Gr 4—7—Every summer 12-year-old Lucy, her father, and her little brother head up to Maine, where they are far from their usual cares and able to take solace in the familiarity and traditions of their seasonal community...
Gr 4—7—The "new DK" style used here is still heavily illustrated, with many small bursts of text and great visual appeal, but with far less white space than the "Eyewitness" series, and it incorporates lots of silhouettes and speech bubbles...
Gr 4—7—These titles will do little to ease the distress of struggling kids, and their potential as resources for school reports is undermined by a lack of citations...
Gr 3 Up—Matt Hanson (Keir Gilchrist), a 12-year-old math prodigy, is working for an institute on the seemingly impossible idea of invisibility, but that is the least of his worries...
PreS-Gr 2—Another boring errand day begins…or does it? A boy accompanies his mom to the bakery, the barber, and the doctor on a typical day in suburbia...
Gr 3—5—This engaging story of how a plain little girl grew up to become Queen of England is for those who enjoy their historical fiction on the light side...
Gr 8—10—In this series installment, Madison and her friends are thoroughly engrossed in the world of online social networking while surviving the double-crossing, trickery, and teenage angst at their Connecticut beach scene...
Gr 1—5—Beginning with the diphtheria outbreak of 1925 in Nome, AK, this book relates how musher Gunnar Kaasen and sled team leader Balto embarked on a heroic relay race to deliver the crucial serum through the frigid snow and ice...
Gr 2—5—In this treasure-trove of information, two children, one a Tokyo urbanite and the other from a rural village, introduce readers to their country and its culture, including geography, language, traditional arts, costume, etiquette, sports, and festivals...