(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series combines gross-out elements with ecological and scientific details. The crisp close-up photographs are large and well captioned, with overall layout consistent throughout the series. The facts provided, though informative, seem randomly chosen, repetitive, and/or too vague at times. Some text is repeated among books. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Leggy Centipedes, Stinging Scorpions, Wiggly Earthworms, Bloodsucking Leeches, Roly-Poly Pillbugs, and Creeping Land Snails.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series combines gross-out elements with ecological and scientific details. The crisp close-up photographs are large and well captioned, with overall layout consistent throughout the series. The facts provided, though informative, seem randomly chosen, repetitive, and/or too vague at times. Some text is repeated among books. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Leggy Centipedes, Stinging Scorpions, Wiggly Earthworms, Bloodsucking Leeches, Roly-Poly Pillbugs, and Creeping Land Snails.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series combines gross-out elements with ecological and scientific details. The crisp close-up photographs are large and well captioned, with overall layout consistent throughout the series. The facts provided, though informative, seem randomly chosen, repetitive, and/or too vague at times. Some text is repeated among books. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Leggy Centipedes, Stinging Scorpions, Wiggly Earthworms, Bloodsucking Leeches, Roly-Poly Pillbugs, and Creeping Land Snails.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series combines gross-out elements with ecological and scientific details. The crisp close-up photographs are large and well captioned, with overall layout consistent throughout the series. The facts provided, though informative, seem randomly chosen, repetitive, and/or too vague at times. Some text is repeated among books. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Leggy Centipedes, Stinging Scorpions, Wiggly Earthworms, Bloodsucking Leeches, Roly-Poly Pillbugs, and Creeping Land Snails.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series combines gross-out elements with ecological and scientific details. The crisp close-up photographs are large and well captioned, with overall layout consistent throughout the series. The facts provided, though informative, seem randomly chosen, repetitive, and/or too vague at times. Some text is repeated among books. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Leggy Centipedes, Stinging Scorpions, Wiggly Earthworms, Bloodsucking Leeches, Roly-Poly Pillbugs, and Creeping Land Snails.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series combines gross-out elements with ecological and scientific details. The crisp close-up photographs are large and well captioned, with overall layout consistent throughout the series. The facts provided, though informative, seem randomly chosen, repetitive, and/or too vague at times. Some text is repeated among books. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Leggy Centipedes, Stinging Scorpions, Wiggly Earthworms, Bloodsucking Leeches, Roly-Poly Pillbugs, and Creeping Land Snails.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series allows readers to come safely eye-to-eyes with larger-than-life spiders of all shapes and sizes. The texts, which are occasionally too vague, offer basic and interesting facts about spiders' body structures, their young, how spiders eat, and where they live. Their many vivid close-up photographs are the books' main appeal. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Hairy Tarantulas, Jumping Spiders, Spooky Wolf Spiders, Tricky Trapdoor Spiders, Deadly Black Widows, and Crafty Garden Spiders.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series allows readers to come safely eye-to-eyes with larger-than-life spiders of all shapes and sizes. The texts, which are occasionally too vague, offer basic and interesting facts about spiders' body structures, their young, how spiders eat, and where they live. Their many vivid close-up photographs are the books' main appeal. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Hairy Tarantulas, Jumping Spiders, Spooky Wolf Spiders, Tricky Trapdoor Spiders, Deadly Black Widows, and Crafty Garden Spiders.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series allows readers to come safely eye-to-eyes with larger-than-life spiders of all shapes and sizes. The texts, which are occasionally too vague, offer basic and interesting facts about spiders' body structures, their young, how spiders eat, and where they live. Their many vivid close-up photographs are the books' main appeal. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Hairy Tarantulas, Jumping Spiders, Spooky Wolf Spiders, Tricky Trapdoor Spiders, Deadly Black Widows, and Crafty Garden Spiders.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series allows readers to come safely eye-to-eyes with larger-than-life spiders of all shapes and sizes. The texts, which are occasionally too vague, offer basic and interesting facts about spiders' body structures, their young, how spiders eat, and where they live. Their many vivid close-up photographs are the books' main appeal. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Hairy Tarantulas, Jumping Spiders, Spooky Wolf Spiders, Tricky Trapdoor Spiders, Deadly Black Widows, and Crafty Garden Spiders.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging, but some include less-than-helpful labels: e.g., "frog" rather than the type of frog. The text is choppy but thorough enough to sustain interest. There are four other spring 2008 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Deadly Praying Mantises, Hidden Walkingsticks, Leaping Grasshoppers, Smelly Stink Bugs, Helpful Ladybugs, and Speedy Dragonflies.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging, but some include less-than-helpful labels: e.g., "frog" rather than the type of frog. The text is choppy but thorough enough to sustain interest. There are four other spring 2008 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Deadly Praying Mantises, Hidden Walkingsticks, Leaping Grasshoppers, Smelly Stink Bugs, Helpful Ladybugs, and Speedy Dragonflies.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging, but some include less-than-helpful labels: e.g., "frog" rather than the type of frog. The text is choppy but thorough enough to sustain interest. There are four other spring 2008 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Deadly Praying Mantises, Hidden Walkingsticks, Leaping Grasshoppers, Smelly Stink Bugs, Helpful Ladybugs, and Speedy Dragonflies.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging, but some include less-than-helpful labels: e.g., "frog" rather than the type of frog. The text is choppy but thorough enough to sustain interest. There are four other spring 2008 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Deadly Praying Mantises, Hidden Walkingsticks, Leaping Grasshoppers, Smelly Stink Bugs, Helpful Ladybugs, and Speedy Dragonflies.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series allows readers to come safely eye-to-eyes with larger-than-life spiders of all shapes and sizes. The texts, which are occasionally too vague, offer basic and interesting facts about spiders' body structures, their young, how spiders eat, and where they live. Their many vivid close-up photographs are the books' main appeal. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Hairy Tarantulas, Jumping Spiders, Spooky Wolf Spiders, Tricky Trapdoor Spiders, Deadly Black Widows, and Crafty Garden Spiders.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging, but some include less-than-helpful labels: e.g., "frog" rather than the type of frog. The text is choppy but thorough enough to sustain interest. There are four other spring 2008 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Deadly Praying Mantises, Hidden Walkingsticks, Leaping Grasshoppers, Smelly Stink Bugs, Helpful Ladybugs, and Speedy Dragonflies.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging, but some include less-than-helpful labels: e.g., "frog" rather than the type of frog. The text is choppy but thorough enough to sustain interest. There are four other spring 2008 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Deadly Praying Mantises, Hidden Walkingsticks, Leaping Grasshoppers, Smelly Stink Bugs, Helpful Ladybugs, and Speedy Dragonflies.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series allows readers to come safely eye-to-eyes with larger-than-life spiders of all shapes and sizes. The texts, which are occasionally too vague, offer basic and interesting facts about spiders' body structures, their young, how spiders eat, and where they live. Their many vivid close-up photographs are the books' main appeal. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Hairy Tarantulas, Jumping Spiders, Spooky Wolf Spiders, Tricky Trapdoor Spiders, Deadly Black Widows, and Crafty Garden Spiders.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series introduces ocean-dwelling invertebrates. The text is overly simple but generously spaced for beginning readers, offering basic facts about habitats, food, and defense mechanisms. Enhanced color gives the photos an unnatural look, an effect that detracts from the series's nonfiction intent. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Crawling Crabs, Gooey Jellyfish[cf], Prickly Sea Stars, Slimy Sea Slugs, Squirting Squids, and Squishy Sponges.

(4) K-3 No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates series. This series introduces ocean-dwelling invertebrates. The text is overly simple but generously spaced for beginning readers, offering basic facts about habitats, food, and defense mechanisms. Enhanced color gives the photos an unnatural look, an effect that detracts from the series's nonfiction intent. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these No Backbone! The World of Invertebrates titles: Crawling Crabs, Gooey Jellyfish[cf], Prickly Sea Stars, Slimy Sea Slugs, Squirting Squids, and Squishy Sponges.