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Peeking Under Your Skin
Good additional choices for science collections.
A direct-address text with short sentences and not-too-challenging vocabulary takes readers "under the skin" for an accessible tour through human body systems. Oriented vertically, the uncluttered double-page spreads include bright and detailed cross-section illustrations of a body, helpful diagrams and insets, and "Did You Know?" sidebars. "Common Core Critical Thinking" questions are appended. Reading list. Glos.
Covered in Water
Beneath Your Feet's exploration of groundwater and Say Hello's clear explanations of water's properties rank as top choices, but the entire series merits first-purchase consideration.
With some repetition across volumes, the series surveys topics related to water and earth's water resources, including the water cycle, groundwater, river flow, saltwater formation, and brief mentions of chemical make up. Unfocused layouts include early-elementary-accessible text, well-labeled diagrams and charts, illustrative photos, and sidebars that look like water splashes. A "Science Lab" activity concludes each book. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Drip, Drip, Drop: Earth's Water titles: Covered in Water, Say Hello to H2O, The Water Beneath Your Feet, What's So Fresh About Fresh Water?, and Why Is Seawater Salty?.
Creepy-Crawly Crafts
Gentle reinforcement for new or struggling readers, but throwaway craft results otherwise.
Clothes Around the World
Interesting text and visual appeal make this set an attractive addition for beginning readers and to read aloud.
Bridges
Additions to an essential series: consider to fill collection gaps or to replace older titles.
How Can We Reduce Nuclear Pollution?
This informative series will inspire young readers to join the cause for climate change.
Though standard (and somewhat choppy) in describing the types of pollution or waste in each category and the problems they create, these texts may extend kids' outlooks and interest in the subjects. Illustrated with appropriate color photos and infographics, the books conclude with ways in which adults and kids can help, including writing to their representatives in government. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Searchlight Books: What Can We Do About Pollution titles: Transportation Pollution, Nuclear Pollution, Agricultural Pollution, Manufacturing Pollution, Household Waste, and Fossil Fuel Pollution.
Highway Patrol Officers
These well-written and highly engaging books earn high marks and will appeal to thrill seekers.
Introductions to types of law enforcement careers, these books also document real-life anecdotes of heroic officers who have risked their own lives to save others. Color photos accompany clear, reluctant-reader-friendly texts to help tell the exciting stories of on-the-job courage and quick thinking. A section on equipment used by each agency is appended. Reading list. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers the following Police Search & Rescue! titles: Highway Patrol Officers, Air-Sea Rescue Officers, City Cops, K-9 Cops, Sheriffs and Deputies, and State Troopers.
California Wildfires Survival Stories
Individual accounts of disaster survivors put human faces on statistics of injuries, fatalities, and devastating losses. A top choice for most collections.
In a series about real-life disaster survival, these volumes focus on weather-related events in the U.S. In each book, a brief introduction describes the disaster and four or five chapters detail real individuals' involvement. Gripping, you-are-there narratives are supplemented with primary source quotations (footnoted and sourced); photos and other graphics (maps, graphs, diagrams, etc.) provide additional insight. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Natural Disaster True Survival Stories titles: California Wildfires, Hurricane Katrina, and Joplin Tornado.
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