(4) K-3 Holiday Crafts series. Illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole. Each book offers five or six simple craft projects that can be completed with ordinary materials by children of many ages (with adult help). The steps, which involve mostly easy cutting, gluing, and painting, are illustrated with drawings, some more clearly than others. Notes on the titular holidays are included. There are four other fall 2016 books in this series. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Holiday Crafts books: Thanksgiving Crafts, Valentine's Day Crafts, Christmas Crafts, and Birthday Crafts.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Wild Bears series. Two-page chapters introduce new readers to a handful of facts about different bear species. The choppy texts touch on physical features and adaptations, habitat, diet and hunting methods, cub-rearing habits, and endangered status. The chapters are logically organized and include a bright, relevant full-page photo on each spread. "Fun Fact" boxes are interspersed throughout. There are three other fall 2015 books in this series. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Wild Bears titles: Sloth Bears, Sun Bears, Grizzly Bears, and Polar Bears.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(4) K-3 Wild Bears series. Two-page chapters introduce new readers to a handful of facts about different bear species. The choppy texts touch on physical features and adaptations, habitat, diet and hunting methods, cub-rearing habits, and endangered status. The chapters are logically organized and include a bright, relevant full-page photo on each spread. "Fun Fact" boxes are interspersed throughout. There are three other fall 2015 books in this series. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Wild Bears titles: Sloth Bears, Sun Bears, Grizzly Bears, and Polar Bears.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(3) K-3 Name That Text Type! series. Four short chapters introduce everyday encounters with poetry, poetry as a means of expressing ideas, craft techniques (i.e., alliteration, simile and metaphor, rhythm and rhyme), and poetic forms (i.e., concrete, haiku, free verse). Sample poetry, set against full-bleed stock photos consistent with each poem's content, meaningfully illustrates each paragraph on technique. A poetry-writing activity is appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox