Reviews

Gr 8 Up—Carlos Duarte, 16, has tremendous confidence...

Gr 4—6—This title looks at various aspects of humor, including history, types, cultural and gender differences, the physiology of a laugh, types of laughs, artificial laughter, animals and humor, and, finally, how to develop jokes and share them...

Gr 2—4—Kenney explains the significance of these three sites as national monuments...

Gr 2—5—Toñito likes to spend his time kicking around a soccer ball...

PreS-Gr 1—The Cycling Wangdoos, a racing team, train in the mountains of Tibet...

Gr 9 Up—Four different artists present the lives of four United States presidents...

Gr 2—5—In his latest adventure, Frankie stumbles through a math quiz on a Friday afternoon, only to be given a second chance after school on Monday...

Gr 2—4—Amusingly framed as a cheesy popularity contest, this parade of personified planets features illustrations in which rotund, recognizably marked caricatures of these heavenly bodies pose and mug, surrounded by an entourage of relevant though unidentified scientists, space probes, satellites both natural and artificial, books, constellations, and astronomical symbols...

Gr 4—6—This is an excellent source for inspiration, with good examples of people following their dreams...