Bison
American Bison and Gray Wolves were recommended in the October 2007 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →
Bison
American Bison and Gray Wolves were recommended in the October 2007 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →
Gray Wolves
American Bison and Gray Wolves were recommended in the October 2007 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →
Code Red
[In The Hindenburg Disaster] Feigenbaum describes the 1937 catastrophe that occurred when the hydrogen-powered airship burst into flames and crashed, killing 36 people. High-quality, historical photographs add drama and perspective. One might argue whether the picture of the partially… View →