(4) 4-6 Global Cities series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. Readers are introduced to the history, culture, economy, environment, and challenges faced by these cities. Each section is dense with facts, reading like an encyclopedia entry, but the "case study" sidebars focusing on specific people or issues provide insider views. Well-captioned photographs, charts, graphs, and maps appear throughout the busy pages. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Global Cities titles: Tokyo, Mumbai, and Beijing.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) 4-6 Global Cities series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. Readers are introduced to the history, culture, economy, environment, and challenges faced by these North American cities. Each section is dense with facts, reading like an encyclopedia entry, but the "case study" sidebars focusing on specific people or issues provide insider views. Well-captioned photographs, charts, graphs, and maps appear throughout the busy pages; Los Angeles has occasional typos. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Global Cities titles: Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) 4-6 Changing Face Of series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. After an introduction to a major city and key country facts, chapters profile the history, land, and resources of these two countries. Environmental and diversity issues are superficially explored as they relate to changes in population, work, and home life. Small photos and "In Their Own Words" text boxes (purported quotes from citizens) enhance the overviews. Map, reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Changing Face Of titles: Kenya and Egypt.]

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Changing Face Of series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. After an introduction to a major city and key country facts, chapters provide background on each country's history and resources. Environmental and diversity issues are superficially explored as they relate to changes in population, work, and home life. Small photos and "In Their Own Words" text boxes (purported quotes from citizens) enhance the country overviews. Map, reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Changing Face Of titles: Italy, France, Spain, and Germany.]

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Changing Face Of series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. After an introduction to a major city and key country facts, chapters provide background on each country's history and resources. Environmental and diversity issues are superficially explored as they relate to changes in population, work, and home life. Small photos and "In Their Own Words" text boxes (purported quotes from citizens) enhance the country overviews. Map, reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Changing Face Of titles: Italy, France, Spain, and Germany.]

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Changing Face Of series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. After an introduction to a major city and key country facts, chapters profile the history, land, and resources of these two Asian countries. Environmental and diversity issues are superficially explored as they relate to changes in population, work, and home life. Small photos and "In Their Own Words" text boxes (purported quotes from citizens) enhance the overviews. Map, reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Changing Face Of titles: China and Japan.]

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Changing Face Of series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. After an introduction to Toronto and key country facts, chapters superficially focus on Canada's history, land, and resources, as well as changes in population, work and home life, and environment. Small photos and "In Their Own Words" text boxes (purported quotes from citizens) enhance the overview. Map, reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Changing Face Of series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. After an introduction to the city of Darwin and key country facts, chapters superficially focus on Australia's colonial past, land, and resources, as well as changes in population, work and home life, and the environment. Small photos and "In Their Own Words" text boxes (purported quotes from citizens) enhance the overview. Map, reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(3) 4-6 Science Projects series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. A series of double-page spreads introduces each topic with a combination of fact-heavy text and simple projects. The projects amply demonstrate important concepts such as combustion, distillation, erosion, and transpiration, while color photos aid in executing the experiments. Accompanying each project is a good mix of observation-centered questions and synthesis of concept questions. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Daniel Brabander

(3) 4-6 Science Projects series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. A series of double-page spreads introduces each topic with a combination of fact-heavy text and simple projects. The projects amply demonstrate important concepts such as combustion, distillation, erosion, and transpiration, while color photos aid in executing the experiments. Accompanying each project is a good mix of observation-centered questions and synthesis of concept questions. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Daniel Brabander

(3) 4-6 Science Projects series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. A series of double-page spreads introduces each topic with a combination of fact-heavy text and simple projects. The projects amply demonstrate important concepts such as combustion, distillation, erosion, and transpiration, while color photos aid in executing the experiments. Accompanying each project is a good mix of observation-centered questions and synthesis of concept questions. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Daniel Brabander

(3) 4-6 Science Projects series. Photographs by Chris Fairclough. A series of double-page spreads introduces each topic with a combination of fact-heavy text and simple projects. The projects amply demonstrate important concepts such as combustion, distillation, erosion, and transpiration, while color photos aid in executing the experiments. Accompanying each project is a good mix of observation-centered questions and synthesis of concept questions. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Daniel Brabander