Reviews

PreS-Gr 2—A girl climbs onto a swing and starts to ride higher and higher until she launches into the sky...

Gr 2—4—This series has a consistent look with the same child models throughout...

Gr 10 Up—Riddled with manipulations, betrayals, and secrets, this tale begins at the Jersey shore where high school senior Eden meets and (exasperatingly) immediately connects with Az when moments before she'd been contemplating suicide...

Gr 9 Up—Alex is looking for something real—more real than her distant father, who never speaks in complete sentences, more real than the faded memories of her mother, who died on the night she was leaving her family, even more real than her two best friends and their plan for a graduation trip to Colorado...

Gr 2—5—Each book examines the featured animal's anatomy, senses, mating and family behaviors, communication, diet, and distribution...

PreS-Gr 1—Fuddles is a large and very pampered black-and-white tuxedo cat who yearns for adventure and the great outdoors...

Gr 4—8—This well-written and thoughtfully designed series features engrossing topics, some of which have potential as curriculum tie-ins: a "Great Pyramid Mystery" spread in Ancient Mysteries, for example, discusses the history of the massive structures in Egypt and how nobody knows how they were built, and Disappearances outlines the questions surrounding the Roanoke colony...

K-Gr 1—In the first beginning reader, Goeller asks, "Who says boo?" Photographs of costumed children and animals declare, "Not I...

Gr 1—3—Pithy blurbs provide an overview of each breed, complementing without overwhelming the highlight of the books: adorable photographs of cats...