Reviews
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 →
Code Red
Nine of the worst disasters in U.S. history are represented in this series. These are well written, presenting factual information using historic photographs and quotes from people who were directly involved. With limited text, the information is presented in an enjoyable narrative style View →
Ellen Ochoa
This small biography of the first Hispanic woman in outer space provides a glimpse of an heroic role model. A timeline, a glossary, Internet sites, fact boxes, and an index complement the layout of bright photos, including Ochoa playing the flute in outer space. View →
Supersized!
Children will want to read all the books in this series once they see how completely engaging each book can be. The books are laid out nicely with pictures and text on every double-page spread. A map highlighting where the animal lives, quick fact boxes on every page, and large beautiful View →
Ellen Ochoa
This small biography of the first Hispanic woman in outer space provides a glimpse of an heroic role model. A timeline, a glossary, Internet sites, fact boxes, and an index complement the layout of bright photos, including Ochoa playing the flute in outer space. View →