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Explore Earth‘s Seven Continents - Children's Literature
Students are provided with an overview of the seven continents and what makes each continent unique. Not only is the book packed concisely with facts relating to continents, students also learn about borders, countries, cities, habitats, rivers and oceans. Kalman does an excellent job of View →
Reports from the Front in WWII - Children's Literature
Poland is being terrorized! Polish citizens hide in their cellars for fourteen hours while the country is being invaded by Germany. This is the beginning of a unique book told from the perspective of those who experienced the war first hand. They include soldiers, Holocaust survivors,… View →
Baby animals in grassland habitats - Children's Literature
If you want a child to read something enjoyable yet educational, Kalman’s “Habitats” series is right up your alley. This title focuses on animals living in a grassland environment and explores common questions including: what is a community and what is a food chain?… View →
Labor Day - Children's Literature
Unions have organized workers to band together to better working conditions and benefits. Facing sixteen hour days, dangerous workplaces and less than fair wages, unions were able to make demands for better conditions by holding strikes and protests. They improved workers lives, their… View →
What Are Minerals? - School Library Journal
Gr 3–5—With rocks and minerals being curriculum topics, libraries are always in need of additional, current resources. These books cover the basic information but they will not engage readers. The reading level is high for the intended age group. The introductions in Crystals, Fossils,… View →
Baby animals in ocean habitats - Children's Literature
This text is part of a series “The Habitats of Baby Animals” specifically focused on introducing early readers to geographic regions through the use of baby animals, something most young children will respond to with enthusiasm. This particular text, with its focus on ocean… View →
The Alps - Children's Literature
The ageless Alps—world’s most famous mountain range—have the greatest population, are the most visited, and have been explored since earliest times. Readers of this “Mountains Around the World” series will discover that the Alps divide Italy from northern Europe and… View →
Harry and the Horse - Children's Literature
Part of the “Tadpoles” series this Guided Reading Level C book entertains new readers with an amusing tale. Harry has gone to the fair and he is enjoying his ride on the Merry Go Round. It is magical as Harry’s imagination takes him around faster and faster until he and View →
Rain Forest - Children's Literature
Generally rainforests are found in hot climates and they are places where it rains every day. These rainforests are homes to many plants and animals that live on the ground, in trees and at varying levels of the forest. Ants march along the ground and army ants can be quite formidable… View →
Percentage - Children's Literature
“My Path to Math” is a multi-volume series of which this title is a part. The book’s purpose is to make math concepts easy to understand and this book has its strong and weak points. The introduction is very well done and there is excellent reinforcement for each… View →
Meet my neighbor, the News Camera Operator - Children's Literature
The book, a title in the “Meet My Neighbor” series, follows the workday of Kevin Faibish, a news camera operator in Canada. Readers see Faibish packing and unpacking equipment, taping an interview with soccer players, and working in the television studio. Through text and… View →
Famous People of the War of 1812 - School Library Journal
Taken collectively, these volumes present an effective, engaging account of the causes, personages, and battles of an all-too-often-forgotten American conflict. Occurring in the early years of the young nation, it tested the Republic’s mettle, fanned the flames of nationalism, and… View →