Reviews
SLJ Review of U.S. National Parks
Each book in this series begins with a description of a popular park experience, then goes on to describe the history of the park, its top sites, human impact on the area, and other details. The wonders of each park are displayed in large photos along with smaller inset images. Two… View →
South Sound Book Review Council Review of Spotting Differences – Crow or Raven?
Blastoff! Reader Level 1: Spotting Differences is a twenty books set that delves in the differences between animals. Each book focuses on a pair of animals and details their physical and behavioral traits. Text is accessible to your newest readers and accompanying illustrations are high… View →
Booklist Review of Animal Feet
In this toe-tally enjoyable entry in the Amazing Animal Parts series (6 titles) of level 1 readers, simple text and vivid photos introduce several different categories of animal feet: webbed (like ducks’), sticky (like some frogs), clawed (like dogs’ paws), and hooved (like… View →
Booklist Review of Apache Helicopter
Known as a “flying tank,” this U.S. Army attack helicopter is built for action, and military and aircraft enthusiasts are the obvious targets of this accounting of its… Part of the Military Aircraft series (6 titles), this high-interest offering opens with a short fict View →
Librarian Review of See it Grow!
The See it Grow! series will delight readers with its vibrant, colorful photos and simple text format. Each book includes facts about the plant’s growth cycle, pollination, habitat, and end products. See Apples Grow informs people that many years pass before apple trees produce apples.… View →
South Sound Book Review Council Review of Sports Fun – Wrestling
If you have one of those early readers who only like sports, but needs to practice their reading skills, this book series – SPORTS FUN! – might just be what will getting them reading. Wrestling has nine pages with large text font… View →
Educator Review of Who's Hoo? Owls!
In this series, the reader learns about specific owls around the world. The books tell about the special characteristics of each owl that help it to survive (talons, sharp beaks, etc.). The books discuss the features of the owls and the size of the owls, including a diagram of each owl’s View →
South Sound Book Review Council Review of Spotting Differences – Aardvark or Anteater?
Blastoff! Readers Level 1: Spotting Differences is a twenty book set that delves into the differences between animals. Each book focuses on a pair of animals and details their physical and behavioral traits. Text is accessible to your newest readers and accompanying illustrations are… View →
South Sound Book Review Council Review of War Histories: The American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War by Kate Moening is part of a Torque set of War Histories. This set is geared towards third grade through seventh grade, with full color pictures and a reading level of third grade. Each book is 24 pages and starts with a table of contents a short… View →
SLJ Review of Farm Animals
Each adorable volume opens with an alphabetical list of basic sight words that children will encounter in the book. The sentences are brief and simple, but rich in the information very young readers want to know about farm animals: their distinctive sounds; what they look like; how and… View →
Educator Review of Careers in STEM
In this series, the reader learns about a variety of careers related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). These books give great insight into what a typical day looks like in this specific career. For example, each book discusses the location of View →
Educator Review of Animals of the Wetlands
This series explores a variety of wetland animals including: alligators, beavers, crocodiles, fishing cats, flamingos, herons, hippopotamuses, platypuses, river otters, and wood ducks. Geared toward early readers ready for a bit more text and varied sentence structure, this series would… View →