(3) PS Colors All Around Us series. These simple rhyming texts identify and describe a handful of familiar yellow, green, or brown objects that kids may encounter throughout the course of a day. At the end of each book, children are invited to think of other items with that color. Clear and vibrant stock photos, colorful cartoon illustrations, and some bursts of onomatopoeia contribute to the books' inviting and lively feel. Review covers these Colors All Around Us titles: Brown, Green, and Yellow.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(3) PS Colors All Around Us series. These simple rhyming texts identify and describe a handful of familiar yellow, green, or brown objects that kids may encounter throughout the course of a day. At the end of each book, children are invited to think of other items with that color. Clear and vibrant stock photos, colorful cartoon illustrations, and some bursts of onomatopoeia contribute to the books' inviting and lively feel. Review covers these Colors All Around Us titles: Brown, Green, and Yellow.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(3) PS Math Every Day series. Stock animal photos illustrate basic concepts--big/small, short/tall, wide/narrow. Patterns in nature (e.g., tree rings, a snail's shell) and patterns in architecture, clothing, and more encourage visual discrimination and create interest in the variety of patterns in our surroundings. The books' rhyming texts, large size, short index, and easy puzzles are appropriate for early preschoolers. Review covers these Math Every Day titles: Animals Big and Small and Patterns Outside.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) PS Math Every Day series. Stock animal photos illustrate basic concepts--big/small, short/tall, wide/narrow. Patterns in nature (e.g., tree rings, a snail's shell) and patterns in architecture, clothing, and more encourage visual discrimination and create interest in the variety of patterns in our surroundings. The books' rhyming texts, large size, short index, and easy puzzles are appropriate for early preschoolers. Review covers these Math Every Day titles: Animals Big and Small and Patterns Outside.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) PS Colors All Around Us series. These simple rhyming texts identify and describe a handful of familiar yellow, green, or brown objects that kids may encounter throughout the course of a day. At the end of each book, children are invited to think of other items with that color. Clear and vibrant stock photos, colorful cartoon illustrations, and some bursts of onomatopoeia contribute to the books' inviting and lively feel. Review covers these Colors All Around Us titles: Brown, Green, and Yellow.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(3) PS Why Living Things Need series. These books explore what people, animals, and plants need to survive. Each book examines the particular life-sustaining element by defining it, explaining why it is necessary and how it functions, and presenting examples of it in use. Concise text, colorful photographs, engaging quizzes ("Which of these things does not need...?"), and a picture glossary make the information preschooler-friendly. Ind. Review covers these Why Living Things Need titles: Homes, Light, and Water.

Reviewer: Meredith M. Sittman

(3) PS Why Living Things Need series. These books explore what people, animals, and plants need to survive. Each book examines the particular life-sustaining element by defining it, explaining why it is necessary and how it functions, and presenting examples of it in use. Concise text, colorful photographs, engaging quizzes ("Which of these things does not need...?"), and a picture glossary make the information preschooler-friendly. Ind. Review covers these Why Living Things Need titles: Homes, Light, and Water.

Reviewer: Meredith M. Sittman

(3) PS Why Living Things Need series. These books explore what people, animals, and plants need to survive. Each book examines the particular life-sustaining element by defining it, explaining why it is necessary and how it functions, and presenting examples of it in use. Concise text, colorful photographs, engaging quizzes ("Which of these things does not need...?"), and a picture glossary make the information preschooler-friendly. Ind. Review covers these Why Living Things Need titles: Homes, Light, and Water.

Reviewer: Meredith M. Sittman

(4) PS Hide and Seek series. These two dull language primers introduce simple concepts. Both volumes feature Eddie the cartoon elephant, who "loves to play hide and seek!" Eddie hides in large, full-bleed color photos; readers are charged with finding him, either to the left/right of or on/under objects. Three true-or-false challenges ("Eddie is under the bed. True or false?") conclude the books. Review covers these Hide and Seek titles: Left or Right and On or Under.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(4) PS Hide and Seek series. These two dull language primers introduce simple concepts. Both volumes feature Eddie the cartoon elephant, who "loves to play hide and seek!" Eddie hides in large, full-bleed color photos; readers are charged with finding him, either to the left/right of or on/under objects. Three true-or-false challenges ("Eddie is under the bed. True or false?") conclude the books. Review covers these Hide and Seek titles: Left or Right and On or Under.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(4) K-3 Instruments and Music series. Colorful photos and very brief texts introduce beginning readers to a variety of musical instruments found around the world. When the texts act as captions, identifying the instruments in the pictures (e.g., "the duduk is a very old reed instrument"), they are useful. Otherwise, their simplicity raises more questions than it answers. Glos., ind. Review covers these Instruments and Music titles: Brass, Percussion, and Woodwind.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(4) K-3 Instruments and Music series. Colorful photos and very brief texts introduce beginning readers to a variety of musical instruments found around the world. When the texts act as captions, identifying the instruments in the pictures (e.g., "the duduk is a very old reed instrument"), they are useful. Otherwise, their simplicity raises more questions than it answers. Glos., ind. Review covers these Instruments and Music titles: Brass, Percussion, and Woodwind.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(4) K-3 Instruments and Music series. Colorful photos and very brief texts introduce beginning readers to a variety of musical instruments found around the world. When the texts act as captions, identifying the instruments in the pictures (e.g., "the duduk is a very old reed instrument"), they are useful. Otherwise, their simplicity raises more questions than it answers. Glos., ind. Review covers these Instruments and Music titles: Brass, Percussion, and Woodwind.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(4) PS Spot the Difference series. With simple language, these books describe what the various body parts are used for and then give examples of what they look like on different kinds of animals. Several surprising animals are included, such as the cricket with ears on its legs. The text is choppy, but the layout is clean and appealing with interesting photos. Glos., ind. Review covers these Spot the Difference titles: Ears, Eyes, Mouths, and Noses.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(4) PS Spot the Difference series. With simple language, these books describe what the various body parts are used for and then give examples of what they look like on different kinds of animals. Several surprising animals are included, such as the cricket with ears on its legs. The text is choppy, but the layout is clean and appealing with interesting photos. Glos., ind. Review covers these Spot the Difference titles: Ears, Eyes, Mouths, and Noses.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(4) PS Spot the Difference series. With simple language, these books describe what the various body parts are used for and then give examples of what they look like on different kinds of animals. Several surprising animals are included, such as the cricket with ears on its legs. The text is choppy, but the layout is clean and appealing with interesting photos. Glos., ind. Review covers these Spot the Difference titles: Ears, Eyes, Mouths, and Noses.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(4) PS Spot the Difference series. With simple language, these books describe what the various body parts are used for and then give examples of what they look like on different kinds of animals. Several surprising animals are included, such as the cricket with ears on its legs. The text is choppy, but the layout is clean and appealing with interesting photos. Glos., ind. Review covers these Spot the Difference titles: Ears, Eyes, Mouths, and Noses.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(4) PS ¡Encuentra las diferencias! series. Nunn highlights four animal body parts (mouth, eyes, ears, nose) using engaging photographs of various animals. Readers learn how each body part is used and where it's located on the body, and also that the parts come in different sizes and shapes. Though the text is somewhat choppy, the Spanish translation is accurate. The books' layouts are clean and appealing. Glos., ind. Review covers these ¡Encuentra las diferencias! titles: Bocas, Narices, Ojos, and Orejas.

Reviewer: Alissa C. Salamone

(4) PS ¡Encuentra las diferencias! series. Nunn highlights four animal body parts (mouth, eyes, ears, nose) using engaging photographs of various animals. Readers learn how each body part is used and where it's located on the body, and also that the parts come in different sizes and shapes. Though the text is somewhat choppy, the Spanish translation is accurate. The books' layouts are clean and appealing. Glos., ind. Review covers these ¡Encuentra las diferencias! titles: Bocas, Narices, Ojos, and Orejas.

Reviewer: Alissa C. Salamone

(4) PS ¡Encuentra las diferencias! series. Nunn highlights four animal body parts (mouth, eyes, ears, nose) using engaging photographs of various animals. Readers learn how each body part is used and where it's located on the body, and also that the parts come in different sizes and shapes. Though the text is somewhat choppy, the Spanish translation is accurate. The books' layouts are clean and appealing. Glos., ind. Review covers these ¡Encuentra las diferencias! titles: Bocas, Narices, Ojos, and Orejas.

Reviewer: Alissa C. Salamone