Series Made Simple
While vampires and Greek myths remain popular, they’ve taken a backseat to some perennial favorites. Ghosts, aliens, and mythical monsters appear more than once in this season’s sets. Fairy tales, too, have a foothold.
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities,” says Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. What the wise wizard (and his creator) understands is that children face difficult decisions every day.
Gr 2–4—This well-organized series features animals that have become cultural symbols in America...
Gr 4–6—Each title opens with an account of a dramatic battle or operation, followed by chapters about its featured warriors' history, recruitment and training, weapons and tactics, and lifestyle...
Gr 7 Up—Each volume should be evaluated in terms of collection needs...
Gr 1–3—In each of these thinly disguised lectures, a newly folded origami dog, robot, bee, or dinosaur has an informative conversation about a science topic with an animate item or a living creature...
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