Series Made Simple

Gr 3—5—Representing just the tip of the iceberg—there are currently more than 900 official World Heritage Sites—-these quick introductions convey a sense of the vast range of places that have been designated by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre as being significant to our world and its cultures, and the almost equally huge range of challenges conservationists face in preserving them...

Gr 8 Up—Well written and well researched, each title describes the characteristics of a monster: its origins in literature or lore, its physical appearance, instances in which people believe they interacted with it, and hoaxes...

Gr 1—4—Readers will find these informative and engaging books especially useful, as they include specific breed health concerns as well as standard information about history and care...

Gr 3—8—In graphic-novel format, these books explore pivotal events in the lives of Americans who influenced the country in different ways...

Gr 7 Up—These books each begin with a landmark and broaden outward, describing the political and economic situations that led up to notable events there...

Gr 2—3—Issued less than a decade ago under different titles (that were packaged with foldout posters and read-aloud CDs to boot), these editions preserve the original illustrations but include rewritten fictional storylines and add a boilerplate opening spread on prehistoric creatures...

Gr 7 Up—This quartet of books varies in quality and usefulness...

Gr 6 Up—Occasionally, a single photograph becomes the emblematic image that defines an era, and this quality series tells the stories of four of those iconic pictures...

Gr 4—6—While it is important for information to be presented in a way that is accessible and appealing to children, there is a danger of sensory overload if the layout of a book is too frenetic...