(3) YA Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals series. This encyclopedic series gives detailed information about a wide range of endangered animals. Front and back matter explains the context and threat levels, while two dozen spreads each feature an excellent photograph, packed paragraphs of text, and a data panel for a single animal such as Siberia's Baikal seal. Though the theme is inherently cautionary, conservation measures are also documented. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals titles: Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South America, and South and Central Asia.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals series. This encyclopedic series gives detailed information about a wide range of endangered animals. Front and back matter explains the context and threat levels, while two dozen spreads each feature an excellent photograph, packed paragraphs of text, and a data panel for a single animal such as Siberia's Baikal seal. Though the theme is inherently cautionary, conservation measures are also documented. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals titles: Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South America, and South and Central Asia.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals series. This encyclopedic series gives detailed information about a wide range of endangered animals. Front and back matter explains the context and threat levels, while two dozen spreads each feature an excellent photograph, packed paragraphs of text, and a data panel for a single animal such as Siberia's Baikal seal. Though the theme is inherently cautionary, conservation measures are also documented. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals titles: Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South America, and South and Central Asia.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals series. This encyclopedic series gives detailed information about a wide range of endangered animals. Front and back matter explains the context and threat levels, while two dozen spreads each feature an excellent photograph, packed paragraphs of text, and a data panel for a single animal such as Siberia's Baikal seal. Though the theme is inherently cautionary, conservation measures are also documented. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals titles: Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South America, and South and Central Asia.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals series. This encyclopedic series gives detailed information about a wide range of endangered animals. Front and back matter explains the context and threat levels, while two dozen spreads each feature an excellent photograph, packed paragraphs of text, and a data panel for a single animal such as Siberia's Baikal seal. Though the theme is inherently cautionary, conservation measures are also documented. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Facts at Your Fingertips: The World of Endangered Animals titles: Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South America, and South and Central Asia.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 My World Your World series. This series focuses on kid-friendly topics. Each book attempts to introduce complex subjects--e.g., Home touches on slums and refugee camps--but the few brief sentences fall short. Color photos are well chosen, but the busy layouts are difficult to decipher, as are small world maps. With adult guidance, these books could prove useful for reports. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following My World Your World titles: A Place to Call Home, Celebrations and Special Days, The Clothes We Wear, and Time to Play.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 My World Your World series. This series focuses on kid-friendly topics. Each book attempts to introduce complex subjects--e.g., Home touches on slums and refugee camps--but the few brief sentences fall short. Color photos are well chosen, but the busy layouts are difficult to decipher, as are small world maps. With adult guidance, these books could prove useful for reports. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following My World Your World titles: A Place to Call Home, Celebrations and Special Days, The Clothes We Wear, and Time to Play.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 My World Your World series. This series focuses on kid-friendly topics. Each book attempts to introduce complex subjects--e.g., Home touches on slums and refugee camps--but the few brief sentences fall short. Color photos are well chosen, but the busy layouts are difficult to decipher, as are small world maps. With adult guidance, these books could prove useful for reports. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following My World Your World titles: A Place to Call Home, Celebrations and Special Days, The Clothes We Wear, and Time to Play.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 My World Your World series. This series focuses on kid-friendly topics. Each book attempts to introduce complex subjects--e.g., Home touches on slums and refugee camps--but the few brief sentences fall short. Color photos are well chosen, but the busy layouts are difficult to decipher, as are small world maps. With adult guidance, these books could prove useful for reports. There are four other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following My World Your World titles: A Place to Call Home, Celebrations and Special Days, The Clothes We Wear, and Time to Play.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) 4-6 Your World Explained series. The text describes with detail and accuracy thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Topics such as ice ages, El Nino, and the greenhouse effect are also discussed along with cogent explanations of processes governing these global weather patterns. Topical double-page layouts include numerous well-captioned photos and illustrations. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(4) 4-6 Your World Explained series. A systematic examination of the technological innovations from the ancient world to 1990. The text fails to mention a single female inventor and offers mostly British examples of inventions and inventors. Double-page topical spreads contain numerous captioned photos and illustrations along with the text. A useful time line of inventions is appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.