Reviews
Saturn - Booklist
With just a little help with hard words, beginning readers can dive into this exploration of the sixth planet, part of the Spot Our Solar System series (8 titles). Thielges deliberately uses simple language to encourage early readers, such as “Look! You can see Saturn from Earth!” and… View →
On the Go - Booklist
This entry in the Wonderful Words series (8titles) offers a picture-dictionary-style overviewof many different modes of transportation byland, water, and air. Organized into 11 categories that include “On the road,” “To therescue,” and “Wheelie wonders,” brief sentences introduce each… View →
Saturno (Saturn) - Booklist
With just a little help with hard words, beginning readers can dive into this exploration of the sixth planet, part of the Spot Our Solar System series (8 titles). Thielges deliberately uses simple language to encourage early readers, such as “Look! You can see Saturn from Earth!” and… View →
Netflix: The Story behind the App - Booklist
This is a combined corporate history of Netflix and a biography of its founder, Reed Hastings. Part of Mason Crest’s Tech Titans series (10 titles, including Amazon, Facebook, and Google), it offers accessible text, pop-culture references, and photos, sidebars, and graphics on almost… View →
Animal Allies - Booklist
The Animal Allies series (4 titles) highlights examples of symbiosis within the animal kingdom. While most of the series deals with mutualism, this title examines commensalism, a relationship in which one animal benefits but the other isn’t harmed. Here the arctic fox’s strategy of… View →
Exploring Norse Mythology - School Library Journal
Gr 6 Up–A concise, engaging read that covers some of the popular myths and figures of Norse mythology, as well as the historical connections between the myths, the Vikings, and the world. Chapters include a summary of the Viking worldview, World Tree, and inhabitants that live in each… View →
Joke Books - Children's Bookwatch
Deftly compiled by Pam Rosenberg and charmingly illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole, The Child’s World has published a new series of library-bound and thoroughly ‘kid friendly’ joke books for young readers ages 6-9 — each of them having a particular theme to… View →
Nellie Bly's Daring Trip Around the World - Booklist
Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly comes to life in this graphic biography that focuses on her famous effort to travel around the world faster than Jules Verne’s fictional adventurer, Phileas Fogg. The format perfectly suits the fast pace of Bly’s endeavor as it shows the young woman aboard… View →
Saltwater Fishing - Booklist
While unlikely to reel in readers without an existing interest in fishing, this introduction to saltwater fishing covers many practical aspects of the sport. It begins with a fictional scenario of a boy fishing with his mom, approachably demonstrating many of the topics tackled by the… View →
Coding with Dinosaurs - Booklist
This workbook in the Adventures in Unplugged Coding series (8 titles) offers pencil-and-paper activities that reinforce basic coding skills. Concepts include sequencing and looping, debugging, and cause-and-effect programming with conditionals. These tasks are presented through… View →
Secret Service - Booklist
Designed for primary and middle-grade kids who are learning to read, this brightly illustrated book from the Federal Protectors series (6 titles) provides basic information about the Secret Service. Topics covered include its history and the training of its agents, its special agents,… View →
School Counselor - Booklist
School counselors serve a supportive and important role in education, and this volume in the SEL Careers series (5 titles) not only helps children learn about their function in schools but introduces them to the mental health profession. The book’s three topical View →