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Cultural Traditions in Brazil - Children's Literature
More than 200 million people live in Brazil, which is the largest country in South America. This nonfiction book describes the many holidays that are celebrated in Brazil. A few of these celebrations include Christmas, Carnival, Easter, Indian Day, and Feasts Day. In Brazil the weather… View →
Cultural Traditions in Mexico - School Library Journal
Simple overviews of the holidays, festivals, traditions, and customs of these countries. Each spread contains information and eye-catching, full-color photos depicting the foods and people commemorating events. National and religious holidays are included. Brazil starts with Christmas… View →
Corvette - Children's Literature
In the 1950s America was introduced to its own ?homegrown" sports car. Produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors, the 1953 Corvette was a fiberglass, two-seater designed to show American muscle in the international sports car world. Only three hundred of them were made… View →
What Are Newton‘s Laws of Motion? - Children's Literature
Imagine developing a set of laws that describe motion succinctly, clearly and mathematically. Imagine also that these laws apply equally to motion occurring on Earth and throughout the solar system. This was the contribution to science made by Sir Isaac Newton. But Newton didn’t… View →
Baby animals in savanna habitats - Children's Literature
It would be hard not to pick up and look at this book which is part of the “Habitats of Baby Animals” series because the covers are so attractive. Baby animals hold a lot of appeal and not only for young readers. There is a baby cheetah on the cover and title page both of… View →
Apatosaurus - Children's Literature
An introductory page contains a diagram of the Mesozoic Era showing the Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous Periods. A brief text explains that living things have been around for billions of years and shows the place in time for the Apatosaurus. A twenty-two page story follows… View →
Baby animals in rainforest habitats - Children's Literature
It would be hard not to pick up and look at this book which is part of the “Habitats of Baby Animals” series because the covers are so attractive. Baby animals hold a lot of appeal and not only for young readers. There is a baby orangutan on the cover and title page both of… View →
Lady Gaga - Children's Literature
Performance artist, social activist and fashion icon Lady Gaga has pushed her creativity since she was a student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her life story from a childhood where she was known as Stefani Germanotta to her makeover into the performer Lady Gaga with a… View →
Line, Bar, and Circle Graphs - Children's Literature
Part of the series “My Path to Math,” this volume is a useful and clear introduction to a practical subject. It begins with charts and pictographs. Children who are part of a summer reading program at a library talk about the children themselves, bookmarks, books, and subject View →
Turning Point Battles of the Civil War - Children's Literature
The Civil War was fought in hundreds of locations, with armies totaling over three million men across the span of the conflict, and in ways that can hardly be understood by modern readers. Yet, despite the multiplicity of persons, places, and material things that made up the American… View →
Go Greek! - Children's Literature
This well-illustrated picture book mixes a few facts about ancient Greece with related crafts and activities. The author introduces a few related vocabulary terms, including “battering ram”, “frieze” and “Medusa”; however, I would not recommend this as View →
Teen Pregnancy - Children's Literature
The negative consequences of teen pregnancy are significant, including curtailed education and significantly lower lifetime earnings for the parent; this is also true for their children, who also experience higher incidences of teen pregnancy and incarceration. Puberty, described as the… View →