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Death Valley
For all elementary collections.
Two-page chapters highlight the most basic facts about national parks in this simplistic, succinctly written series for beginning readers. Many high-quality photographs enhance the superficial content ("Sunset at the Grand Canyon is a special time. Watch the sun sink below the beautiful rocks!"). While adequate as introductions, young nature lovers will want more information. An activity is appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following National Park Explorers titles: Death Valley, Everglades, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone, and Yosemite.
American Food
Strong additions to cooking collections.
Each book in this series briefly introduces the basics of the
cuisine and culture and highlights three regional specialties.
While the glossy, full-page photographs are enticing, the
information is general to the point of misleading. Three "recipes"
purport to represent typical foods: e.g, pizza (using English
muffins and canned sauce) and couscous (boxed instant). There are
three other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list,
websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Cooking School
titles: Italian Food, Mexican Food, and Middle
Eastern Food.
The Story of MTV
Gr 6–10—This series that profiles well-known businesses (previous books include The Story of Google, The Story of Microsoft, The Story of Amazon, and The Story of Nike, which SLJ called "interesting and well written") continues with some more winners...
Boston Red Sox
Gr 2–4—Focusing on the baseball organizations that have played in the World Series, these titles provide chronologically organized information about the featured teams...
The Story of Amazon.com
Gr 5–9—Solid resources for students needing information for reports or just curious about how successful businesses are built...
Play It Loud!
Gr 6-10 These concise discussions of controversial pop-culture media will be inviting to casual readers and provide plenty of content for reports as well...
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