Reviews
Booklist Starred Review: Marble Caves of Patagonia
Beautiful, relevant photos fill the bulk of the pages and sport simple, easy-to-read labels, and short blocks of text pop against colorful backgrounds and utilize scientifically precise language without becoming overly sophisticated. View →
Booklist Advance Review of Who's Hoo? Owls!
Informative and supportive of readers transitioning to more challenging texts, these new series installments are solid additions to the animal-science shelves. View →
Librarian Review of Mechanical Engineer
““Meteorologist” by Elizabeth Noll is part of the Careers in Stem collection from the Blastoff Readers series. This series was designed for early-fluent readers to help advance them toward fluency through increased text load, less reliance on photos, advancing concepts, longer… View →
Librarian Review of Aerospace Engineer
Aerospace engineers use math and physics to design airplanes and spacecraft. This book is a Blastoff Reader from the Careers in STEM series. There are 2-3 sentences per page and uses many text features such as bold words, table of contents, photographs and… View →
Booklist Review of Where You Dare Not Go
While some supernatural series seek to explain the seemingly unexplainable, Where You Dare Not Go unapologetically dishes out the sensational stories of sites haunted by tragedy around the world. Each title holds a thematic collection of 18 tales that takes readers to locations where… View →
Booklist Review of History of Sports
An attractive series for primary-grade kids as well as somewhat older readers who appreciate short words, helpful illustrations, and sports. View →
Educator Review of The New Orleans Saints
Dive into the world of the New Orleans Saints with this captivating team profile! View →
SLJ Review of Marvels of Technology
Each book in this series focuses on a specific area of tech, with two-page spreads on items ranging from batteries to MRI machines and planetary rovers. Each spread explains the basics of the technology and features a notable inventor, allowing readers to learn… View →
SLJ Review of Earth Science—Landforms: Need to Know
Simply stated but surprisingly comprehensive science and geography information about landforms of the world. The series discusses the development of landforms by tectonic movement, rivers, or volcanic activity. It includes highlighted vocabulary related to the landforms, which are… View →
SLJ Review of All About Instruments
From brass to woodwind, percussion to strings, this series introduces the different instruments we use to create music. Each colorful title opens with a table of contents and features short paragraphs and quick facts. Photo captions offer information on the different instruments, such as View →
SLJ Review of Where You Dare Not Go
Readers won’t hesitate to “dare” venture into this thrilling series. Eighteen brief, chilling tales per volume make for suspenseful reading, and the “true story” element makes them all the more compelling. Spooky-looking covers resemble leather-bound books, and sepia-toned images… View →
SLJ Review of Military Careers
Career paths of members of the armed forces are presented in these simple but factual volumes. Young readers learn that air traffic controllers guide pilots, army intelligence experts gather information, the Coast Guard includes maritime enforcement specialists, and the Marine Corps… View →