Reviews
Supersized!
Simple text, stock photos, and maps introduce the habitat, diet, life cycle, physical characteristics, and behavior of the featured animal…the clear comparisons (“A female Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is larger than the book you are reading”) and straightforward text will View →
Supersized!
Simple text, stock photos, and maps introduce the habitat, diet, life cycle, physical characteristics, and behavior of the featured animal…the clear comparisons (“A female Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is larger than the book you are reading”) and straightforward text will View →
Florida Manatees
Part of the America’s Animal Comebacks series, this accessible title discusses the environmental threats facing the Florida manatee and the efforts that saved this appealing sea creature from extinction. Once hunted for food and clothing, manatees face even graver dangers in… View →
Florida Manatees
Part of the America’s Animal Comebacks series, this accessible title discusses the environmental threats facing the Florida manatee and the efforts that saved this appealing sea creature from extinction. Once hunted for food and clothing, manatees face even graver dangers in… View →
Supersized!
Following an opening spread devoted to size and weight, these books offer bits of information about habitat, diet, physical features, and reproduction. A simple map shows where the animals live. Well-selected color photographs from a variety of sources are the best part of each… View →
Code Red
All three books have the same format: two-page chapters with a full-color photo on each page, a few paragraphs of large-print text and quotes from eyewitnesses. They conclude with profiles of people involved in these events. [In The Exxon Valdez’s Deadly Oil Spill] Beech examines… View →
Supersized!
These attractive titles include the size and description of the featured subject, a description and map of its habitat, diet, camouflage, life cycle, and whether or not it is endangered. Most spreads include two to five large-type sentences, a boxed fact, and a large, colorful… View →
Code Red
Titanic describes the 1912 collision of this “unsinkable” ship with an iceberg, and the resulting horror. Three Mile Island discusses the 1979 malfunction of a nuclear reactor that could have cost thousands of lives and devastated the area but, fortunately, did not. A 1911… View →
Working Horses
One of my favorite books listed on Accelerated Reader is “Working Horses,” which is from a series called “Horse Power.” In the series, young children learn how these proud animals provide a valuable resource for people.Children can appreciate horses’… View →
Working Horses
One of my favorite books listed on Accelerated Reader is “Working Horses,” which is from a series called “Horse Power.” In the series, young children learn how these proud animals provide a valuable resource for people.Children can appreciate horses’… View →
Wildlife Survival
Each book begins with a table of contents. Each page has at least one photograph of the animal in its natural habitat and an interesting fact about them on every other page. The reader first gets to know the animals and how they live in their natural habitat, followed by reasons the… View →
Wildlife Survival
Each book begins with a table of contents. Each page has at least one photograph of the animal in its natural habitat and an interesting fact about them on every other page. The reader first gets to know the animals and how they live in their natural habitat, followed by reasons the… View →