(4) K-3 Word Families series. Illustrated by Amy Cartwright. Each choppy but mildly humorous story highlights members of a single word family (e.g., "handed," "hunted," and "wanted" in the "-ed" family). Friendly, animation-like illustrations supply characters' personalities and occasionally elaborate on the narratives. Each volume ends with an oversimplified definition of "word families," followed by a list of the book's featured word-family members. Review covers the following Word Families titles: Dan Can!, Go to Bed, Ted!, The Map Trap, Stop, Pop!, When, Jen?, and Win, Min!

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Word Families series. Illustrated by Amy Cartwright. Each choppy but mildly humorous story highlights members of a single word family (e.g., "handed," "hunted," and "wanted" in the "-ed" family). Friendly, animation-like illustrations supply characters' personalities and occasionally elaborate on the narratives. Each volume ends with an oversimplified definition of "word families," followed by a list of the book's featured word-family members. Review covers the following Word Families titles: Dan Can!, Go to Bed, Ted!, The Map Trap, Stop, Pop!, When, Jen?, and Win, Min!

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Word Families series. Illustrated by Amy Cartwright. Each choppy but mildly humorous story highlights members of a single word family (e.g., "handed," "hunted," and "wanted" in the "-ed" family). Friendly, animation-like illustrations supply characters' personalities and occasionally elaborate on the narratives. Each volume ends with an oversimplified definition of "word families," followed by a list of the book's featured word-family members. Review covers the following Word Families titles: Dan Can!, Go to Bed, Ted!, The Map Trap, Stop, Pop!, When, Jen?, and Win, Min!

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Word Families series. Illustrated by Amy Cartwright. Each choppy but mildly humorous story highlights members of a single word family (e.g., "handed," "hunted," and "wanted" in the "-ed" family). Friendly, animation-like illustrations supply characters' personalities and occasionally elaborate on the narratives. Each volume ends with an oversimplified definition of "word families," followed by a list of the book's featured word-family members. Review covers the following Word Families titles: Dan Can!, Go to Bed, Ted!, The Map Trap, Stop, Pop!, When, Jen?, and Win, Min!

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Word Families series. Illustrated by Amy Cartwright. Each choppy but mildly humorous story highlights members of a single word family (e.g., "handed," "hunted," and "wanted" in the "-ed" family). Friendly, animation-like illustrations supply characters' personalities and occasionally elaborate on the narratives. Each volume ends with an oversimplified definition of "word families," followed by a list of the book's featured word-family members. Review covers the following Word Families titles: Dan Can!, Go to Bed, Ted!, The Map Trap, Stop, Pop!, When, Jen?, and Win, Min!

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Word Families series. Illustrated by Amy Cartwright. Each choppy but mildly humorous story highlights members of a single word family (e.g., "handed," "hunted," and "wanted" in the "-ed" family). Friendly, animation-like illustrations supply characters' personalities and occasionally elaborate on the narratives. Each volume ends with an oversimplified definition of "word families," followed by a list of the book's featured word-family members. Review covers the following Word Families titles: Dan Can!, Go to Bed, Ted!, The Map Trap, Stop, Pop!, When, Jen?, and Win, Min!

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. This continuing series investigates counting using different themes (farm animals, transportation, etc.). Four explore skip counting (Chicks, Snowflakes, Down the Field, Safari); Bug contains addition problems. The two to four simple sentences per page will encourage independent reading. The use of stock images Photoshopped on different backgrounds can be visually jarring. Review covers the following 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Across the Country 18, 19, 20, Chicks 2, 4, 6, Down the Field 10, 20, 30, On a Safari 5, 10, 15, 100 Snowflakes, and One More Bug.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. This continuing series investigates counting using different themes (farm animals, transportation, etc.). Four explore skip counting (Chicks, Snowflakes, Down the Field, Safari); Bug contains addition problems. The two to four simple sentences per page will encourage independent reading. The use of stock images Photoshopped on different backgrounds can be visually jarring. Review covers the following 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Across the Country 18, 19, 20, Chicks 2, 4, 6, Down the Field 10, 20, 30, On a Safari 5, 10, 15, 100 Snowflakes, and One More Bug.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. This continuing series investigates counting using different themes (farm animals, transportation, etc.). Four explore skip counting (Chicks, Snowflakes, Down the Field, Safari); Bug contains addition problems. The two to four simple sentences per page will encourage independent reading. The use of stock images Photoshopped on different backgrounds can be visually jarring. Review covers the following 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Across the Country 18, 19, 20, Chicks 2, 4, 6, Down the Field 10, 20, 30, On a Safari 5, 10, 15, 100 Snowflakes, and One More Bug.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. This continuing series investigates counting using different themes (farm animals, transportation, etc.). Four explore skip counting (Chicks, Snowflakes, Down the Field, Safari); Bug contains addition problems. The two to four simple sentences per page will encourage independent reading. The use of stock images Photoshopped on different backgrounds can be visually jarring. Review covers the following 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Across the Country 18, 19, 20, Chicks 2, 4, 6, Down the Field 10, 20, 30, On a Safari 5, 10, 15, 100 Snowflakes, and One More Bug.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. This continuing series investigates counting using different themes (farm animals, transportation, etc.). Four explore skip counting (Chicks, Snowflakes, Down the Field, Safari); Bug contains addition problems. The two to four simple sentences per page will encourage independent reading. The use of stock images Photoshopped on different backgrounds can be visually jarring. Review covers the following 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Across the Country 18, 19, 20, Chicks 2, 4, 6, Down the Field 10, 20, 30, On a Safari 5, 10, 15, 100 Snowflakes, and One More Bug.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. This continuing series investigates counting using different themes (farm animals, transportation, etc.). Four explore skip counting (Chicks, Snowflakes, Down the Field, Safari); Bug contains addition problems. The two to four simple sentences per page will encourage independent reading. The use of stock images Photoshopped on different backgrounds can be visually jarring. Review covers the following 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Across the Country 18, 19, 20, Chicks 2, 4, 6, Down the Field 10, 20, 30, On a Safari 5, 10, 15, 100 Snowflakes, and One More Bug.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. This very simple one-to-ten counting book invites new readers to learn some facts about the season. Straightforward large-print sentences familiarize children with number words and provide opportunities to observe photographs on each double-page spread. The selection of facts is random, but what's there is interesting nonetheless.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. These very simple one-to-ten counting books invite new readers to learn a few facts about common pets and farm animals. Straightforward large-print sentences familiarize children with number words and provide opportunities to observe photographs on each double-page spread. The selection of facts is random, but what's there is interesting nonetheless. Review covers these 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Down on the Farm and My Pets and Me.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. These very simple one-to-ten counting books invite new readers to learn about different animals and plants. Straightforward large-print sentences familiarize children with number words and provide opportunities to observe photographs on each double-page spread. The selection of facts is random, but what's there is interesting nonetheless. Review covers these 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Down in the Jungle and Under the Sea.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. These very simple one-to-ten counting books invite new readers to learn a few facts about common pets and farm animals. Straightforward large-print sentences familiarize children with number words and provide opportunities to observe photographs on each double-page spread. The selection of facts is random, but what's there is interesting nonetheless. Review covers these 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Down on the Farm and My Pets and Me.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. These very simple one-to-ten counting books invite new readers to learn a few facts about space-related subjects such as rockets, astronauts, etc. Straightforward large-print sentences familiarize children with number words and provide opportunities to observe photographs on each double-page spread. The selection of facts is random, but what's there is interesting nonetheless.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 1, 2, 3...Count with Me series. These very simple one-to-ten counting books invite new readers to learn about different animals and plants. Straightforward large-print sentences familiarize children with number words and provide opportunities to observe photographs on each double-page spread. The selection of facts is random, but what's there is interesting nonetheless. Review covers these 1, 2, 3...Count with Me titles: Down in the Jungle and Under the Sea.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Punctuation Station series. Illustrated by Anthony Lewis. Through a brief story, each book demonstrates multiple uses of one punctuation mark: Ahmed, for instance, uses exclamation points when he makes the soccer team (Exciting!). Different-color type effectively highlights each in-text use of the featured punctuation mark. The stories are slight, but the repeat characters' enthusiastic, friendly faces may engage readers. A list of each mark's key functions is appended. Review covers these Punctuation Station titles: "What Did You Say?", Stop Right There., Take a Pause, Paul, This Is Exciting, We're Going to the Smiths' House, and What Is That?.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Measuring Time series. Abstract time concepts (how long is a particular unit? how does it relate to other units?) are briefly introduced. The concrete examples in Seconds and Hours ("It takes about 1 second to sneeze"; "The movie lasts two hours") are more helpful than some of those found in Weeks and Years. Stock photos feature children, calendar pages, clocks, and stopwatches. Review covers these Measuring Time titles: How Many Hours?, How Many Seconds?, How Many Weeks?, and How Many Years?

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger