Reviews
Bethany Hamilton
[Bethany Hamilton] focuses on the 13-year-old’s surfing encounter with a shark that resulted in the loss of her left arm and her return to the waves less than a month after the accident. The author mentions that the teen wants to make a difference in peoples’ lives, and that… 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 →
Michael J. Fox
Full review of Michael J. Fox: I Can Make a Difference! and Jean Driscoll: Dream Big, Work Hard! available in the December 2006 issue of School Library Journal. 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 →
Michael J. Fox
Full review of Michael J. Fox: I Can Make a Difference! and Jean Driscoll: Dream Big, Work Hard! available in the December 2006 issue of School Library Journal. 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →