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These will successfully fit the bill for those in need of easy-to-read biographies.
This biography for new readers highlights the iconic African
American baseball player in stilted (though easy to digest) text
that does not provide the depth of understanding required to
appreciate his accomplishments. Large well-chosen photographs in an
expansive page design add most of the interest; an appended
timeline basically repeats the main text. Glos., ind.
Demonstrating how physical geography affects human settlement, this series is a solid choice for elementary libraries.
Taking a multicultural approach, these generalized volumes provide
overviews of life in different geographic locales. The brief texts
and captioned photos touch on what's unique to the specific
regions; Desert and Mountain unintentionally
highlight stark economic contrasts between the U.S. and other parts
of the world. Each book includes a world map, appended "Fun Facts,"
and a quiz. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following
Places We Live titles: Living in a City, Living in a
Desert, and Living on a Mountain.
Strong selections that won't sit on the shelves for long.
Information about each of these objects in the universe, along with
the tools scientists use to investigate them, are presented in odd
layouts that appropriate the iconography of a mobile app or
website. More impressive are the excellent images of galaxies,
stars, and planetary bodies presented on dark backgrounds. Each
book also contains an activity; their quality varies. Reading list,
websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Across the
Universe titles: Asteroids, Comets, Galaxies,
Moons, Planets, and The Sun.
Because these titles are excerpted from Nickens's Field &Stream: The Total Outdoorsman Manual (Weldon Owen, 2011), skip them if your library already owns the original.