Reviews
Disgusting Food Invaders
With such appetite-suppressing chapter titles as “A Peanut Butter and Rat Hair Sandwich” and “Maggot Cheese, Anyone?,” this entry in the Up Close and Gross series gleefully plays up the unsavory side of its subject in a graphic view of the tiny creatures that… View →
Bubonic Plague
Donald Jacobi was one of the fortunate who survived the flu epidemic of 1918. What was later recorded as a worldwide pandemic spread across the United States between September 14 and October 5. The Bubonic Plague, most widespread in Europe in the 1300s, struck again in Los Angeles in… View →
Bubonic Plague
Donald Jacobi was one of the fortunate who survived the flu epidemic of 1918. What was later recorded as a worldwide pandemic spread across the United States between September 14 and October 5. The Bubonic Plague, most widespread in Europe in the 1300s, struck again in Los Angeles in… View →
Shuttered Horror Hospitals
We’re in the midst of a supernatural nonfiction book rush, but few are as genuinely hair-raising as the Scary Places series. As with the publisher’s similarly creepy HorrorScapes series, the high-interest text is ideal for reluctant readers, with each two-page spread focusing on a single View →
Shuttered Horror Hospitals
We’re in the midst of a supernatural nonfiction book rush, but few are as genuinely hair-raising as the Scary Places series. As with the publisher’s similarly creepy HorrorScapes series, the high-interest text is ideal for reluctant readers, with each two-page spread focusing on a single View →
Monstrous Morgues
We’re in the midst of a supernatural nonfiction book rush, but few are as genuinely hair-raising as the Scary Places series. As with the publisher’s similarly creepy HorrorScapes series, the high-interest text is ideal for reluctant readers, with each two-page spread focusing on a single View →
Monstrous Morgues
We’re in the midst of a supernatural nonfiction book rush, but few are as genuinely hair-raising as the Scary Places series. As with the publisher’s similarly creepy HorrorScapes series, the high-interest text is ideal for reluctant readers, with each two-page spread focusing on a single View →
With only several sentences on every page, this entry in the Senses in My World series introduces the sense of smell to young children. How does our sense of smell work? “Tiny bits of scent float in the air. The nose breathes in the air. The brain understands the bits as smells.” A color View →
Witchcraft in Salem
Ghostly Alcatraz Island and Witchcraft in Salem were recommended in Booklist’s October 2010 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →
Witchcraft in Salem
Ghostly Alcatraz Island and Witchcraft in Salem were recommended in Booklist’s October 2010 Spotlight on Series Nonfiction. View →
The Ant's Nest
[Starred review]. This book is one of a series of at least six that focus on places where animals live. If the other books in the series are done as well as this one, then it must be said that the publisher has done a great service to the promotion of natural history appreciation. This… View →
The Ant's Nest
[Starred review]. This book is one of a series of at least six that focus on places where animals live. If the other books in the series are done as well as this one, then it must be said that the publisher has done a great service to the promotion of natural history appreciation. This… View →