Reviews
SLJ Review of Living Wild
A first-rate animal series returns with updated editions. Each title provides a thorough, well-rounded profile of the featured animal, covering physical features, behavior, life cycles, and habitats, supported by well-chosen photographs and drawings. Historical events and popular culture View →
SLJ Review of Skilled and Vocational Trades
These books share essential information about careers in five skilled and vocational trades. Each of these well-organized books begins by introducing the history of each job, as well as the education, skills, personality, working conditions, common work schedules, and average starting… View →
SLJ Review of My First Animal Books (Mis primeros libros de animales)
Aimed at pre-readers and the youngest learners, these titles offer a small handful of basic facts along with highly engaging photographs. Most images fill two pages, usually accompanied by a single sentence of four words or less. Three photos fill each spread and perfectly highlight the… View →
SLJ Review of Gateway Biographies
The careers of four famous people and one soccer team are chronicled in these five volumes. Readers will learn that artist Kendrick Lamar recorded his first songs at age 16 and became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer, while Stephen Curry was rejected by his dream school before taking… View →
SLJ Review of Living Wild
This in-depth nonfiction series, tailored for middle-grade readers, delves into the intriguing lives of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish. Both fast facts and in-depth information are accompanied by vivid images and fascinating information about the animals’ daily lives,… View →
SLJ Review of Cool Cars
A must-purchase for any library with kids who love cars. View →
Booklist Review of All-Star Smackdown
What would happen if two sports phenoms from different eras went head-to-head? That’s for readers to decide in the All-Star Smackdown series, but each fact-and-stat-packed volume contains the information necessary to draw a well-considered conclusion—and perhaps fuel a lively debate.… View →
Booklist Review of Sports Superstars
When it comes to the world of sports, there’s no shortage of amazing players for fans to admire. The books in the Sports Superstars series let readers get up close to some of these famous athletes and learn more about their careers. Highly visual, this series keeps its stat-saturated… View →
Booklist Review of Thinking Critically
These newest offerings from the Thinking Critically series (4 new titles) offer a tremendous amount of information packed into concise, formulaic packages. Each title identifies a controversial issue, provides definitions and background circumstances to create context, poses three… View →
Booklist Review of Countries of the World (Bellwether)
The slender volumes in the Countries of the World series (8 new titles) offer brief introductions to nations. In each book, the coverage begins with a photo of a city or landscape as well as a world map indicating the country’s location. In short sentences (usually five to eight words),… View →
SLJ Review of Animals at Risk
This Level 2 reader explores the conservation status of four endangered animals: the axolotl, rhinoceros, snow leopard, and Tasmanian devil. A brief introduction to the animals’ habitat is followed by the threats to their survival and actions to repopulate the species. The series… View →
SLJ Review of Thinking Critically
This series provides well-reasoned arguments for and against hot topics in America today. Each title begins with a detailed table of contents that will direct readers to their section of choice. The chapters provide an overview of the discussion followed by the arguments. Students are… View →