(4) 4-6 Fact Finders: Cause and Effect: The Bill of Rights series. Each of these accessible titles examines the causes for and effects of an amendment to the Bill of Rights, including how the amendment came to be, how it has evolved over time, and current controversies surrounding it. The dry but informative texts are accompanied by drawings, photographs, and quotes, as well as "Fast Facts" and word definitions. Timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Fact Finders: Cause and Effect: The Bill of Rights titles: The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech and Religion and The Fourth Amendment: Civil Liberties.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) 4-6 Fact Finders: Cause and Effect: The Bill of Rights series. Each of these accessible titles examines the causes for and effects of an amendment to the Bill of Rights, including how the amendment came to be, how it has evolved over time, and current controversies surrounding it. The dry but informative texts are accompanied by drawings, photographs, and quotes, as well as "Fast Facts" and word definitions. Timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Fact Finders: Cause and Effect: The Bill of Rights titles: The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech and Religion and The Fourth Amendment: Civil Liberties.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These volumes of previously published essays, articles, etc., on the title amendments examine their histories and the legal challenges they have encountered, as well as how they have been applied in contemporary times. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, historical background, and debate/controversies. Though useful for research, the text-dense volumes are visually daunting and unappealing. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XXV and Amendment XVII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These volumes of previously published essays, articles, etc., on the title amendments examine their histories and the legal challenges they have encountered, as well as how they have been applied in contemporary times. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, historical background, and debate/controversies. Though useful for research, the text-dense volumes are visually daunting and unappealing. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XXV and Amendment XVII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. Fourteen previously published articles and essays look at different aspects of the twenty-second amendment, which limits U.S. presidents to two terms. The volume includes the amendment's text and explanation, an informative introduction, and historical background, before presenting debate/controversies surrounding the issue. The dense text is off-putting, but the book will be useful to report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. This text-heavy volume compiles twenty-three essays, articles, etc., about the twenty-sixth amendment, which lowered the voting age (for federal elections) to eighteen. Issues include Congress's right to change the voting age, the wisdom of this act, and the impact on local elections. Authors include politicians (Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy), Supreme Court justices (John Marshall Harlan, William O. Douglas, Hugo Black), and journalists. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These anthologies compile previously published articles, essays, speeches, etc., on four post–Bill of Rights amendments, shedding light on their substance and importance. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, an informative introduction, historical background, and debate/controversies surrounding the issue. Though useful to students doing research, the text-dense volumes include materials mostly available elsewhere. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XIII, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIX, Amendment XIV, and Amendment XII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These anthologies compile previously published articles, essays, speeches, etc., on four post–Bill of Rights amendments, shedding light on their substance and importance. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, an informative introduction, historical background, and debate/controversies surrounding the issue. Though useful to students doing research, the text-dense volumes include materials mostly available elsewhere. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XIII, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIX, Amendment XIV, and Amendment XII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These anthologies compile previously published articles, essays, speeches, etc., on four post–Bill of Rights amendments, shedding light on their substance and importance. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, an informative introduction, historical background, and debate/controversies surrounding the issue. Though useful to students doing research, the text-dense volumes include materials mostly available elsewhere. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XIII, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIX, Amendment XIV, and Amendment XII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These anthologies compile previously published articles, essays, speeches, etc., on four post–Bill of Rights amendments, shedding light on their substance and importance. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, an informative introduction, historical background, and debate/controversies surrounding the issue. Though useful to students doing research, the text-dense volumes include materials mostly available elsewhere. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XIII, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIX, Amendment XIV, and Amendment XII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These anthologies compile previously published articles, essays, speeches, etc., on four post–Bill of Rights amendments, shedding light on their substance and importance. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, an informative introduction, historical background, and debate/controversies surrounding the issue. Though useful to students doing research, the text-dense volumes include materials mostly available elsewhere. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XIII, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIX, Amendment XIV, and Amendment XII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) YA Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights series. These anthologies compile previously published articles, essays, speeches, etc., on four post–Bill of Rights amendments, shedding light on their substance and importance. Each book includes the amendment's text and paraphrased explanation, an informative introduction, historical background, and debate/controversies surrounding the issue. Though useful to students doing research, the text-dense volumes include materials mostly available elsewhere. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights titles: Amendment XIII, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIV, Amendment XIX, Amendment XIV, and Amendment XII.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) 4-6 Bill of Rights series. The Bill of Rights provides an overview of the subject, history, and the document's relationship to the framers of the Constitution. Each of the other volumes focuses on a particular amendment and its interpretation by the courts. The writing is clear (chatty at times), accessible, and interesting. The books are illustrated with well-chosen photographs and archival art and include better than average glossaries. Ind. Review covers these Bill of Rights titles: The Bill of Rights, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Second and Third Amendments, and Sixth Amendment.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(3) 4-6 Bill of Rights series. The Bill of Rights provides an overview of the subject, history, and the document's relationship to the framers of the Constitution. Each of the other volumes focuses on a particular amendment and its interpretation by the courts. The writing is clear (chatty at times), accessible, and interesting. The books are illustrated with well-chosen photographs and archival art and include better than average glossaries. Ind. Review covers these Bill of Rights titles: The Bill of Rights, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Second and Third Amendments, and Sixth Amendment.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(3) 4-6 Bill of Rights series. The Bill of Rights provides an overview of the subject, history, and the document's relationship to the framers of the Constitution. Each of the other volumes focuses on a particular amendment and its interpretation by the courts. The writing is clear (chatty at times), accessible, and interesting. The books are illustrated with well-chosen photographs and archival art and include better than average glossaries. Ind. Review covers these Bill of Rights titles: The Bill of Rights, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Second and Third Amendments, and Sixth Amendment.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(3) 4-6 Bill of Rights series. The Bill of Rights provides an overview of the subject, history, and the document's relationship to the framers of the Constitution. Each of the other volumes focuses on a particular amendment and its interpretation by the courts. The writing is clear (chatty at times), accessible, and interesting. The books are illustrated with well-chosen photographs and archival art and include better than average glossaries. Ind. Review covers these Bill of Rights titles: The Bill of Rights, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Second and Third Amendments, and Sixth Amendment.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(3) 4-6 Bill of Rights series. The Bill of Rights provides an overview of the subject, history, and the document's relationship to the framers of the Constitution. Each of the other volumes focuses on a particular amendment and its interpretation by the courts. The writing is clear (chatty at times), accessible, and interesting. The books are illustrated with well-chosen photographs and archival art and include better than average glossaries. Ind. Review covers these Bill of Rights titles: The Bill of Rights, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Second and Third Amendments, and Sixth Amendment.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

(3) 4-6 Bill of Rights series. The Bill of Rights provides an overview of the subject, history, and the document's relationship to the framers of the Constitution. Each of the other volumes focuses on a particular amendment and its interpretation by the courts. The writing is clear (chatty at times), accessible, and interesting. The books are illustrated with well-chosen photographs and archival art and include better than average glossaries. Ind. Review covers these Bill of Rights titles: The Bill of Rights, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Second and Third Amendments, and Sixth Amendment.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow