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Primary, nonfiction book which explains the importance of Memorial Day, as celebrated by the people of the United States, to honor the people who served in the armed forces. Honored are the ones who gave their lives, and also those who currently serve. There is a suggestion to write a thank you note to people . . . → Read More: Memorial Day Very informative book about the Mars mission of the Exploration Rover Mission. Eleven full chapters with photos, captions, and lots of text, probably best fit at the Middle School level, but all will find this an enticing and informative piece. We get a peek into the emotions of the scientists as they wax and wane . . . → Read More: The Mighty Mars Rovers, The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Oppotunity The format is attractive in this series of books. Good use of color and graphics, without having the color be a distraction instead of an enhancement. The captions, and pictures are distributed in good coverage. As with most new non-fiction books, this has a great resource list in the back to further your learning. . . . → Read More: Types of Maps This is a fabulous science book with experiments related to weather and geological activity on our planet. The experiments come with a short story introduction based on a real event, and then supply an experiment with a supply list, step by step instructions, and some simple pictures drawn by the illustrator. Just the right amount . . . → Read More: Natural Disasters, Investigate Earth’s Most Destructive Forces This is a fabulous book about a strong female character who writes political news for a newspaper, during a time when women weren’t allowed to participate in politics. Of course Mercy had to use a pen name, but her work stirred a lot of emotion, debate and rhetoric for the masses to contemplate. She was . . . → Read More: Write On, Mercy! The Secret Life of Mercy Otis Warren Beautiful rendition of The Owl and the Pussycat. Lovely illustrations by Robert Ingpen, sketching and paint. This would make a beautiful updated copy of an old classic tale. Great nonfiction book with illustrations with 20 great projects! This is a user friendly, student friendly text and description. Student and teacher will both like this one–high interest and full of useful information. Complete with glossary, websites, resources, and books. This book is recommended! This nonfiction book on reptiles has extreme coloring amplifying their visuals. Too much. It has an air of inaccuracy with the bright coloring that was used with photoshopping the animal pictures. It’s exaggerated. It doesn’t feel authentic. I’m sure that primary kids will haves their eyes caught, but they really don’t need this encouragement . . . → Read More: Animal Classes, Reptiles This is a great primary aged nonfiction book that explains the process of making a jack ‘o lantern. It starts with the farm growing the pumpkins, along with types, sizes, and selection. The book follows a story format paragraphs explaining the father and son stepping out the process of creating a jack o’lantern. There is . . . → Read More: Making a Jack-o-Lantern, Step by Step This is a simplified, well-done, nonfiction book explaining select military machines and their uses. One of the things that I do like about this book is the simplified explanations without glorifying guns. Some of the nonfiction military books are bombarding the reader with photos of big guns, bright colors, and eye catching visuals which entertain . . . → Read More: Military Robots This is a very smart book. The graphic display is just enough to capture attention and even help to organize your attention, but it not too much to be distracting. The information is just as admirable. Smart science with tracing food energy back to the sun. The foods are broken down into the basic groups . . . → Read More: The Science Behind Food I think the graphic design is a bit over done. Lots of design an color on the front, but it almost looks messy. The table of contents is distracting with the busy graphics and colors. Although, color and graphics are important to pull kids into a book, this is too much. It almost gives me . . . → Read More: Ice Dancing Great visual layout of this nonfiction book featuring dinosaurs. The pictures look 3-D and realistic, along with a paragraph including the physical description of the animal along with other interesting facts. In the back is a glossary and additional websites, other books, and index. Recommended. This Blastoff! Readers, Scholastic, nonfiction book will give simplistic information to the elementary age student about food, holidays religion, wildlife, etc. of the country Saudi Arabia. Complete with color pictures the format is colorful and interesting to look at. Fun facts are interspersed in the form of colorful captions with interesting tid bits of information. . . . → Read More: Saudi Arabia Very visually appealing nonfiction book with colorful format featuring every child’s favorite, a book about dogs. This unique breed of dog crosses two popular lineages: pug and beagle. The offspring are very cute and the pictures are eye catching in this book. Great information along with the graphics, you can learn about breeders, the AKC, . . . → Read More: Puggle a Cross Between a Pug and a Beagle Much needed in the life of children, clear instruction on internet usage in this nonfiction book. Covers chat rooms, bullies, “free gifts”, personal information, and strangers. Excellent for students to know so that they remain safe while online. One analogy utilized in this book is that being online is like being at the mall. Some . . . → Read More: Staying Safe Online Very informative books on a rescue home that houses abandoned and homeless chickens, preparing them for adoption. This was very informative with the latest thinking and information on factory farming, cock fighting, and proper caring for roosters and hens. The format is inviting and pleasing to the eye. There is something for everyone with the . . . → Read More: City Chickens Another winning book, by David Shannon, complete with his signature artwork. This story takes on a more serious tone than is typical of this author;s style. The plot of the story has an oversized fish living in a lake and every “fisherperson” would like to catch him. A father is spinning a tale as his . . . → Read More: Jangles, a Big Fish Story This picture book is for everybody! The illustrations are nothing less than charming and beautiful. The artwork will grab everyone at every age, from the beginning. This story is matching with the plot focusing on a young elephant’s fear of being separated from his mother. She reassures him with by having him focus on things . . . → Read More: Meet Me at the Moon Charming book with dual languages! This would be perfect in a bi-lingual class, or even a class with one bi-lingual student. What is most appreciated about this collection of traditional little monkey stories, is that each line is English and then under nead it , in a different color, is Spanish. It is so easy . . . → Read More: Cinco Monitors coleccion de oro, Five Little Monkeys Storybook Treasury This a great little nonfiction book, which will appeal to younger readers. The visual formatting is appealing, and it has pictures of real police cars, including the engine, the computer system inside, and parts of the car. It also includes some early photographs of some of the first police cars and paddy wagons from early . . . → Read More: Police Cars The formatting of this book is appealing, a good mixture of picture, caption, text, and color. Also, appreciated is the content, it has some “meat” to it. Not just one or two facts per page, but some short paragraphs to read. The younger readers will appreciate the graphic imagery and pick out some reading, and . . . → Read More: Ragdoll Cats Absolutely beautiful, illustrations in a nice sized book. Perfect for read alouds or individual gazing. Something for everyone in this book, all ages will gravitate to this. The plot is simple, with a magpie bird who keeps bringing more “stuff” back to it’s nest. He is helped along by a little mouse, who at first . . . → Read More: More Wonderful summations of Greek Mythological stories condensed for the elementary readers. It’s coupled with great illustrations which help to bring the stories to life. One of the great benefits of this book is the author’s note in the back explaining the dramatic contribution the Greek language has made to English language. There is also a . . . → Read More: Gifts From the Gods Most appreciated about this nonfiction book about Flamingos is the size. Many publishers are creating smaller sized books, which can are easily lost on book shelves. I also appreciate the larger sized photos in nonfiction literature. This book has fabulous, up-close, large sized photographs, which are the cornerstone of quality for this work. It’s written . . . → Read More: Flamingos |
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