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What Is Cell Theory? - Children's Literature
It took centuries of work by many collaborators, working together and independently, to identify and understand the basic building block of all life—the cell—and develop a scientific theory to explain its functions. That a unified theory could emerge from such divergent sources and… View →
Military Helicopters: flying into battle - Children's Literature
Scouting, attacking, and transporting people and cargo are the main jobs of military helicopters. Young readers interested in flying machines will find much to like in this addition to Bobby Kalman’s “Vehicles on the Move” series. The who, what, when, where and why are… View →
Position and Direction - Children's Literature
New math concepts are explained in a story about Sam’s move into a new house. The moving van is outside, Sam is inside. When he organizes his bookcase items are placed on the top, middle or bottom shelves. The stairs take him up and down and when he meets a new friend they play a… View →
The Role of Religion in the Early Islamic World - School Library Journal
Gr 5–7—Each book covers a particular aspect of life in the early Islamic world. The writing is generally simple enough for the intended audience but does not sacrifice quality of scholarship. Information is presented in concise chapters and is graphically well organized. The main texts… View →
I like to play - Children's Literature
Think of games using a ball. Baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, and catch make up more than half of the six words introduced in this beginning reader with a predictable text pattern. Part of the “My World” Leveled Reader series written in eight guided reading levels A-H, the View →
Kristen Stewart - Children's Literature
This biography on Stewart mainly concentrates on her acting career and success as young Bella Swan in the popular movie Twilight and its sequels in “The Twilight Saga.” The movie is about a Vampire family named the Cullens, and, Bella, a human, who falls in love with Edward… View →
What comes in sets? - School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1—These titles resemble sections of a textbook, focusing on one concept and offering several approaches to it. In Comparing Fractions, the proverbial pizza is one example used to solve a problem and for sharing. Other examples include peppers, corn, tomatoes, radishes, and eggs.… View →
Taylor Swift - Children's Literature
Taylor Swift knew from a young age that she wanted to be a songwriter and singer. Her parents, recognizing Swift’s tremendous talent, began entering little Taylor in local singing contests and even moved to Nashville when Swift was eleven years old in order to provide her more… View →
Environmental Chemistry - Children's Literature
As this title of the “Chemtastrophe!” series suggests, environmental occurrences, from how much rain falls to how long it takes garbage to break down in landfills, all happen because of chemistry. A brief overview of science in general and specifically chemistry prepares… View →
The Western Front - School Library Journal
Gr 5–9—In each volume, text overviews and photos bookend three graphic-novel formatted stories that focus on individuals involved in specific actions and/or conflicts. Although there are several different artists, the fairly realistic artwork is consistent among the books, depicting… View →
Water Wise! - Children's Literature
Book eleven in the Crabtree “Connections 2” series, which teaches about history, medicine and environment among other things. This paperback discusses water and the ways we can use it more wisely. For instance, only three % of all water on our planet is drinkable, yet people… View →
War in the Pacific - Children's Literature
Fantastic, well-written! Superb! This graphic novel is about WWII and has six sections. The first two sections, The Pacific Conquered and Turning the Tide, are in prose form and take us from 1940 to 1945. The next three sections are written in graphic novel… View →