(4) K-3 Building Block series. Small in size, this explanatory book features stock photos on each page and an accessible, if pedestrian, text. After discussing different kinds of tunnels, Hill tries to connect the reader with the subject by suggesting that children can work with tunnels by becoming miners, engineers, or tunnel-boring machine operators. A photo index supplies additional information about the international locations of the tunnels featured in the book.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Building Block series. Small in size, this explanatory book features stock photos on each page and an accessible, if pedestrian, text. After musing on the meaning of "home," Hill tries to connect the reader to the subject by suggesting that children can create dwellings like those explored in the book by becoming architects, painters, or carpenters. A photo index supplies additional information about the international locations of the featured houses.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Building Block series. Small in size, this explanatory book features stock photos on each page and an accessible, if pedestrian, text. After discussing different types of monuments, Hill tries to connect the reader with the subject by suggesting that children can create their own monuments themselves by becoming sculptors. A photo index supplies additional information about the international monuments featured in the book.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Building Block series. Hill briefly and superficially explains the history of libraries and lists some of the services available to the public. The text is illustrated with photographs of many different libraries including the Bodleian Library of Oxford, England, and a Minneapolis bookmobile. A chipper, joking text delivers random facts and observations about library use. A photo index provides more information about the included pictures.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(4) K-3 Building Block series. In this overly simplistic introduction to education, Hill uses short sentences and large full-color photos to highlight different kinds of schools--from one-room schools to universities--and their function in society (the photos show mainly U.S. schools). A photo index at the end provides additional information about the earlier pictures. The superficial text and generic photos make for a slight survey.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.