Reviews
School Library Connection Review for American Places: From Vision to Reality
This series features accessible volumes about great American places. Struggling readers will not be overwhelmed with lengthy text, as there is approximately one paragraph on each page. The text is supplemented with images, drawings, and clear diagrams. For those who are mathematically… View →
School Library Connection Review for Hound Town Chronicles
This is a very readable set of early chapter books about service dogs. The simple plots and informative text make a winning combination. In each short book, a child is introduced to a dog, an adult explains how the dog is trained, and there is always an opportunity for the dog to help a… View →
Booklist Review for My Busy Day
Preschoolers will delight in the busy pages of this detailed look at the common activities and objects that fill a child’s day. Broken into 13 categories, the book spans from yawning awake to getting a good-night kiss, with each receiving a two-page assortment of labeled photos. All the… View →
Monorails
Train-crazy kids will appreciate this offering from the Blast Off! Readers: Amazing Trains series, which showcases the monorail. As a level 1 reader, this book uses only two sentences per double-page spread, excluding headings, and a large font size to support newly independent readers;… View →
India
The Country Profiles series nicely balances its scope and depth of information for middle-grade researchers. This title begins with a view of India’s iconic Taj Mahal before presenting the country’s geographic location on a large, boldly colored map. From there, readers will… View →
Have you ever wondered how long it took to carve out Mount Rushmore, who takes care of it, and who are students. It’s plastered with full-color photographs, rangi View →
Booklist Review of Parques de diversiones embrujados
This entry in the De Puntillas en lugares escalofriantes (Tiptoe into Scary Places) series hits kids where they live: amusement parks. Cantor recounts creepy, alleged tales of people hearing their names whispered in the air, seeing shadowy figures pass by, and suddenly coming… View →
Jean Little Library Blog Review of Harpy Eagle
This new series features “Apex Predators,” from giant otters to jaguars. I received the Harpy Eagle for… Harpy eagles are really cool. I didn’t really learn anything new in this book, but I enjoyed revisiting these cool creatures. This rain forest eagle is View →
Bookworm for Kids Blog Review of Chicken
Sticking to the facts, this book explains exactly how a chicken develops from an egg in a way young listeners can easily… This book is chicken information pure—starting with what a chicken is to how an egg is formed and what happens from there. The information is b View →
Bookworm for Kids Blog Review of My Indy
Jamey’s father walked into the kitchen, holding a surprise. It was an adorable black lab puppy. “A puppy? For me?” Jamey shouted. “Not just any puppy. With your help, he’ll grow up to use his sight and other senses to help a person who can’t… View →
Bookworm for Kids Blog Review of Three-Legged Hero
Ten-year-old Cali watched her new dog-walking client hop around the neighborhood. Thunder was a retired military dog—a real-life hero who had saved several lives in Afghanistan. The German shepherd only had three legs, but he moved around almost as quickly as any other dog. What… View →
Bookworm for Kids Blog Review of Tomb Robbers
From sarcophagi to the process of embalming to the puzzle of mummy identification, this book takes a dive into ancient Egyptian tombs and reveals all sorts of gems of information young readers probably didn’t know… At only 32 pages, this book holds a treasure trove of View →