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Apatosaurus
Gr 1–3—Falling well below current standards for dino-profiles, these slapdash productions pair standard-issue descriptive texts with illustrations drawn from various sources and done in a variety of styles...
Llamas
Gr 1–2—In just a few sentences per spread, these profiles convey an easily digestible mix of general statements and specific facts...
Gray Foxes, Rattlesnakes, and Other Mysterious Animals of the Extreme Deserts
Gr 2–4—These surveys of harsh climes and some of the animals that live in them feature plenty of crowd-pleasing examples, ranging from squids, both giant and colossal, found in the deep sea to vampire bats and giant bat-eating centipedes found in caves...
Carousels
Gr 1–3—Though the amusement park mainstays highlighted in this series don't all offer quite the same level of "thrill," the bright color photos and Bodden's matter-of-fact descriptions of what riders can expect may leave novices eager, or at least a little better prepared, for their first rides...
Aircraft Carriers
Gr 2–4—These tantalizing but skimpy titles describe the functions of selected war machines in jargon-free text ("A gunner can shoot at enemies from the top part of a Humvee...
AH-64D Apache Longbow
Gr 4–8—Using clipped sentences that are nonetheless detail heavy, these portraits of currently active U...
The Case of the Ad That Subtracts and Other True Math Mysteries for You to Solve
Gr 3–5—Each volume presents clues related to 12 "mysteries," with solutions and explanations on the following page...
Military Airplanes
Gr 1–2—Though some of the full-page photos of military vehicles in the field are dark, making the pictured machines hard to decipher, the color photos, high-interest topics, and large-type texts bedewed with military-style acronyms—particularly in Trucks—may draw reluctant older readers as well as younger browsers...
Ice Cream Before the Store
Gr 2–3—Readers who think that foods and other goods just magically appear on store shelves may have their eyes opened (but not very wide) by the general explanations in these volumes, most of which promise more than they deliver...
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