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Amelia Earhart

Tim COOKE | NONFICTION, Apr 01, 2017

An adequate selection for assignments, but students are unlikely to self-select.

Billy the Kid: A Notorious Gunfighter of the Wild West

Tim COOKE | SERIES MADE SIMPLE, Apr 01, 2016

An impressive series that able and reluctant readers will appreciate; use in lessons on criminal justice and the "Wild West."

Behind the Lines

Tim COOKE | SERIES MADE SIMPLE, Nov 01, 2015

These selections introduce so many topics, people, battles, and events that students are as likely to become confused as informed, and they don't improve on the many extant titles available about World War II.

This series provides middle schoolers with a general overview of WWII, discussing conflicts between Allied and Axis forces in both the western and eastern theaters; Home and Life focus on hardships civilians from both sides faced. Numerous photographs, sidebars, and blocks of text on every spread add up to a lot of information but a cluttered format. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these World War II: The Full Story titles: Behind the Lines, Causes and Outbreaks, Home Fronts, Life in the War, North African and Europe, and War in the Pacific.

At Home with the Ancient Egyptians

Tim COOKE | SERIES MADE SIMPLE, Apr 01, 2015

Students might flip through these magazine-type books, but they are unlikely to linger for deep reading or reports.

Each volume takes readers "behind the scenes" of the civilization to cover a wide variety of topics but none of them in any great detail. The presentation is lively and colorful, with generally accurate information broken down into small chunks in overabundant sidebars and text boxes; photographs and illustrations contribute to the visual busyness. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following At Home with... titles: The Ancient Egyptians, The Ancient Greeks, The Ancient Romans, The Aztecs, and The Vikings.