Reviews
SLJ Review of Haunted History
This graphic novel series focuses on high-interest topics and is written in simple, readable prose. The books don’t claim to offer definitive evidence but detail witness accounts. The…
SLJ Review of What Makes a Community?
Early readers will enjoy learning about some popular careers in this series. These titles introduce new topics such as laws, uniforms, restaurants, menus, power tools, and goggles. Each book…
SLJ Review of Whose Poo?
These books turn scatology into a guessing game. A different biome is spotlighted in each title, with various types of poo introduced along with clues to the identity of their makers. Labels…
Booklist Review of Danger Below!
The Danger Below! series is not for the faint of heart. Each of these high-interest volumes introduces basic facts by way of an intense fiction comic, divided into three brief chapters,…
Booklist Review of Alien Graveyard
This entry in the Haunted History series (6 titles) recreates the dramatic events of a purported UFO crash in 1897 Aurora, Texas, using a graphic novel format. Although the illustrations are…
Garland Independent School District Review of Peru (Spanish)
Introduces readers to the land, cities, history, and food of Peru. This attractive volume in kid friendly, easy to read, and inviting. Beautiful and bright color photographs are included on…
Booklist Review of Horror in Ohio
Four haunted places in Ohio take center stage in this entry in the Scary States (of Mind) series (10 titles). Four-page chapters delve into the history of each, sensationalizing only slightly
Booklist Review of Space-ology
This series zeroes in on the space experience, explaining what it’s like to become an astronaut, live and work in space, and journey to Mars. Action-packed photographs and a picture glossary…
Booklist Review of Snake Cake
What do you get when you mix a green tree python with a red velvet layer cake? A recipe for some silly rhymes. This entry in the Read and Rhyme: Level 2 series (8 titles) takes on the –ake…
Booklist Review of Malaysia
Readers ready for an introduction to world countries will find a perfect beginning series in Countries We Come From. Each title includes large, clear text accompanied by corresponding color…
Booklist Review of Afghanistan
Readers ready for an introduction to world countries will find a perfect beginning series in Countries We Come From. Each title includes large, clear text accompanied by corresponding color…
Booklist Review of Bulgaria
Readers ready for an introduction to world countries will find a perfect beginning series in Countries We Come From. Each title includes large, clear text accompanied by corresponding color…