Reviews

One positive aspect of this book is that it focuses on Michelle Obama’s life broadly, not just in her role as US First Lady. Readers learn about her “Humble Beginnings,” growing up in a home…

Mindfulness is part of the Calm Kids series. It is a wonderful addition to your social and emotional learning collection. Readers will learn what mindfulness is and how to empower yourself to

This book is filled with many fun projects and very detailed explanations of the science behind the project. Each page includes a moldy science fact, steps for experiments, observations, and…

The graphic novel format may especially interest some readers in this series. Each book in the series focuses on a story of animals that were rescued from some disaster. This one is centered…

Part of Deconstructed Diets Series this book tells the history of the pizza and gives specific details of each layer of the pizza. The book contains beautiful color photographs as well as a…

From the series “Off to Space!”, this easy nonfiction text packs quite a bit of information in each double-page spread. Succinctly pairing information with brilliant photographs that young…

Tractors by Kirsty Holmes gives younger students information about this piece of equipment used on a farm. Information included is parts of a tractor, driving a tractor and more. The…

Chefs are members of the community who provide food for people at restaurants. Chefs use many tools to cook meals for people. This book tells the reader the names of the tools as well as the…

This book is part of the series titled, What’s Up With Water? Young readers can learn the process of how water goes from rain to drinking water. Colorful photographs throughout the book give…

In Plants, part of the X-treme Facts: Science series, Catherine Finan gives students interesting facts they might not know about plants. Different facts are covered such as the smelliest and…

Combining high-interest topics–natural disasters, animals, survival, rescue–in an equally high-interest graphic-novel format, the Rescued! Animals Escapes series is a guaranteed hit. Each…

This entry in the Deconstructed Diets series (6 titles) gets children thinking about the food they eat in multiple ways. First, it informs them that a diet is not a weight-loss plan but…