Reviews

Gr 6—8—Like the "How They Made Things Work!" series above, this one tackles innovations from ancient cultures, but here they are grouped together by type rather than by area or period...

Gr 7 Up—Academy Award-winning actor F...

Gr 5—9—This collection of 18 poems about marine life begins with an invitation to explore...

Gr 3—5—Representing just the tip of the iceberg—there are currently more than 900 official World Heritage Sites—-these quick introductions convey a sense of the vast range of places that have been designated by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre as being significant to our world and its cultures, and the almost equally huge range of challenges conservationists face in preserving them...

Gr 10 Up—During her senior year, star basketball player Chelsea Keyes suffers a hip fracture that ends her hopes for a college athletic scholarship...

Gr 8 Up—Well written and well researched, each title describes the characteristics of a monster: its origins in literature or lore, its physical appearance, instances in which people believe they interacted with it, and hoaxes...

Gr 5 Up—Maps combined with still photos and video reenactments of campaigns and battles graphically present the events of the American Civil War (1861—1865)...

Gr 5—8—Scientific theories and laws are thoroughly defined and put into context with plenty of background and historical knowledge...

Gr 1—3—This series covers some kid favorites and the pictures pop off its glossy pages, but it has no further appeal...