(3) K-3 Origami Crafting 4D series. This series adds a "fourth dimension" to traditional origami paper-folding with a downloadable app that guides viewers through folding steps, demonstrated and narrated by a child instructor. The books are suitable on their own, but the app should make the simple folds even more accessible. Each origami object turns into a decorative craft with the use of yarn, wire, hot glue, etc. Reading list. Review covers these Origami Crafting 4D titles: Easy Origami Decorations and Easy Origami Ornaments.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) K-3 Origami Crafting 4D series. This series adds a "fourth dimension" to traditional origami paper-folding with a downloadable app that guides viewers through folding steps, demonstrated and narrated by a child instructor. The books are suitable on their own, but the app should make the simple folds even more accessible. Each origami object turns into a decorative craft with the use of yarn, wire, hot glue, etc. Reading list. Review covers these Origami Crafting 4D titles: Easy Origami Decorations and Easy Origami Ornaments.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) K-3 Dabble Lab: Sock Puppet Theater series. After a quick summary of the source material, each book instructs children in making sock puppet characters and props and also provides a script (with a few contemporary touches) for putting on a play of the folktale. Material about staging, voices, and extending the stories into original scripts (reusing the same puppets) adds to the fun. Illustrated with clear color photos. Reading list. Glos. Review covers these Dabble Lab: Sock Puppet Theater titles: Sock Puppet Theater Presents "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and Sock Puppet Theater Presents "Little Red Riding Hood".

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) K-3 Dabble Lab: Sock Puppet Theater series. After a quick summary of the source material, each book instructs children in making sock puppet characters and props and also provides a script (with a few contemporary touches) for putting on a play of the folktale. Material about staging, voices, and extending the stories into original scripts (reusing the same puppets) adds to the fun. Illustrated with clear color photos. Reading list. Glos. Review covers these Dabble Lab: Sock Puppet Theater titles: Sock Puppet Theater Presents "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and Sock Puppet Theater Presents "Little Red Riding Hood".

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) K-3 First Facts: My First Guides series. After a brief introduction explaining folding symbols and outlining materials, simple stepped directions for nine different paper airplanes are accompanied by colorful, easy-to-follow pictures, making these "lazy afternoon" projects pleasingly accessible to early readers. Boxes with "flying tips" explain how to launch the planes, each uniquely shaped to fly a bit differently than the others. Reading list.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) PS Flip-Side Rhymes series. Illustrated by Colin Jack. Each book in this series offers a traditional rhyme and then instructs readers to turn the book over for another verse from a new perspective (e.g. the kings' men in Humpty). While the concluding spreads are occupied by clunky infographics, the humorous illustrations help modernize the familiar texts and introduce very young readers to the concept of point-of-view. Review covers these Flip-Side Rhymes titles: Humpty Dumpty and Little Miss Muffet.

Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby

(4) PS Flip-Side Rhymes series. Illustrated by Danny Chatzikonstantinou. Each book in this series offers a traditional rhyme and then instructs readers to turn the book over for another verse from a new perspective (e.g. the kings' men in Humpty). While the concluding spreads are occupied by clunky infographics, the humorous illustrations help modernize the familiar texts and introduce very young readers to the concept of point-of-view. Review covers these Flip-Side Rhymes titles: Humpty Dumpty and Little Miss Muffet.

Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby

(3) 4-6 Edge Books: Origami Paperpalooza series. A paragraph tells a bit about the art and history of origami and encourages originality and experimentation. Explanations of basic materials, terms, and techniques lead to step-by-step illustrated directions for nine mostly traditional projects, arranged from simple to complex. Full-color photos of the finished projects suggest display methods or uses. Reading list. Review covers the following titles: Origami Palooza and Origami Papertainment.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) 4-6 Edge Books: Origami Paperpalooza series. A paragraph tells a bit about the art and history of origami and encourages originality and experimentation. Explanations of basic materials, terms, and techniques lead to step-by-step illustrated directions for nine mostly traditional projects, arranged from simple to complex. Full-color photos of the finished projects suggest display methods or uses. Reading list. Review covers the following titles: Origami Palooza and Origami Papertainment.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) K-3 Pebble Books: Business Leaders series. Designed to introduce new readers to business leaders' contributions and to meet Common Core requirements, these slight books meet minimum standards with simple sentences, limited vocabulary, many photos, a running timeline, and a clear trajectory. But they falter somewhat when photos don't align with text and content is more complicated than writing restrictions can encompass. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Pebble Books: Business Leaders titles: Bill Gates and Milton Hershey.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian