(4) K-3 First Look at America's Presidents series. Each highly abbreviated biography of a U.S. president uses a variety of visual and textual elements arranged informally on pages designed to look like cork bulletin boards. The brief, uninspired narratives are supported by photographs or period illustrations with captions and short sidebars in campaign-button graphics. Two famous quotes are appended. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following First Look at America's Presidents titles: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and James Madison.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(4) K-3 First Look at America's Presidents series. Each highly abbreviated biography of a U.S. president uses a variety of visual and textual elements arranged informally on pages designed to look like cork bulletin boards. The brief, uninspired narratives are supported by photographs or period illustrations with captions and short sidebars in campaign-button graphics. Two famous quotes are appended. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following First Look at America's Presidents titles: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and James Madison.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(4) K-3 First Look at America's Presidents series. Each highly abbreviated biography of a U.S. president uses a variety of visual and textual elements arranged informally on pages designed to look like cork bulletin boards. The brief, uninspired narratives are supported by photographs or period illustrations with captions and short sidebars in campaign-button graphics. Two famous quotes are appended. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following First Look at America's Presidents titles: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and James Madison.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(4) K-3 First Look at America's Presidents series. Each highly abbreviated biography of a U.S. president uses a variety of visual and textual elements arranged informally on pages designed to look like cork bulletin boards. The brief, uninspired narratives are supported by photographs or period illustrations with captions and short sidebars in campaign-button graphics. Two famous quotes are appended. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following First Look at America's Presidents titles: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and James Madison.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(3) K-3 Basketball Heroes Making a Difference series. These consistent titles begin with details of game-winning moments and continue on to introduce the athletes' childhoods, challenges overcome, and their successful NBA careers. Both entries conclude with the subject's charitable work: James's Wheels for Education cycling event and Griffin's fundraising for Oklahoma tornado victims. The attractive, clean book design complements the focused texts. Reading list. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Basketball Heroes Making a Difference titles: Blake Griffin and LeBron James.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(3) K-3 Basketball Heroes Making a Difference series. These consistent titles begin with details of game-winning moments and continue on to introduce the athletes' childhoods, challenges overcome, and their successful NBA careers. Both entries conclude with the subject's charitable work: James's Wheels for Education cycling event and Griffin's fundraising for Oklahoma tornado victims. The attractive, clean book design complements the focused texts. Reading list. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Basketball Heroes Making a Difference titles: Blake Griffin and LeBron James.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) K-3 Football Stars Up Close series. Geared toward younger fans, large color photographs and simply structured texts provide brief introductions to three NFL standouts--Luck, Kaepernick, and Griffin--all team-leading quarterbacks. The adulatory books include early successes as well as obstacles overcome on the athletes' way to becoming fan favorites. Astroturf borders are a cheesy design touch. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Football Stars Up Close titles: Andrew Luck, Colin Kaepernick, and Robert Griffin III.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan