Series Made Simple
Longtime reviewer and children’s literature consultant John Peters explores several new science series, many of which align closely to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS.)
While these social science series tackle a multitude of topics—environmentalism, bullying, healthy habits, economics—they are all threaded with empowering themes: learning about personal responsibility, helping others, and becoming productive members of society.
From the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl to the Final Four and the World Cup, sports inspire us and capture our imaginations. There’s plenty offered in these series to motivate readers.
The topics covered in these geographically diverse books range from the ancient to the nearly contemporary. As kids read the best of this group, they will not only learn about historical cultures and events, but also be inspired to better know and understand the past.
Whether a paranormal romance aficionado or a dystopian or postapocalyptic fiction completist, teen readers can slake their hunger for series fiction with the following picks.
It’s a common complaint that many children don’t participate in creative activities that aren’t technology based. The books reviewed below are antidotes to this situation.
There are so many great stories in athletics that it’s not surprising that young readers never seem to get their fill of sports books.
The English language, with its many nuances and rules, is complicated. Good literature and quality examples help children to internalize and gain ownership of its conventions.
History is etched in stone. The interpretation of it is not. One of the perennial challenges for purveyors of the past is the almost irresistible urge to compartmentalize it into neat, clinical time lines and periods with no room for interpretation.
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