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Taylor Swift - Children's Literature
Taylor Swift knew from a young age that she wanted to be a songwriter and singer. Her parents, recognizing Swift’s tremendous talent, began entering little Taylor in local singing contests and even moved to Nashville when Swift was eleven years old in order to provide her more… View →
What comes in sets? - School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1—These titles resemble sections of a textbook, focusing on one concept and offering several approaches to it. In Comparing Fractions, the proverbial pizza is one example used to solve a problem and for sharing. Other examples include peppers, corn, tomatoes, radishes, and eggs.… View →
Vanessa Hudgens - Children's Literature
This heavily illustrated biography of Vanessa Hudgens covers her life and career in brief headlined segments. The first two pages summarize her current status in four such segments: “The Rest Is Herstory,” a description of the audition for High School Musical that accelerated View →
Water Wise! - Children's Literature
Book eleven in the Crabtree “Connections 2” series, which teaches about history, medicine and environment among other things. This paperback discusses water and the ways we can use it more wisely. For instance, only three % of all water on our planet is drinkable, yet people… View →
The Appalachians - Children's Literature
The historic Appalachians—separating the eastern coastal plain of North America from the interior—stretch from Labrador in Canada to northern Georgia and Alabama. Readers of this “Mountains Around the World” series will discover that the Appalachians influenced the early… View →
What Caused the War of 1812? - Children's Literature
In 1812 the United States had grown to seventeen states but remained rather fragile in terms of its position as a free nation. In Europe, war raged on as the British and their continental allies continued to fight against the forces of Napoleon. While this seemingly endless warfare was… View →
Arts and Culture in the Ancient World - Children's Literature
Reading this title in the “Life in the Ancient World” makes you realize how much was developed thousands of years ago—music, calligraphy, painting and games. The Chinese were masters of all and played a game of qi or Chinese chess. In many societies women were not given the… View →
Backyard Cookbook - Children's Literature
Growing and cooking one’s own food can be a lot of fun to share with family and friends. Fruits and vegetables grow in a garden at different times of the year. Cooking with the seasons offers an array of garden delights, and the final product can be crunchy, sweet, tangy or tart.… View →
Groundhog Day - Children's Literature
With stunning colored photographs of groundhogs and simple text, many facts about Groundhog Day are shared. Groundhog Day is February 2nd in the United States and Canada. If the groundhog sees his shadow on that day, six more weeks of winter weather is predicted. If the groundhog does… View →
What Are Sedimentary Rocks? - Children's Literature
Sedimentary rocks are a common form of rocks, as they result from sediment forming to build a new structure. Hyde walks the reader through the process of this creation, from bits of sand or particles of rock falling off and being carried away by wind, ice or rain, to the deposits of… View →
What Are Metamorphic Rocks? - Children's Literature
Metamorphic rocks are created from intense heat, such as lava. Aloian takes the reader through the origins of metamorphic rock, especially natural features created through the shifting of the Earth’s tectonic plates. The Himalayas, for example, were formed after the continents of… View →
Egypt - the people (revised, ed. 2) - Children's Literature
The best part of this series of small volumes is the scattering of striking photographs—women veiled in the Muslim tradition making political speeches as far back as 1919 or modern high school graduates in cap and gown showing a mixture of headscarves, mortar boards and flowing… View →
Flood and Monsoon Alert! (revised, ed. 2) - Children's Literature
Never underestimate the power of rushing water. It can sweep a car off the road or uproot a tree. Water is vital to the survival of all living things on this planet, but this book points out the dangers it can present also. Monsoons occur naturally in many parts of the globe, so the… View →
Velociraptor - Children's Literature
A high-stepping, feathered Velociraptor bares its teeth as it rushes toward the reader from the cover of this book in the “Smithsonian Prehistoric Zone” series. As with all twelve books in the series, the opening page highlights the evolution of dinosaurs and is complete with View →
Friend or Foe?: Plays About Bullying - Children's Literature
Using role playing and reader’s theater offers strategies for young people to address personal development. These plays include: The Newbie. Maria and Kaylee are starting the year at new schools, but not at the same one. Maria’s mother gives her a cell phone, but warns her… View →
Military Helicopters: flying into battle - Children's Literature
Scouting, attacking, and transporting people and cargo are the main jobs of military helicopters. Young readers interested in flying machines will find much to like in this addition to Bobby Kalman’s “Vehicles on the Move” series. The who, what, when, where and why are… View →
Ecological Disasters - Children's Literature
The “Science of Catastrophe” series uses science to explain what happened in different disasters and excels in being accurate and readable. The series also has artistic illustrations and detailed diagrams of the science involved. The books are current and the price is… View →
War in the Pacific - Children's Literature
Fantastic, well-written! Superb! This graphic novel is about WWII and has six sections. The first two sections, The Pacific Conquered and Turning the Tide, are in prose form and take us from 1940 to 1945. The next three sections are written in graphic novel… View →
The Western Front - School Library Journal
Gr 5–9—In each volume, text overviews and photos bookend three graphic-novel formatted stories that focus on individuals involved in specific actions and/or conflicts. Although there are several different artists, the fairly realistic artwork is consistent among the books, depicting… View →
King Arthur's Tale - School Library Journal
This adventure is filled with magic, wizards, and dragons, and it seems factual when paired with people and places in Arthur’s life. View →
What is an ocean? - Children's Literature
How about this scenario? You are driving to your favorite beach or aquarium and a little voice comes from the back seat: “Are we there yet?” Instead of explaining about mileage, car speed, time, or geography, hand over this book. Young readers will get an introduction to the… View →
Santa Claus - Children's Literature
The familiar phrase, “Santa is coming! Santa is coming!” is proclaimed by many kids every December. Kids wait for him to come on Christmas Eve and he comes when they sleep. The anticipation of his arrival, as well as other information about Santa Claus is well covered in this View →
What Is Cell Theory? - Children's Literature
It took centuries of work by many collaborators, working together and independently, to identify and understand the basic building block of all life—the cell—and develop a scientific theory to explain its functions. That a unified theory could emerge from such divergent sources and… View →
Space Blog - Children's Literature
What is it like to be an astronaut and travel to outer space? In this book, readers follow Captain Toni Omari and his crew as they tour the solar system. The journey begins at Cape Canaveral where lift off is successful and within minutes the spacecraft has left earth’s atmosphere. View →