Reviews
SLJ Review of Seasons of Fun: Spring
Young readers will learn all about spring in this series. Brightly colored pages featuring simple text and large images describe the season’s weather, holidays, sports, and plants. Bolded vocabulary words can be found in the glossary. Each book ends with a one-page exploration of a topic View →
SLJ Review U.S. Government Need to Know
This new hi-lo series from focuses on the branches of the United States government and how they interact together. Each title explores an aspect of the federal government, including how it works and its key players. The series successfully conveys very complicated concepts like checks… View →
Booklist Advance Review of Checks and Balances
This basic civics book presents a defining element of the U.S. federal government’s structure: the balance of power through checks and balances. Giving a nod to ancient Rome’s tripartite government as a model for the Founders, Kenney explains that they created the executive, the… View →
Arlington I.S.D. Librarian Review of Saving the Silvertip
This graphic nonfiction title by Tim Cooke is an engaging and informative look at how biologists and brothers, John and Frank Craighead, spearheaded the movement to protect grizzly bears in the United… The narrative follows the brothers’ grizzly bear research and advoc View →
Arlington I.S.D. Review of Saving the Silvertip
This graphic nonfiction title by Tim Cooke is an engaging and informative look at how biologists and brothers, John and Frank Craighead, spearheaded the movement to protect grizzly bears in the United States. The narrative follows the brothers’ grizzly bear research and advocacy to View →
Arlington I.S.D. Review of Pararescue Jumpers
This is a graphic novel written about the pararescue jumpers that worked in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. The story gives a timeline of what occurred when the hurricane hit New Orleans. It shows how vital the pararescue jumpers were and how hard they worked. It also gives… View →
Arlington I.S.D. Review of Pararescue Jumpers
This is a graphic novel written about the pararescue jumpers that worked in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. The story gives a timeline of what occurred when the hurricane hit New Orleans. It shows how vital the pararescue jumpers were and how hard they worked. It also gives… View →
Booklist Review of Heroic Dogs
Most kids have a soft spot for pups, so the Heroic Dogs series is sure to be a hit. These early readers each address one specialized canine occupation. Double-page spreads offer brief paragraphs set off by bright graphics, highlighted facts, and multiple full-color, often full-page… View →
SLJ Review of Shark Shock
These engaging overviews use lively text and effective photos to introduce shark species. Each book opens with the animal hunting and finding food. Subsequent pages describe physical features, key behaviors, and mating habits, along with threats and interactions with humans where… View →
Arlington I.S.D. Librarian Review of The Beginning of Bread
The Beginning of Bread is part of the Drive Through series. This nonfiction book begins with a fiction character who owns a food truck. The food truck sells sandwiches but is out of… The book highlights all different kinds of bread and gives a general description of how bread View →
Arlington I.S.D. Review of The Beginning of Bread
The Beginning of Bread is part of the Drive Through series. This nonfiction book begins with a fiction character who owns a food truck. The food truck sells sandwiches but is out of bread! The book highlights all different kinds of bread and gives a general description of how bread is… View →
Arlington I.S.D. Librarian Review of Bearcub Bios: Dwayne Johnson
This book is a great beginning biography book for the younger students. It has colorfulphotographs, large print, a glossary with vocabulary words and a “Did you know?” section in the back tograb a young readers attention. View →