(3) 4-6 Living History series. A readable biography of the first Latino and third woman to be appointed a Supreme Court Justice. Beginning with her childhood poverty and early diagnosis of diabetes, the book shows how Justice Sotomayor's early experiences have shaped her adult life. Well researched, with detailed chapter notes and quotations from the Justice's autobiography.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan

(4) YA Living History series. This series emphasizes social history and forefronts family life, community organization, religious practices, education systems, and inventions. Pull-out boxes define some words, but a glossary would have been helpful. Translated snippets from famous texts are short and useful, whereas the illustrations are perfunctory at best. Each volume is adequately researched, offering standard information and perspectives. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Living History titles: Life During Medieval Times, Life During the Roman Empire, and Life in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Living History series. REVIEW MISSING

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Living History series. This series emphasizes social history and forefronts family life, community organization, religious practices, education systems, and inventions. Pull-out boxes define some words, but a glossary would have been helpful. Translated snippets from famous texts are short and useful, whereas the illustrations are perfunctory at best. Each volume is adequately researched, offering standard information and perspectives. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Living History titles: Life During Medieval Times, Life During the Roman Empire, and Life in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Living History series. England presents a reliable overview of the lives of British people from all walks of life. Illustrations and boxed quotations create infrequent breaks, and visual material is uninspired. Nazi's tight focus makes this volume more successful. Primary source quotations and compelling (albeit horrifying) details are explicit; period photos are effective. In both books, pull-out boxes define some words, but a glossary would have been helpful. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Living History titles: Life in Charles Dickens's England and Life in a Nazi Concentration Camp.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Living History series. This series emphasizes social history and forefronts family life, community organization, religious practices, education systems, and inventions. Pull-out boxes define some words, but a glossary would have been helpful. Translated snippets from famous texts are short and useful, whereas the illustrations are perfunctory at best. Each volume is adequately researched, offering standard information and perspectives. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Living History titles: Life During Medieval Times, Life During the Roman Empire, and Life in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Living History series. These books attempt to cover complicated subjects with mixed results. In addition to country and city life, troop support, and blacks' segregated existence, North considers the varied economic and social issues that motivated the Northern war movement. South contains useful information but oddly avoids slavery's horrors. Illustrations and boxed quotes create infrequent breaks in the text-heavy pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Living History titles: Life in the North During the Civil War and Life in the South During the Civil War.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) YA Living History series. These books attempt to cover complicated subjects with mixed results. In addition to country and city life, troop support, and blacks' segregated existence, North considers the varied economic and social issues that motivated the Northern war movement. South contains useful information but oddly avoids slavery's horrors. Illustrations and boxed quotes create infrequent breaks in the text-heavy pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind. Review covers these Living History titles: Life in the North During the Civil War and Life in the South During the Civil War.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Kent discusses the social, political, and religious environment that fueled the events leading to the Salem witchcraft trials. Concluding chapters explore the aftermath and the potential for history to repeat itself. Primary sources and sidebars add valuable perspective. Stock photos and drawings illustrate the text. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, maps, and sidebars combine with dry but informative texts to provide introductions to voting rights or prohibition. Highlighting key events and figures, these titles portray the historical periods, the movements' successes and failures, and their lasting impacts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Women Win the Vote and Teetotalers and Saloon Smashers.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, maps, and sidebars combine with dry but informative texts to provide introductions to voting rights or prohibition. Highlighting key events and figures, these titles portray the historical periods, the movements' successes and failures, and their lasting impacts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Women Win the Vote and Teetotalers and Saloon Smashers.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Beginning with Apollo 11's lunar landing, this accessible title presents key figures, scientific advances, and political history that fueled space exploration. The straightforward text describes NASA's founding in 1958 and the failures, setbacks, and successes that led to man walking on the moon and the eventual collaboration between the U.S. and Russia. Archival photographs and sidebars provide additional information. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. This thorough discussion of Native American life prior to Columbus's arrival combines theories of archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and scientists to provide an engaging portrayal of the daily experiences of regional tribes. Based mostly on archaeological discoveries, the accessible text is supported by archival photographs, maps, and sidebars. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Opening with the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba, this engaging account provides a thorough discussion of events leading up to the thirteen days in history when the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of nuclear war. Archival photographs, maps, sidebars, and many primary sources effectively depict key figures, political posturing, and the nation's anxiety. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, reproductions, maps, and sidebars combine with vivid texts to provide comprehensive introductions to the featured historical event or movement. Highlighting key figures and focusing on the human experience, these engaging volumes vividly bring their time periods to life. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Alamo and The Harlem Renaissance.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, reproductions, maps, and sidebars combine with vivid texts to provide comprehensive introductions to the featured historical event or movement. Highlighting key figures and focusing on the human experience, these engaging volumes vividly bring their time periods to life. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Alamo and The Harlem Renaissance.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale