Reviews

These feel-good books introduce stars who make as much of a difference off the field as on. Each one begins with play-by-play narration that features the athlete in a life-changing game. The…

These feel-good books introduce stars who make as much of a difference off the field as on. Each one begins with play-by-play narration that features the athlete in a life-changing game. The…

These feel-good books introduce stars who make as much of a difference off the field as on. Each one begins with play-by-play narration that features the athlete in a life-changing game. The…

This series of eight books describing “supersized” animals is sure to capture the attention of the early reader in grades 1 to 3. The subjects include the world’s largest rodent (the…

This series of eight books describing “supersized” animals is sure to capture the attention of the early reader in grades 1 to 3. The subjects include the world’s largest rodent (the…

These books describe different ways we can address environmental issues, on a large scale (e.g., building environmentally friendly skyscrapers) and in everyday life (e.g., riding bicycles or…

These books describe different ways we can address environmental issues, on a large scale (e.g., building environmentally friendly skyscrapers) and in everyday life (e.g., riding bicycles or…

Large photographs and statistics about size and speed dominate each spread, which… highlights one kind of vehicle or coaster. The images best capture the drama when shown in context or…

Offering a straightforward introduction to the capybara, a large rodent native to South America, this serviceable book provides a short text and colorful reproductions of stock photographs…

Providing a variety of reasons to stay out of the water, these vivid texts explore different dangerous ocean dwellers. Each volume begins with a description of how someone was bitten and/or…

Students with a penchant for the extreme will relish the dangerous situations described in these fact-filled works, whose first-person accounts add nail-biting immediacy. The books describe…

Emerald Boas and Green Tree Frogs were recommended in the April 2010 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction.