Series Made Simple

Gr 5–7—This series asks readers to consider contemporary and historical debates in America, from immigration to the use of firearms to the relationship between church and state...

How Big?: Wacky Ways to Compare Size

WEAKLAND, Mark

K-Gr 3—This set is fun and silly and compares things familiar to the target audience...

Holiday Crafts

OWEN, Ruth

Gr 3–6—Each of these titles begins by supplying meaningful statistics regarding the staggering amount of waste that occurs on a regular basis in the United States...

Origami Birds and Butterflies

MILES, Lisa

Gr 2–5—These books start with instructions for making the various folds and bases necessary for completing the six-to-seven projects that follow...

STEM Guides to Construction

ROBERTSON, Kay

Gr 3–7—These relentlessly instructional titles offer superficial quantities of engineering or design information that are transformed on nearly every spread into often-inane math problems...