(4) 4-6 Just the Facts Biographies series. Although Winfrey suffers from wooden prose, all four of these biographies offer some insight into their subjects' lives, inadvertently giving lie to the series' title. Occasional sidebars share useful historical perspectives, but disruptive "It's a Fact!" boxes contain information that should have been integrated into the texts. Black-and-white photos appear throughout. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts Biographies tiles: J. R. R. Tolkien, Oprah Winfrey, Benjamin Franklin, and John Glenn.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) 4-6 Just the Facts Biographies series. Although Winfrey suffers from wooden prose, all four of these biographies offer some insight into their subjects' lives, inadvertently giving lie to the series' title. Occasional sidebars share useful historical perspectives, but disruptive "It's a Fact!" boxes contain information that should have been integrated into the texts. Black-and-white photos appear throughout. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts Biographies tiles: J. R. R. Tolkien, Oprah Winfrey, Benjamin Franklin, and John Glenn.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) 4-6 Just the Facts Biographies series. Although Winfrey suffers from wooden prose, all four of these biographies offer some insight into their subjects' lives, inadvertently giving lie to the series' title. Occasional sidebars share useful historical perspectives, but disruptive "It's a Fact!" boxes contain information that should have been integrated into the texts. Black-and-white photos appear throughout. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts Biographies tiles: J. R. R. Tolkien, Oprah Winfrey, Benjamin Franklin, and John Glenn.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) 4-6 Just the Facts Biographies series. Although Winfrey suffers from wooden prose, all four of these biographies offer some insight into their subjects' lives, inadvertently giving lie to the series' title. Occasional sidebars share useful historical perspectives, but disruptive "It's a Fact!" boxes contain information that should have been integrated into the texts. Black-and-white photos appear throughout. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts Biographies tiles: J. R. R. Tolkien, Oprah Winfrey, Benjamin Franklin, and John Glenn.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) 4-6 Just the Facts Biographies series. This competent biography covers Owens's humble beginnings in an Alabama sharecropping family, his gold-medal track wins at the controversial Berlin Olympics of 1936, and his adjustment to life out of the spotlight. The writing is sturdy but dispassionate, offering few glimpses into Owens's emotional life. Intermittent sidebars offer historical backdrops to Owens's accomplishments. Black-and-white photos appear throughout. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Randomly arranged short chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, current and likely future treatments, and challenges of living with these chronic disorders. (Asthma never mentions one frequent trigger: the common cold.) The information is clearly stated and accompanied by color photos of and quotes by individuals (some famous) coping with the disorder. The busy design is a drawback. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Asthma, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Allergies, and Epilepsy.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Randomly arranged short chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, current and likely future treatments, and challenges of living with these chronic disorders. (Asthma never mentions one frequent trigger: the common cold.) The information is clearly stated and accompanied by color photos of and quotes by individuals (some famous) coping with the disorder. The busy design is a drawback. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Asthma, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Allergies, and Epilepsy.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Randomly arranged short chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, current and likely future treatments, and challenges of living with these chronic disorders. (Asthma never mentions one frequent trigger: the common cold.) The information is clearly stated and accompanied by color photos of and quotes by individuals (some famous) coping with the disorder. The busy design is a drawback. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Asthma, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Allergies, and Epilepsy.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Short randomly arranged chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, prevention, current and possible future treatments, and challenges of living with these disorders. Color photos and quotes from people dealing with the disorders accompany the serviceable text. A light font in some colored boxes is difficult to read. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Meningitis, and Tuberculosis.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Randomly arranged short chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, current and likely future treatments, and challenges of living with these chronic disorders. (Asthma never mentions one frequent trigger: the common cold.) The information is clearly stated and accompanied by color photos of and quotes by individuals (some famous) coping with the disorder. The busy design is a drawback. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Asthma, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Allergies, and Epilepsy.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Short randomly arranged chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, prevention, current and possible future treatments, and challenges of living with these disorders. Color photos and quotes from people dealing with the disorders accompany the serviceable text. A light font in some colored boxes is difficult to read. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Meningitis, and Tuberculosis.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Randomly arranged short chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, current and likely future treatments, and challenges of living with these chronic disorders. (Asthma never mentions one frequent trigger: the common cold.) The information is clearly stated and accompanied by color photos of and quotes by individuals (some famous) coping with the disorder. The busy design is a drawback. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Asthma, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Allergies, and Epilepsy.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Short randomly arranged chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, prevention, current and possible future treatments, and challenges of living with these disorders. Color photos and quotes from people dealing with the disorders accompany the serviceable text. A light font in some colored boxes is difficult to read. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Meningitis, and Tuberculosis.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Short randomly arranged chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, prevention, current and possible future treatments, and challenges of living with these disorders. Color photos and quotes from people dealing with the disorders accompany the serviceable text. A light font in some colored boxes is difficult to read. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Meningitis, and Tuberculosis.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Short randomly arranged chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, prevention, current and possible future treatments, and challenges of living with these disorders. Color photos and quotes from people dealing with the disorders accompany the serviceable text. A light font in some colored boxes is difficult to read. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Meningitis, and Tuberculosis.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Short randomly arranged chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, prevention, current and possible future treatments, and challenges of living with these disorders. Color photos and quotes from people dealing with the disorders accompany the serviceable text. A light font in some colored boxes is difficult to read. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Meningitis, and Tuberculosis.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Randomly arranged short chapters cover the histories, symptoms, causes, current and likely future treatments, and challenges of living with these chronic disorders. (Asthma never mentions one frequent trigger: the common cold.) The information is clearly stated and accompanied by color photos of and quotes by individuals (some famous) coping with the disorder. The busy design is a drawback. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Just the Facts titles: Asthma, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Allergies, and Epilepsy.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Each of these books explores its subject by relaying its medical, clinical, and/or chemical aspects and by looking at its social ramifications, especially for teens. The material is organized into manageable but at times oddly sequenced short chapters, and the candid color photos are more effective than the posed images, as of ostensibly depressed people hanging their heads. Reading list. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Just the Facts titles: AIDS, STDs, Painkillers and Tranquilizers, Alternative Medicine, Depression, and Eating Disorders.]

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) YA Just the Facts series. This lucid look at the history, methods, safety, and social repercussions (positive and negative) of body piercing and tattooing is diligently evenhanded, although the images of people going under the needle may be a deterrent to some. Scattered throughout are anecdotes about tattooed celebrities and color photos, some poorly cropped or reproduced, of dramatic piercing and tattooing outcomes. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) YA Just the Facts series. Each of these books explores its subject by relaying its medical, clinical, and/or chemical aspects and by looking at its social ramifications, especially for teens. The material is organized into manageable but at times oddly sequenced short chapters, and the candid color photos are more effective than the posed images, as of ostensibly depressed people hanging their heads. Reading list. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Just the Facts titles: AIDS, STDs, Painkillers and Tranquilizers, Alternative Medicine, Depression, and Eating Disorders.]

Reviewer: Nell Beram