Reviews
Booklist - Social Justice All Around Us
Using the concept of fairness as a stepping-stone to a larger discussion of social-justice issues, this introductory text from the Learning Anti-Bias: Social Justice in Action series (6 titles) makes big ideas accessible to young readers. Climate change and sports topics become the basis View →
Booklist - What is White Privilege?
This installment in the Racial Justice in America series offers accessible details on what white privilege is (“White people have more access to power and resources”) and isn’t (“White privilege does not mean that White people have never worked hard”), its consequences, how to avoid it,… View →
Booklist - 2020 Black Lives Matter Marches
This volume, the first of six in the Protest! March for Change series, places readers into one of the many Black Lives Matter (BLM) crowds that took to the streets in summer 2020, following the murder of George Floyd. Markovics sets the scene with examples of… View →
Booklist - Enviro-Graphics series
The books in the 21st Century Skills Library: Enviro-Graphics series a number of different topics related to the environment. In each book, chapters begin with a brief introductory text before movi View →
School Library Journal - Powerful Proteins
Photos of healthy foods and diverse families selecting, preparing, and eating meals fill the pages of this series. Each page features an image to accompany the text, with no more than three or four sentences per page. Examples of foods from the different food groups and their nutritional View →
School Library Journal - Vibrant Vegetables
Photos of healthy foods and diverse families selecting, preparing, and eating meals fill the pages of this series. Each page features an image to accompany the text, with no more than three or four sentences per page. Examples of foods from the different food groups and their nutritional View →
School Library Journal - Evaluating Online Sources
This series describes how children can get the most out of digital citizenship. These titles do a nice job of addressing the collaborative possibilities of private and social networks for sharing one’s story or working together on school projects. View →
School Library Journal - I'm a Brachiosaurus
The dinosaurs speak to readers in this series, providing information in one or two sentences per page: “My horns are very useful. They are what makes me a Triceratops!” A realistic image of the creature appears on the opposite page. These are generally engaging though quite different… View →
School Library Journal - Using Online Portfolios
This series describes how children can get the most out of digital citizenship. These titles do a nice job of addressing the collaborative possibilities of private and social networks for sharing one’s story or working together on school projects. View →
School Library Journal - Building a Blog
This series describes how children can get the most out of digital citizenship. These titles do a nice job of addressing the collaborative possibilities of private and social networks for sharing one’s story or working together on school projects. View →