Reviews
Cooking the Japanese Way
“The books [Cooking the Japanese Way and Cooking the Spanish Way] are well designed, attractively arranged, and have lots of color photos. Tasteful titles that will be popular and useful.” —School Library Journal View →
Tyrannosaurus Tsuris: A Passover Story
“Adorable book perfect for young children.”—Storybook Lady View →
The Fastest Dinosaurs
“. . . sure to engage young dinosaur lovers. . .” —Science Books & Films View →
The Fastest Dinosaurs
“The illustrations. . . are sure to engage young dinosaur lovers. . . it provides an exciting story and factual inforamtion for elementary school students.” —Science Books & Films View →
Flying Giants of Dinosaur Time
“. . . the design and layout, the illustrations, and the breezy writing stle make this book a useful general introduction to pterosaurs.” —Science Books & Films View →
Pablo Picasso
“. . .uses short sentences and lots of images to engage primary-grade readers. Porter’s colorful illustrations, almost mimicking Picasso’s own style, flesh out the biography.” —Booklist View →
Pattern Bugs
“Here is an intelligent math tool that can be used by an individual child or with groups. . . By using the sounds in the poems, the details of the pictures, and the various blocks of color that frame the initial spread, children can find and identify repetitive patterns. . . An… View →
Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: Principles of Modern Physics
“The language and sentence structure make an otherwise difficult subject easier to understand through a conversational text.” —School Library Journal View →
Matter and Energy: Principles of Matter and Thermodynamics
“The language and sentence structure make an otherwise difficult subject easier to understand through conversational text.” —School Library Journal View →
Girl Power in the Mirror: A Book about Girls, Their Bodies, and Themselves
“. . .will be popular browsing items with girls who want to know more about managing themselves and their lives.” —School Library Journal View →
Girl Power in the Mirror: A Book about Girls, Their Bodies, and Themselves
“Cordes cuts to the quick with these spirited, no-nonsense, yet still gentle and approving self-help titles [Girl Power in the Mirror and Girl Power in the Classroom] for young teenage girls. . . a lively design, a very engaging style, and substantive lists of resources.”… View →
School Bus Drivers
“New readers hungry for factual information will be drawn to these titles.” —School Library Journal View →
Horned Dinosaurs
“These titles meet the perennial need for dinosaur books that offer the right combination of information and action.” —School Library Journal View →
The Smartest Dinosaurs
“Attractive, realistic illustrations keep pace iwth a simple text . . . this is a clear look at a facet of dinosaur makeup not often touched on in other works.” —School Library Journal View →
Armored Dinosaurs
“These titles meet the perennial need for dinosaur books that offer the right combination of information and action.” —School Library Journal View →
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
“Descriptive words of many kinds are presented in bouncy, rhyming text. . . The text bounces, too, with the words printed in wavy linves and unevenly sized letters. The adjectives are colorfully highlighted and readers will see their function demonstrated in a wide variety of… View →
Pocahontas
“An easy-to-read biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who played an important role in American history. The author is careful to give a disclaimer, stating that it is difficult to know the true story because of lack of documentation. Large print and limited vocabulary make the… View →
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The Tale of La Llorona: [A Mexican Folktale]
“These lively, fast-paced classic folktales, in a format that is easy to read, will appeal to young readers in grades two through five. Colorful illustrations matched to the text and a glossary also assist new readers in developing their skills.”… View →
Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine
“Students will be inspired by the courage of the youngsters . . .” —MultiCultural Review View →
A Story to Tell: Traditions of a Tlingit Community
“This is a very personal story and it makes all the difference.” —MultiCultural Review View →
Kinaaldá: A Navajo Girl Grows Up
“Roessel’s photos are gorgeous, especially the ones of the land, and the cover photo is exquisite.” —MultiCultural Review View →
Words of Promise: A Story about James Weldon Johnson
“Designed for grades four through eight, each volume is written in a story format and offers information about some of the world’s most creative minds. . . Words of Promise tells the student that Johnson was the first black chief executive of the View →
A Hunger for Learning: A Story about Booker T. Washington
“Straightforward.” —MultiCultural Review View →
Salvar a la Campana de la Libertad (Saving the Liberty Bell)
“This is an excellent series to entice Spanish-speaking beginning readers (and Spanish learners) to appreciate well-known events in the history of the United States.” —MultiCultural Review View →