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Young readers will be able to pick out the similarities and differences in plot and characterization. While this is not the instructive and gruesome fairy tale found in the original version of Jack the Giantkiller, parents will appreciate the more subtle messages in this story. The… View →
Spring 2014 Best Books for Kids and Teens View →
Insects are not only helpful to other living things, but they are also beneficial to the earth. How Are Insects Helpful? examines the various roles that insects play: they provide food for other animals, make honey and beeswax, spin cocoons from which silk threads are spun, help pollens… View →
Insects are not only helpful to other living things, but they are also beneficial to the earth. How Are Insects Helpful? examines the various roles that insects play: they provide food for other animals, make honey and beeswax, spin cocoons from which silk threads are spun, help pollens… View →
This entry in the new Insects Close-Up series features the various types of homes and habitats where six-legged creepy crawlies live. Opening with a description of what makes an insect an insect, a series of color-coded two-page spreads informs readers in clear, short sentences about… View →
Dolores Huerta: Voice for the Working Poor - Children's Literature
The life of Dolores Huerta is one full of vision, conviction, and drive. This biography, a part of the “Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies,” includes a fairly thorough account of her involvement in social activism for migrant farmers. The author does an excellent job of… View →
It looks like a dog - Children's Literature
“Words to Know” is the first section in this early reader and it is really a picture glossary with six words. A bulldog is dressed up to look like a bee and it is rather silly; then another one has on a red spotted jacket to resemble a ladybug. The succeeding pages show a… View →
Jaguar - Children's Literature
In the 1920s Swallow Sidecars produced sidecars but gradually evolved into the luxury car company, Jaguar. Its leather and wood interior trim, its long front hood, and its comfort and handling made it a beautiful vehicle. Despite the economic difficulties of the 1930s, Jaguar stayed… View →
Kitchen Chemistry - Children's Literature
This volume of the “Chemtastrope!” series explains that common kitchen and household items are all budding chemists need to perform many experiments right at home. A brief overview of chemistry begins this slim volume. “Fun Facts” sidebars reveal chemistry-related View →
I like riding - Children's Literature
What is fun to ride? A bike? A car? How about a horse or pony? These words make up more than half of the eight words introduced in this early reader with a predictable text pattern. Part of the “My World” Leveled Reader series written in eight guided reading levels A-H, the… View →
Quick Expert: Ancient Egypt - Children's Literature
Learning about Egypt’s past and present has been a long time favorite for kids and adults. Becoming a “Quick Expert” is easy and fun for any beginning study of Egypt. The contents page easily categorizes Egypt’s army, mummies, pharaohs and the pyramids along with… View →
My community long ago - Children's Literature
Communities children live in today are compared to those of about 150 years ago. A table of contents introduces the definition of community and the components of community life: homes, shopping, schools, games, foods, clothing, cooperation, travel, and technology. Each chapter consists… View →