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This well-crafted series is an excellent choice for the youngest sports-minded pre- and emergent readers.
These books present very rudimentary introductions to the basics of
hockey and football. Football explains such concepts as
offense, defense, downs and distance, equipment, and the playing
field. Hockey includes positions, face-offs, power plays,
scoring points, and equipment. The large type, full-color
photographs, and primary-colored fact boxes will appeal to
beginning readers and newcomers to each sport. Reading list. Glos.,
ind. Review covers the following A+ Books: All About Sports titles:
All About Football and All About Hockey.
Though there is some overlap of information among these four books, these well-crafted guides are sure to be popular among browsers and practitioners.
These two yoga books focus on alignment, breathing, and safety
while offering step-by-step instructions for the poses as well as
their benefits. Photographs of girls executing the poses illustrate
the texts, and, for difficult poses, a smaller inset photo is
included with a modification. The clarity of their presentation
makes these titles a useful resource for the target audience.
Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Savvy: Yoga
for You titles: Calm Girl and Smart Girl.
This encyclopedic series gives detailed information about a wide
range of endangered animals. Front and back matter explains the
context and threat levels, while two dozen spreads each feature an
excellent photograph, packed paragraphs of text, and a data panel
for a single animal such as Siberia's Baikal seal. Though the theme
is inherently cautionary, conservation measures are also
documented. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the
following Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals
titles: Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia,
Europe, North and South America, and South and
Central Asia.
Each book contains a brief, overly generalized text that introduces
readers to a random selection of vague facts (e.g., in
Football: "The largest stadiums in the United States are for
college teams"). The clean book design and large color photographs
are attractive, but readers looking for an interesting, coherent
collection of "great moments, records, and facts" will need to look
elsewhere. There are three other spring 2015 books in this series.
Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Sports titles:
Football, Gymnastics, and Hockey.