Reviews
Fossil Hunters
Dinosaurs are a high-interest topic, and this book will not remain on any library shelf for long. Teachers may begin by reading it aloud, but then students will want to borrow it. While at first glance this might appear to be another reading book about science, on careful examination the View →
Fossil Hunters
These books are simply written and have period photos, maps, and full-color reproductions. The titles range from the historical (the 19th-century “Bone Wars”) to the contemporary (the discovery of T. rex) to a bridge work (Philip Currie’s search for Barnum Brown’s “lost”… View →
Superfast Cars
Descriptions of fast, powerful cars will catch the attention of readers interested in drag racing and speed. A bibliography and an index are included. View →
Superfast Cars
Descriptions of fast, powerful cars will catch the attention of readers interested in drag racing and speed. A bibliography and an index are included. View →
Which Came First?
Students and teachers will be lining up to check out this series, which incorporates a guessing game with lessons of history, economics, science and sociology. Each title consists of 10 paired inventions covering Household Inventions, Communication Inventions, Clothing Creations,… View →
Which Came First?
Students and teachers will be lining up to check out this series, which incorporates a guessing game with lessons of history, economics, science and sociology. Each title consists of 10 paired inventions covering Household Inventions, Communication Inventions, Clothing Creations,… View →
Smart Animals
Did you know that dolphins and chimpanzees recognize themselves in the mirror? Ever heard of a police pig? The Smart Animals series offers vibrant books on intelligent animals. Each book has numerous photos, engaging stories, habitat maps and clearly written information on other animals… View →
Fossil Hunters
While most books about scientists lack any real conflict, this volume from the new Fossil Hunters series tells of the Bone Wars, a clash between two American paleontologists. In 1868 at the Haddonfield, New Jersey marl pit, Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope established a cooperative… View →
Ultimate Speed
At last a set of books that will excite the extreme-action seeking young male reader. These fact-packed nonfiction texts are written as fast-paced, high-interest stories of real-life adventures. Each two-page spread contains high-impact photographic images, less than 100 words, and a… View →
X-Treme Places
Look no further for real-life adventure stories of people challenging and surviving in some of the most dangerous places on earth than this series. The series introduces the young readers to individuals who survived perilous journeys in space, on mountains, in rain forests, deserts,… View →
Ultimate Speed
At last a set of books that will excite the extreme-action seeking young male reader. These fact-packed nonfiction texts are written as fast-paced, high-interest stories of real-life adventures. Each two-page spread contains high-impact photographic images, less than 100 words, and a… View →
X-Treme Places
Look no further for real-life adventure stories of people challenging and surviving in some of the most dangerous places on earth than this series. The series introduces the young readers to individuals who survived perilous journeys in space, on mountains, in rain forests, deserts,… View →