(4) K-3 First Facts: Your Favorite Authors series. This hip-looking series profiles award-winning children's book creators. The brief texts target emerging readers, introducing nonfiction conventions and structure. Abundant photographs, graphic elements, paint smears, and doodles accompany the biographical content. However, the books do contain some factual inaccuracies and unfortunately lack a forthright discussion of race. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following First Facts: Your Favorite Authors titles: Jacqueline Woodson and Kadir Nelson.

Reviewer: Dorrie Karlin

(4) K-3 First Facts: Your Favorite Authors series. This hip-looking series profiles award-winning children's book creators. The brief texts target emerging readers, introducing nonfiction conventions and structure. Abundant photographs, graphic elements, paint smears, and doodles accompany the biographical content. However, the books do contain some factual inaccuracies and unfortunately lack a forthright discussion of race. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following First Facts: Your Favorite Authors titles: Jacqueline Woodson and Kadir Nelson.

Reviewer: Dorrie Karlin

(4) 4-6 Rev Up Your Writing series. Illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole. Each book defines the titular writing form; highlights key elements (such as salutation and signature in Letters or characters and setting in Fictional); and suggests tips for planning, finding inspiration, and writing form-appropriate pieces. The titles covering nonfiction unfortunately do not discuss citation strategies. Sample writing passages with associated questions reinforce the serviceable instruction; cartoonish illustrations break up the text. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Rev Up Your Writing titles: Rev Up Your Writing in Informational Texts, Rev Up Your Writing in Nonfiction Narratives, Rev Up Your Writing in Blogs, Rev Up Your Writing in Fictional Stories, Rev Up Your Writing in Letters and E-mails, Rev Up Your Writing in Opinion Pieces, and Rev Up Your Writing in Procedural Texts.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) 4-6 Rev Up Your Writing series. Illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole. Each book defines the titular writing form; highlights key elements (such as salutation and signature in Letters or characters and setting in Fictional); and suggests tips for planning, finding inspiration, and writing form-appropriate pieces. The titles covering nonfiction unfortunately do not discuss citation strategies. Sample writing passages with associated questions reinforce the serviceable instruction; cartoonish illustrations break up the text. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Rev Up Your Writing titles: Rev Up Your Writing in Informational Texts, Rev Up Your Writing in Nonfiction Narratives, Rev Up Your Writing in Blogs, Rev Up Your Writing in Fictional Stories, Rev Up Your Writing in Letters and E-mails, Rev Up Your Writing in Opinion Pieces, and Rev Up Your Writing in Procedural Texts.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Pebble Plus: People of the U.S. Armed Forces series. This book introduces readers to the jobs and activities of U.S. Army soldiers in the most basic way. Sentence structure and vocabulary are simple; some of the more technical terms are explained only in the glossary or not at all. Vivid photographs enhance the bland text. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo