Sure to encourage readers to go outside and get to know their animal neighbors.
Part of the Outdoor School series, this book presents the animal world of North America.
Following the same clear organization as other books in the series, this one covers birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles, and fish. How to be respectful of wildlife while observing them; how animals behave and why; where to look for them; how to identify wildlife using shape, size, color, behavior, and location; and other information is presented in easily digestible segments interspersed with plenty of full-color illustrations. Activities to encourage readers to put their newly acquired knowledge to work in the “Try It,” “Track It,” and “Take it to the Next Level” sections include prepared templates for young people to use to write, draw, and make notes about their discoveries and to affirm their progress by checking off and dating accomplishments. Each color-coded subject segment includes a field guide—also featuring areas for them to jot down notes. The metal-encased cover corners and sewn binding ensure the book will stand up to many trips outdoors. While emphatic about not doing anything dangerous, the book nonetheless encourages budding naturalists to try myriad activities that get them actively observing the natural world. This volume’s narrative style is breezier than the others in the series, with plenty of cheeky asides that skew the tone toward a younger audience.
Sure to encourage readers to go outside and get to know their animal neighbors. (index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)Pub Date: April 27, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-250-23083-6
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Odd Dot
Review Posted Online: March 30, 2021
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 2021
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Readers may come away knowing how to talk the talk, as the title promises, but little more.
A quick overview of how movies are made, offering encouragement and generic advice rather than specific information.
Glassbourg, a veteran instructor of film and TV production, breaks the process of creating a movie down into simplified steps—from gathering ideas, creating a script, and learning how to think pictorially with still photography and storyboarding to production management, editing and marketing. Unfortunately, though he drops big names, uses recent and classic films as examples, and gathers comments from working professionals in the industry, the visuals are not stills or shots of actual sets or equipment but retro, graphic-style figures done in a limited range of solid hues that add color but only rarely any useful detail. He presents an almost dizzying array of film-related occupations, but his brief notes on what such arcane folk as location managers, production coordinators, Foley editors, key grips and other specialists do are unlikely to enlighten readers. Moreover, the vague references to CGI (confusingly dubbed “VFX,” which is actually an older, broader term encompassing more than just digital wizardry), electronic press kits, sound design, social media and other topics similarly just skim the surface.
Readers may come away knowing how to talk the talk, as the title promises, but little more. (Nonfiction. 11-13)Pub Date: Aug. 15, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-926973-84-5
Page Count: 96
Publisher: Owlkids Books
Review Posted Online: May 14, 2013
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 2013
A well-researched and attractively presented look in words and pictures at how the ever-popular Beatles did indeed change...
From their early performances in Liverpool to the present, this lavishly illustrated account examines the enduring influence of the Beatles on music and culture over the past 50 years.
Opening with their February 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, arguably “one of the most defining and indelible moments in the history of music, television and pop culture,” Sandler traces the progress of Beatlemania. He emphasizes that the Beatles transformed culture with music by performing without a lead singer, changing the nature of record singles, redefining the record album, revolutionizing album covers, finding “inspiration in almost everything around them” and expressing the mood of the times. Sandler moves chronologically through the Beatles’ career, tracking formative years in Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany, their phenomenal popularity in the United States, their rapturous concert tours, their breakup in 1970 and subsequent individual careers. Chapters on their impact on fashion, hairstyles, movies and religion reinforce the overall theme. Richly illustrated with period photos that capture career highlights, this chronicle of the 20th century’s lead music group is boldly printed on glossy paper in colors, typefaces and layout appropriately reminiscent of ’60s pop art.
A well-researched and attractively presented look in words and pictures at how the ever-popular Beatles did indeed change the world. (discography, sources, bibliography, further reading & surfing; not seen) (Nonfiction. 10-14)Pub Date: Feb. 4, 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8027-3565-2
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Walker
Review Posted Online: Nov. 12, 2013
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 2013
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