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Spotlight on Egypt - Children's Literature
Eighty million people live in Egypt and have come there from Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Most speak Arabic and are divided into four groups: Arabs, Bedouins, Nubians, and Siwans. The Nile River runs through extensive deserts. Most people live in cities. They travel across the… View →
Backyard Encyclopedia - Children's Literature
One of 18 in the “Crabtree Connections,” a series of short references books for early readers that focus on a particular area of geography, science or history. This edition takes youngsters on a backyard safari, highlighting four or five areas within a section of the backyard View →
Go Green! Lead the Way - Children's Literature
Going green helps everyone in today’s world. In this book from the “Crabtree Connections” series, readers have their interest aroused on the opening two pages with the questions: What’s the problem? What does it mean? What can we do? Answers are supplied… View →
Body Care Chemistry - Children's Literature
This book in the “Chemtastrophe!” series reminds readers that chemistry, the study of matter, is responsible for most of the products we use daily to look after our bodies. A brief overview of chemistry begins this slim volume. “Fun Facts” sidebars reveal… View →
On Expedition with Lewis and Clark - Children's Literature
One in a series from “Crabtree Connections,” this informational book is designed with newly independent readers in mind. Short, simple chapters (roughly two pages each) chunk the main points of each stage of the explorers’ journey into highly-accessible portions. Each… View →
Rats Around Us - Children's Literature
Rats live everywhere humans do and outnumber us on every continent except Antarctica. They steal food, can gnaw through almost any material, and spread diseases but they can also be trained to perform tricks, make excellent pets, and help in the search to find cures for human diseases.… View →
What is Super Nature? - Children's Literature
In this book, the author has defined “super nature” as the amazing things that plants and animals do that people wish they could do. One of the first examples is the way plants make oxygen from sunlight. In many ways this particular title is a recap of the information… View →
What is Pollination? - Children's Literature
How flowers and other plants continue to reproduce is clearly explained and illustrated on the opening spreads. The most common pollinators are bees, wasps, butterflies and other animals that visit flowers. There are three types of pollination—cross-pollination, self-pollination and wind View →
What is climate? - Children's Literature
In this nonfiction book, primary school aged children can learn about the many causes and impacts of climate. Chapters cover the relationship between weather, climate, and the Earth, including a chapter at the end with practical tips on how we can reduce our carbon footprint. Climate… View →
The Role of Religion in the Early Islamic World - School Library Journal
Gr 5–7—Each book covers a particular aspect of life in the early Islamic world. The writing is generally simple enough for the intended audience but does not sacrifice quality of scholarship. Information is presented in concise chapters and is graphically well organized. The main texts… View →
Kristen Stewart - Children's Literature
This biography on Stewart mainly concentrates on her acting career and success as young Bella Swan in the popular movie Twilight and its sequels in “The Twilight Saga.” The movie is about a Vampire family named the Cullens, and, Bella, a human, who falls in love with Edward… View →
Position and Direction - Children's Literature
New math concepts are explained in a story about Sam’s move into a new house. The moving van is outside, Sam is inside. When he organizes his bookcase items are placed on the top, middle or bottom shelves. The stairs take him up and down and when he meets a new friend they play a… View →