(2) 4-6 When we meet them in 1934, Eddie is five, Tom ten. Over the next ten years the brothers develop friendships, discover family secrets, and ponder the causes of European conflict and their own community's virulent prejudice. Tom's enlistment also unveils the nature of war. Narrated by Eddie, the book's seventy-six vignettes--beautifully phrased and vividly revealing of character--create an authentic window into the past.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011

(4) K-3 Yo solo biografías series. Illustrated by Lance Paladino. Accessible narratives, including anecdotes chosen for their kid appeal, introduce these important (and classroom-friendly) historical figures to young Spanish-language readers. Although some of the illustrations have a static feel, their colorful warmth enhances the text. In each book, a brief afterword is accompanied by a photograph of the subject. Timeline. Review covers these Yo solo biografías titles: George Washington Carver, Pablo Picasso, and Wilma Rudolph.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) K-3 Carolrhoda On My Own Books series. Illustrated by Lance Paladino. An accessible narrative introduces this important historical figure to independent readers. The text, which describes Carver's life as a slave in the mid-1860s, his education, and his pioneering work as an agricultural scientist, ends a bit abruptly. The paintings that accompany the text are somewhat stiff but warm. A brief afterword and a time line are included.

Reviewer: Kristen Oravec

(3) 4-6 Picture the American Past series. Brief but informative texts explain children's roles in the Civil War and in factory and agricultural work during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and describe the benefits they gained from the settlement house movement. An oversized duotone photograph featuring children of the period is shown on each page. Time lines and notes to teachers and parents are appended. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jackie C. Horne