(4) 4-6 Race Car Legends series. These books (all but Danica are revised) include behind-the-scenes details that will please racing fans. The biographies profile the racing greats' lives and careers; Need introduces types of auto racing and traces the continuing quest for faster cars. The design is unremarkable and the texts bland, but the books are quite informative. Sidebars and captioned photos of varying quality appear throughout. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review includes these Race Car Legends titles: Jeff Gordon, The Jarretts, Danica Patrick, Mark Martin, The Need for Speed, The Allisons, and A. J. Foyt.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) 4-6 Book Report Biography series. A disparate group of individuals are featured in this series of books, each beginning with an important moment in the subject's life and then looking back at his childhood and forward to his important personal achievements. The books are readable, though the accompanying black-and-white photos and reproductions are often dark. All the books contain chronologies; Lucas and MacArthur include glossaries. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta