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Cover: Circulatory System

Look into the Human Body series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

These titles complement health topics and would be a great fit for classrooms and school libraries. View →

 
Cover: Measuring Things

Measuring Things series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

These titles introduce the basics of measurement to very young readers. Easily understandable text explores time, temperature, and other quantifiable characteristics. Photos show various children using tools for tasks, such as a tape measure to find the length of a board and a stopwatch… View →

 
Cover: Mammals

Members of the Animal Kingdom series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

These well-organized introductions to animal kingdoms feature clear language and effective visual content. Opening chapters provide general information about animal classification, followed by facts about the primary characteristics within the featured kingdom. Appealing and accessible… View →

 
Cover: We Read about Citizenship

We Read about the Amphibian Life Cycle - Booklist

This entry in the I Read! You Read! series (20 titles) offers a brief introduction to some characteristics of amphibians and stages in their life cycle. Designed for shared reading between a beginning reader and an adult, color-coded text boxes and symbols indicate whose turn it is to… View →

 
Cover: Birds

Members of the Animal Kingdom series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

These well-organized introductions to animal kingdoms feature clear language and effective visual content. Opening chapters provide general information about animal classification, followed by facts about the primary characteristics within the featured kingdom. Appealing and accessible… View →

 
Cover: Investigating Body Systems

Investigating the Nervous System - Booklist

Part of the Investigating Body Systems series (4 titles), this introduction to the nervous system covers a lot of ground. In five chapters, the book lays out what the central and peripheral nervous system are, the basics of how they work, a brief history of neuroscience, diseases or… View →

 
Cover: Investigating the Digestive System

Investigating Body Systems series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

This is a great choice for middle and high school libraries as a resource for health and biology coursework. View →

 
Cover: My State

Booklist - Colorado

Crisp photos of the titular state’s iconic mountains are a particularly appealing feature of this entry in the My State series (20 titles), which aims to introduce basic state facts as well as conventional nonfiction components to emerging readers. A cartoon kid, Jake, takes… View →

 
Cover: Members of the Animal Kingdom

Members of the Animal Kingdom series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

These well-organized introductions to animal kingdoms feature clear language and effective visual content. Opening chapters provide general information about animal classification, followed by facts about the primary characteristics within the featured kingdom. Appealing and accessible… View →

 
Cover: Investigating the Immune System

Investigating Body Systems series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

This is a great choice for middle and high school libraries as a resource for health and biology coursework. View →

 
Cover: Amphibians

Members of the Animal Kingdom series - School Library Journal, Spring 2023 Series Made Simple

These well-organized introductions to animal kingdoms feature clear language and effective visual content. Opening chapters provide general information about animal classification, followed by facts about the primary characteristics within the featured kingdom. Appealing and accessible… View →

 
Cover: Extreme Sports

Extreme Sports series - School Library Journal

Ideally, for beginners, each book in this series begins with a basic one-page description of its extreme sport, followed by explanations of the different ways people have modified and personalized the sport for necessity, fun, or challenge. Each entry also focuses on the potential career View →