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Rats Around Us - Children's Literature
Rats live everywhere humans do and outnumber us on every continent except Antarctica. They steal food, can gnaw through almost any material, and spread diseases but they can also be trained to perform tricks, make excellent pets, and help in the search to find cures for human diseases.… View →
Regrouping - 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 does a superb job. Every activity is introduced accurately and succinctly and is based on a real-world situation to… View →
Using a Calculator - Children's Literature
Today, it seems like all the kids are using calculators at school and at home. In this title which is part of the “My Path to Math” series, a basic calculator is introduced. What makes the book more valuable to those of us who did not have calculators in school is the… 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 →
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 →
Spotlight on Brazil - Children's Literature
Brazil is the biggest country in South America in regards to area. People speak Portuguese and Brazilia, the capital, is a modern city located in the interior. Brazilia was planned in the shape of an airplane with the government buildings in the body and the city squares in the wings.… View →
Spotlight on Egypt - Children's Literature
Eighty million people live in Egypt and have come there from Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Most speak Arabic and are divided into four groups: Arabs, Bedouins, Nubians, and Siwans. The Nile River runs through extensive deserts. Most people live in cities. They travel across the… View →
Backyard Encyclopedia - Children's Literature
One of 18 in the “Crabtree Connections,” a series of short references books for early readers that focus on a particular area of geography, science or history. This edition takes youngsters on a backyard safari, highlighting four or five areas within a section of the backyard 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 →
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 →
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 →