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Add It Up!: Fun with Addition
Lively support for primary level arithmetic instruction.
These six colorfully designed books, heavily illustrated with stock photos, contain short chapters introducing math concepts (addition, subtraction, counting); tools (rulers, scales); notations (plus, minus, cent sign); equivalents (coins to dollar bills); and more. The user-friendly books feature large print and real-life examples. Most chapters end with a hands-on activity or question to extend concept learning. An additional activity concludes each book. Glos.
The Pledge of Allegiance
While not a must-purchase, this series does offer a colorful, engaging presentation.
This engaging series strikes the right balance between information and images. Each volume focuses on a primary source, examining the events that led to its creation, its evolving role throughout history, and its current status. Well-captioned photographs, maps, documents, and paintings are featured prominently throughout, breaking up the age-appropriate texts. Common Core critical thinking questions are appended. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Smithsonian Little Explorer: Introducing Primary Sources titles: The U.S. Constitution, The Liberty Bell, and That Statue of Liberty.
Battleships
These are sound choices for kids who are not quite ready for the level of detail in the Stephen Biesty books.
Barn Owl
The variety of animals here makes this series a possibility for larger collections.
Though they offer only barebones information, these books for beginning readers are accessible introductions to standard features of nonfiction. With large close-up photos dominating the pages, each volume touches on its subject's habitat, diet, care of young, behaviors, and defenses; the "weird but cute" angle isn't a focus. Vocabulary words are printed in bold type and defined in an appended picture glossary. Reading list. Ind. Review covers these Weird but Cute titles: Barn Owl and Rockhopper Penguin.
Inside the Daytona 500
Very informative with good notes for research purposes, but not the most exciting or gender-inclusive books on the roster.
Incorporating primary source material and photographs of varying quality, this series provides an insider's view of elite sports competitions. After an introductory list of "fast facts," five brief narrative chapters each focus on a real person's particular point of view (coach, athlete, referee, fan, cheerleader, broadcaster, etc.). Overall, these volumes are uneven and slim on substantive information. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Inside Look at Sports Events titles: Inside the Daytona 500, Inside the NBA Finals, Inside the Olympics, Inside the Super Bowl, Inside the World Cup, and Inside the World Series.
Animal Athletics
Though this series has some flaws, the concept is fun and will spur discussion.
Framed as an Olympic competition, this series highlights survival adaptations of "record-breaking animal athletes." Each "event" introduces a human sport while corresponding animal competitors and their abilities are described and awarded places; a results chart by animal group is appended. The books are merely cursory overviews of comparable animal behaviors, but the sports tie-in and compelling action photos may attract young readers. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Animalympics titles: Animal Gymnastics and Animal Strength and Combat Sports.
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