Reviews
SLC Review - My World Your World
This photographic collection explores the similarities and differences in how young children live, work, and play around the world. Each selection has colorful layouts with facts and vocabulary, and a map of the world highlighting the locations featured. In addition, there is a learn… View →
SLC Review - A First Look at America's Presidents
This series tells about many of our presidents in simply written text that young students can understand. Each title focuses on the life and contributions of the president; where he was born, what led him into the presidency, and his accomplishments. Each book features a timeline and a… View →
SLC Review - My World Your World
This photographic collection explores the similarities and differences in how young children live, work, and play around the world. Each selection has colorful layouts with facts and vocabulary, and a map of the world highlighting the locations featured. In addition, there is a learn… View →
Booklist Review for The Doomed Amusement Park
Twelve-year-old Leo Colsen awakes from a frightening dream, where he was walking through a haunted fun house to the sound of a soft voice seeking help and giving him directions. Leo, believing the desperate cry is real, scribbles down the directions and hops on his bike. At the end of a… View →
Booklist Review - Is All Soil the Same?
Dirty is the perfect name for a series that will have kids wanting to head outside and see Is All Soil the Same? goes deeper into soil’s composition and explains why soil View →
Booklist Review - Why Do Most Plants Need Soil?
Dirty is the perfect name for a series that will have kids wanting to head outside and see some of the interesting points the books make about soil—what it is, how it’s formed, what it’s good for.Why Do Plants Need Soil? details the nutrients plants get from the earth that allows them to View →
Booklist Review - What's Soil Made Of?
Dirty is the perfect name for a series that will have kids wanting to head outside and see Though the titles don’t have to be read in any particular order (especially sinc View →
Booklist Review - How Do Animals Help Make Soil?
Dirty is the perfect name for a series that will have kids wanting to head outside and see How Do Animals Help Make Soil? looks at the way creatures, from earthworms to sh View →
NSTA Recommends Why Do Most Plants Need Soil?
Part of the series Down & Dirty: The Secrets of Soil, this book explores the importance of soil to most plants. Beginning with a short review of what soil is, this book looks at why soil is important to the survival of most plants. Soil provides an anchor for plants and a… View →
NSTA Recommends What's Soil Made Of?
Part of the series Down & Dirty: The Secrets of Soil, this book introduces young scientists to the components of soil. It starts by explaining clearly that a primary component of soil is the broken up pieces of the underlying rock layer in an area and how that rock is broken… View →
NSTA Recommends Dirt or Soil--What's the Difference?
Part of the series Down & Dirty: The Secrets of Soil, this book helps young students to develop a clearer understanding of the differences between soil and dirt. The book provides an understandable definition for what soil is, how it is formed, and why it’s important to… View →
NSTA Recommends How Do Animals Help Make Soil?
Part of the series Down & Dirty: The Secrets of Soil, this book explores that importance of animals in the formation of soil. The cycling of organic material back into the soil is the focus here. Starting with insects and worms helping to break down plant and other organic… View →