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Who Needs a Desert?: A Desert Ecosystem
Gr 1–3—"We all do" is the given answer to the titular question in each of these mediocre additions to a 2012 series...
How Do Animals Help Plants Reproduce?
Gr 2–4—In specific, methodical language (with rare fumbles: "When the animal then goes to the bathroom some time later, the seeds leave its body…"), Owen offers solidly informative explanations of how plants nourish themselves, grow, and reproduce...
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water!
Gr 5–8—Modern-day conveniences, such as cell phones and toilets, and the ingenious ways that people in the past made do without them are explored in this engaging series...
Air
Gr 1–3—Oversimplified and superficial, these volumes attempt to give readers a better understanding of the four classical elements but instead gloss over the concepts in their haste to cover a lot in just a few sentences...
Desert Food Chains
Gr 1–3—Similar in scope and overall approach to the publisher's "Protecting Food Chains" series (2011) but aimed at a younger audience, these studies progress from examining each element in a simple food chain to a more complex one...
Superstar Birds
Gr 2–4—Focusing on a wide variety of species—from the bee hummingbird to the blue whale, the rhinoceros beetle to the New Guinea singing dog—these select galleries show off the amazing diversity of forms and abilities on display in the natural world...
Baby Animals
PreS-K—Young readers are introduced to three science content areas—life, physical, and Earth and space—that support Next Generation Science Standards in these beginner volumes...
Movies and TV Top Tens
Gr 4–8—Fans of lists, particularly those of the top 10 variety, will appreciate these slim entries to the field of pop culture record-holders...
Hook's Revenge
Gr 4–7—Feisty 12-year-old Jocelyn Hook, the estranged daughter of Captain James Hook, longs for a pirate's life at sea, but instead she's faced with finishing school, hairbrushes, and corsets...
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