(4) 4-6 You Choose: Haunted Places series. On guided tours of a historic hotel and a long-abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium, readers are given a choice of numerous scenarios and endings that portray the supposedly ghostly haunting of each. The slight Choose Your Own Adventure–style speculative narratives offer dozens of entertaining choices and multiple endings accompanied by archival photographs of the locales. An epilogue provides limited historical background. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these You Choose: Haunted Places titles: The Haunted Sanatorium and [cf]2Stanley Hotel.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan

(3) 4-6 Spies! series. This series delves into the world of espionage and spycraft. Each focusing on a different modern era, the books cover famous figures, such as the Rosenbergs and Edward Snowden, but also lesser-known agents. The insights into spies' motivations and the mechanics behind their craft make for exciting, interesting reads. Photographs and sidebars provide additional nuggets of information. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review cover these Spies! titles: Deep-Cover Spies and Double-Crossers of the Cold War and Cyber Spies and Secret Agents of Modern Times.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Edge Books: Warrior Science series. These books describe the weapons, training, and tactics used by the respective warriors from history. Emphasis is placed on how elements of physical science, such as weight, balance, and force, affected what and how weapons and armor were used. Diagrams, (hokey) photographs of reenactors, and illustrations will help readers visualize the information. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Edge Books: Warrior Science titles: Gladiator Science and Ninja Science.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) 4-6 STEM Trailblazer Bios series. The continuation of the series, this time featuring all-female science and technology innovators from modern history, will tie in well with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curriculum objectives. The inspiring profiles touch on childhood, education, and the subjects' breakthrough accomplishments. A colorful, easy-to-read format features photos and "tech talk" sidebars with quotes, mostly from the "trailblazers" themselves. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these STEM Trailblazer Bios titles: Nuclear Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, Programming Pioneer Ada Lovelace, Animal Scientist and Activist Jane Goodall, Environmentalist Rachel Carson, Astronaut Mae Jemison, Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper, Computer Scientist Jean Bartik, and Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) 4-6 You Choose: Battlefields series. This Choose Your Own Adventure–style book explores America's Civil War from the perspectives of infantry, artillery, and cavalry soldiers. The narrative offers three different story paths for readers to follow, each with various scenarios and multiple outcomes. Though the information is limited, readers will come away with a general sense of the conflict. Photos and illustrations help break up the text. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan

(3) K-3 Unexplained: What's the Evidence? series. The intriguing questions remain (necessarily) unanswered in these slim books. Still, the paranormal-mystery topics are perennially popular, and the books' copious illustrations and photographs, accessible texts, and clear organization satisfy some requirements of report-writing...as long as no conclusions must be drawn. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Unexplained: What's the Evidence? titles: Are Crop Circles Real?, Is the Bermuda Triangle Real?, and Is the Loch Ness Monster Real?.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) K-3 Unexplained: What's the Evidence? series. Lassieur outlines Atlantis stories from Greek mythology and Plato into the nineteenth century. She presents various theories about where Atlantis might have been and what could have happened to it, but necessarily leaves her title question unresolved. Other lost cities are touched on towards book's end. Illustrations are plentiful, ranging from drawings to photographs of statuary and ancient ruins. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) K-3 Unexplained: What's the Evidence? series. The intriguing questions remain (necessarily) unanswered in these slim books. Still, the paranormal-mystery topics are perennially popular, and the books' copious illustrations and photographs, accessible texts, and clear organization satisfy some requirements of report-writing...as long as no conclusions must be drawn. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Unexplained: What's the Evidence? titles: Are Crop Circles Real?, Is the Bermuda Triangle Real?, and Is the Loch Ness Monster Real?.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) K-3 Unexplained: What's the Evidence? series. The intriguing questions remain (necessarily) unanswered in these slim books. Still, the paranormal-mystery topics are perennially popular, and the books' copious illustrations and photographs, accessible texts, and clear organization satisfy some requirements of report-writing...as long as no conclusions must be drawn. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Unexplained: What's the Evidence? titles: Are Crop Circles Real?, Is the Bermuda Triangle Real?, and Is the Loch Ness Monster Real?.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) K-3 Where Does Our Food Come From? series. Each book straightforwardly explains what the title food is, where it is sourced, its nutritional importance for humans, whether the U.S. imports or exports the product, and examples from the food category that people in other parts of the world farm and eat. Easy-to-read texts; bright, uncluttered design; and close-up color photos will maintain readers' interest. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Where Does Our Food Come From? titles: Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Meats and Proteins, and Vegetables.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(3) K-3 Where Does Our Food Come From? series. Each book straightforwardly explains what the title food is, where it is sourced, its nutritional importance for humans, whether the U.S. imports or exports the product, and examples from the food category that people in other parts of the world farm and eat. Easy-to-read texts; bright, uncluttered design; and close-up color photos will maintain readers' interest. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Where Does Our Food Come From? titles: Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Meats and Proteins, and Vegetables.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(3) K-3 Where Does Our Food Come From? series. Each book straightforwardly explains what the title food is, where it is sourced, its nutritional importance for humans, whether the U.S. imports or exports the product, and examples from the food category that people in other parts of the world farm and eat. Easy-to-read texts; bright, uncluttered design; and close-up color photos will maintain readers' interest. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Where Does Our Food Come From? titles: Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Meats and Proteins, and Vegetables.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(3) K-3 Where Does Our Food Come From? series. Each book straightforwardly explains what the title food is, where it is sourced, its nutritional importance for humans, whether the U.S. imports or exports the product, and examples from the food category that people in other parts of the world farm and eat. Easy-to-read texts; bright, uncluttered design; and close-up color photos will maintain readers' interest. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Where Does Our Food Come From? titles: Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Meats and Proteins, and Vegetables.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(3) K-3 Where Does Our Food Come From? series. Each book straightforwardly explains what the title food is, where it is sourced, its nutritional importance for humans, whether the U.S. imports or exports the product, and examples from the food category that people in other parts of the world farm and eat. Easy-to-read texts; bright, uncluttered design; and close-up color photos will maintain readers' interest. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Where Does Our Food Come From? titles: Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Meats and Proteins, and Vegetables.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(4) 4-6 You Choose: History series. This Choose Your Own Adventure–style book provides three different paths for readers to follow (be a rocket-technology scientist, a reporter, or a Mission Control member during the 1969 moon landing). Though the information is limited, reluctant readers who enjoy the series hook will come away with a sense of the time period and events. Photos help break up the text. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan

(4) K-3 Amicus Readers: 100 Years Ago series. Well-selected archival photographs are the most useful element of these simple overviews of inventions that have profoundly changed our lives. The easy-to-read text accompanying the photos occasionally raises unintentional questions: "People drove to the tops of mountains. They drove to the edge of cliffs. They even drove into the sea!" Report writers will probably find more substance at the suggested websites. Ind. Review covers these Amicus Readers: 100 Years Ago titles: Cars 100 Years Ago and Phones 100 Years Ago.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Amicus Readers: 100 Years Ago series. Well-selected archival photographs are the most useful element of this simple overview of education a century ago. Report writers will find the text easy to read if not all that illuminating ("Teachers wrote on chalkboards, so there was a lot of chalk dust"); they will probably find more substance at the suggested websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Amicus Readers: 100 Years Ago series. Well-selected archival photographs are the most useful element of this simple overview of the packaging, preservation, and distribution of food in this country a century ago (that Oreos were originally made "with creamy lemon or vanilla flavored filling" may delight trivia buffs). Report writers will find the text easy to read but will probably find more substance at the suggested websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Amicus Readers: 100 Years Ago series. Well-selected archival photographs are the most useful element of this simple overview of children's toys from a century ago. The subject has natural kid-appeal and report writers will find the text easy to read (if superficial: a battery is "a small object that creates electricity"), but they will probably find more substance at the suggested websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Amicus Readers: 100 Years Ago series. Well-selected archival photographs are the most useful element of this simple overview of children's clothing styles a century ago. Report writers will find the text easy to read if superficial: "There were no sandals or sneakers. Kids wore leather shoes or boots"; they will probably find more substance at the suggested websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin