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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Children's and Teen: 6 - 8 years old


Cover art for UNDER YOUR SKIN
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2007

"The older elementary set will be clamoring for this lighthearted but informative look at their own insides. (Nonfiction. 5-10)"
Covering most of the major systems (circulatory, muscular, skeletal, digestive, respiratory and nervous), this is one introduction to the human body that will find a willing and fascinated audience. Read full book review >
Cover art for ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2005
by Robert Sabuda, illustrated by Matthew Reinhart

"The topic will make this a crowd pleaser, but not even rabid dino or Sabuda fans are likely to pay it more than a single visit. (Nonfiction pop-up. 5-10)"
From capering Eoraptor, "the tiny terror of the early Triassic" to a ravening T. rex lunging up at viewers as its spread opens, this gallery of dinosaurs will elicit the "Ooooohs" of admiration that Sabuda's work always does, though it's not up to his usual standard, either visually or in paper design. Read full book review >
Cover art for WHERE THE MOON LIVES
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 15, 1998
by Ivan Gantschev, illustrated by Ivan Gantschev, translated by Andrew Clements

"A quiet book, which here and there glistens with shards of moonlight. (Picture book. 5-8)"
A duckling is baffled by the glorious moon overhead. Read full book review >
Cover art for RABBIT
CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 1992
by Angela Royston, photographed by Barrie Watts

"Printed on extra-heavy stock, an unusually attractive informational book for the youngest. (Nonfiction/Picture book. 3-7)"
 One of two new entries in the ``See How They Grow'' series (the other is Chick). Read full book review >