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These books present very rudimentary introductions to the basics of hockey and football. Football explains such concepts as offense, defense, downs and distance, equipment, and the playing field. Hockey includes positions, face-offs, power plays, scoring points, and equipment. The large type, full-color photographs, and primary-colored fact boxes will appeal to beginning readers and newcomers to each sport. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following A+ Books: All About Sports titles: All About Football and All About Hockey.

This blandly designed volume chronicles conflicts occurring from the 1600s through the 1880s between Native Americans and European settlers. Significant events, including the massacres at Sand Creek and Wounded Knee and battles at Apache Pass and Little Bighorn, are briefly recounted, identifying causes, personalities, and outcomes. Archival photographs accompany the unvarnished portrayal of this shameful period of American history. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Each volume takes readers "behind the scenes" of the civilization to cover a wide variety of topics but none of them in any great detail. The presentation is lively and colorful, with generally accurate information broken down into small chunks in overabundant sidebars and text boxes; photographs and illustrations contribute to the visual busyness. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following At Home with... titles: The Ancient Egyptians, The Ancient Greeks, The Ancient Romans, The Aztecs, and The Vikings.