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Science and Political Controversy: A Reference Handbook
Gr 8 Up—Though his base premise—that science and politics exist in "virtually constant conflict in the modern world"—is arguable, Newton assembles a useful, if one-sided, overview of areas, past and present, in which the two have clashed...
Flora, Fauna, & Food Chains: Life Science | Series Made Simple Fall 2014
A wide variety of subjects are tackled in this look at the life sciences: plants, the human body, biomes, and more
Tall Tales & Scary Monsters: Mythology | Series Made Simple Fall 2014
These titles on mythology and folklore will enlighten readers—and leave them entertained, spooked, or at least slightly weirded out
Searching for Bigfoot
Gr 4–6—Characterized by well-balanced measures of skepticism and willingness to believe, these portraits of prominent cryptids offer a mix of tantalizing eyewitness accounts and legends, "evidence" either inscrutable or noted as proven bogus, and rousing, sometimes gruesome illustrations...
Gettysburg
Gr 2–4—Aimed at younger or less able readers than the same-named Gareth Stevens series (also reviewed in this issue) and with a different focus, this set's third quartet (earlier volumes were published in 2013) takes intrepid students on quick tours of four American locales "said to be" haunted...
Encountering Ghosts: Eyewitness Accounts
Gr 3–5—In comic book format, each of these volumes re-creates eight or nine reported encounters with aliens, spectral figures, or cryptids...
Johnny Appleseed Plants Trees Across the Land
Gr 3–5—Sandwiched between historical notes that provide both general context and biographical details, these retold legends give four (male) folktale heroes a chance to strut their stuff...
Devils Tower
Gr 5–8—Readers who want to go for the gusto will find all they can handle in Transylvania's account of Vlad Dracul's bloody career (which is capped by a rousingly gruesome old image of skewered and decapitated corpses), but overall this series has more to offer armchair travelers than thrill-seekers...
Area 51
Gr 6–10—With only the barest dashes of skepticism, these handsomely produced surveys present budding cryptozoologists and conspiracy theorists with rich arrays of historical anecdotes and encounters, supposed evidence, "scientific" explanations of varying plausibility, and tantalizing speculations...
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