(4) K-3 Seasonal Companions series. These all-things-Christmas and -Easter volumes broadly discuss religious origins and traditions from around the world as well as suggest crafts and recipes with rather challenging instructions. The text is serviceable, but the scrapbooklike layout is congested. Color photos show people of different ethnicities; the biblical story sections feature illustrations with white characters. Christmas includes a play script. A quiz concludes each book. Ind. Review covers these Seasonal Companions titles: The Christmas Book and The Easter Book.

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(4) K-3 Plan, Prepare, Cook series. A colorful series of beginner's cookbooks emphasizes healthy eating habits and connects good nutrition with youth energy requirements. Each book has ten easy-to-make recipes, many of which require little or no cooking. Busy spreads include photos of each step and kids enjoying the wholesome results. A concluding section covers "How To!" crack eggs, whisk, grate, etc. Safety rules and equipment guide included. Glos., ind. Review covers these Plan, Prepare, Cook titles: A Tasty Breakfast, A Tasty Dinner, Tasty Drinks and Snacks, and A Tasty Lunch.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Plan, Prepare, Cook series. A colorful series of beginner's cookbooks emphasizes healthy eating habits and connects good nutrition with youth energy requirements. Each book has ten easy-to-make recipes, many of which require little or no cooking. Busy spreads include photos of each step and kids enjoying the wholesome results. A concluding section covers "How To!" crack eggs, whisk, grate, etc. Safety rules and equipment guide included. Glos., ind. Review covers these Plan, Prepare, Cook titles: A Tasty Breakfast, A Tasty Dinner, Tasty Drinks and Snacks, and A Tasty Lunch.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Plan, Prepare, Cook series. A colorful series of beginner's cookbooks emphasizes healthy eating habits and connects good nutrition with youth energy requirements. Each book has ten easy-to-make recipes, many of which require little or no cooking. Busy spreads include photos of each step and kids enjoying the wholesome results. A concluding section covers "How To!" crack eggs, whisk, grate, etc. Safety rules and equipment guide included. Glos., ind. Review covers these Plan, Prepare, Cook titles: A Tasty Breakfast, A Tasty Dinner, Tasty Drinks and Snacks, and A Tasty Lunch.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Plan, Prepare, Cook series. A colorful series of beginner's cookbooks emphasizes healthy eating habits and connects good nutrition with youth energy requirements. Each book has ten easy-to-make recipes, many of which require little or no cooking. Busy spreads include photos of each step and kids enjoying the wholesome results. A concluding section covers "How To!" crack eggs, whisk, grate, etc. Safety rules and equipment guide included. Glos., ind. Review covers these Plan, Prepare, Cook titles: A Tasty Breakfast, A Tasty Dinner, Tasty Drinks and Snacks, and A Tasty Lunch.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Seasonal Companions series. These all-things-Christmas and -Easter volumes broadly discuss religious origins and traditions from around the world as well as suggest crafts and recipes with rather challenging instructions. The text is serviceable, but the scrapbooklike layout is congested. Color photos show people of different ethnicities; the biblical story sections feature illustrations with white characters. Christmas includes a play script. A quiz concludes each book. Ind. Review covers these Seasonal Companions titles: The Christmas Book and The Easter Book.

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(4) K-3 Have Fun with Arts and Crafts series. These six books centered on favorite themes each present fourteen craft activities. Step-by-step directions for costumes, games, foods, models, and other crafts are too complex for the children who would be interested in them, but patient adults or possibly creative teen babysitters could enjoy interactive crafting sessions with their young friends. Templates are appended for some of the items. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Have Fun with Arts and Crafts titles: Animals, Dinosaurs, Fairies, Knights and Castles, Pirates, amd Tractors and Trucks.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Have Fun with Arts and Crafts series. These six books centered on favorite themes each present fourteen craft activities. Step-by-step directions for costumes, games, foods, models, and other crafts are too complex for the children who would be interested in them, but patient adults or possibly creative teen babysitters could enjoy interactive crafting sessions with their young friends. Templates are appended for some of the items. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Have Fun with Arts and Crafts titles: Animals, Dinosaurs, Fairies, Knights and Castles, Pirates, amd Tractors and Trucks.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Have Fun with Arts and Crafts series. These six books centered on favorite themes each present fourteen craft activities. Step-by-step directions for costumes, games, foods, models, and other crafts are too complex for the children who would be interested in them, but patient adults or possibly creative teen babysitters could enjoy interactive crafting sessions with their young friends. Templates are appended for some of the items. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Have Fun with Arts and Crafts titles: Animals, Dinosaurs, Fairies, Knights and Castles, Pirates, amd Tractors and Trucks.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Have Fun with Arts and Crafts series. These six books centered on favorite themes each present fourteen craft activities. Step-by-step directions for costumes, games, foods, models, and other crafts are too complex for the children who would be interested in them, but patient adults or possibly creative teen babysitters could enjoy interactive crafting sessions with their young friends. Templates are appended for some of the items. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Have Fun with Arts and Crafts titles: Animals, Dinosaurs, Fairies, Knights and Castles, Pirates, amd Tractors and Trucks.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Have Fun with Arts and Crafts series. These six books centered on favorite themes each present fourteen craft activities. Step-by-step directions for costumes, games, foods, models, and other crafts are too complex for the children who would be interested in them, but patient adults or possibly creative teen babysitters could enjoy interactive crafting sessions with their young friends. Templates are appended for some of the items. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Have Fun with Arts and Crafts titles: Animals, Dinosaurs, Fairies, Knights and Castles, Pirates, amd Tractors and Trucks.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Have Fun with Arts and Crafts series. These six books centered on favorite themes each present fourteen craft activities. Step-by-step directions for costumes, games, foods, models, and other crafts are too complex for the children who would be interested in them, but patient adults or possibly creative teen babysitters could enjoy interactive crafting sessions with their young friends. Templates are appended for some of the items. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Have Fun with Arts and Crafts titles: Animals, Dinosaurs, Fairies, Knights and Castles, Pirates, amd Tractors and Trucks.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) 4-6 Know Your Sport series. Each how-to volume provides an introduction to the equipment, techniques, and safety measures for the title water sport. Serviceable instructive photographs help illustrate such concepts as tacking a sailboat and paddling a kayak, while engaging stock images capture the excitement on the water. The volumes conclude with racing information, profiling top racers, rules, and tactics. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Know Your Sport titles: Sailing and Canoeing and Kayaking.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan