(4) 4-6 Amazing Origami series. In each volume, two somewhat boilerplate double-page spreads give a bit of background to this traditional Japanese craft and list the materials and basic techniques required to complete six or seven projects. Step-by-step illustrated instructions lead to three-dimensional miniature dogs, mice, iguanadons, gift boxes, rockets, boats, and more. Precision required--not for the impatient! Ind. Review covers these Amazing Origami titles: Amazing Origami Animals, Amazing Origami Dinosaurs, Amazing Origami Gifts, and Amazing Origami Vehicles.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Amazing Origami series. REVIEW MISSING

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Amazing Origami series. REVIEW MISSING

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Amazing Origami series. REVIEW MISSING

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Makerspace Models series. Each book presents eight engineering projects with a materials guide, step-by-step directions (most six to eight steps plus one longer project), helpful photos, and sidebars touching on how the project works and real-world connections. Safety tips appear before the table of contents. The engaging, relatively simple projects would work well in makerspaces. A larger trim size might have made the pages less cramped. Glos., ind. Review covers these Makerspace Models titles: Build Your Own Boats and Build Your Own Robots.

Reviewer: Janet Dawson

(4) 4-6 Makerspace Models series. Each book presents eight engineering projects with a materials guide, step-by-step directions (most six to eight steps plus one longer project), helpful photos, and sidebars touching on how the project works and real-world connections. Safety tips appear before the table of contents. The engaging, relatively simple projects would work well in makerspaces. A larger trim size might have made the pages less cramped. Glos., ind. Review covers these Makerspace Models titles: Build Your Own Boats and Build Your Own Robots.

Reviewer: Janet Dawson

(3) 4-6 How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers series. Illustrated by Ryan Pentney. These first-person how-to guides purport to instruct the reader on being a "fiendish" ruler. In a conversational and tongue-in-cheek tone, these books present historical facts about how kings, pharaohs, shoguns, and emperors managed their realms. Illustrations emphasize the comical, using exaggerated facial expressions, postures, and speech balloons to good effect. Humor aside, the books still provide solid information about past royal life. Ind. Review covers these How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers titles: An Emperor's Guide, A King's Guide, A Pharaoh's Guide, and A Shogun's Guide.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) 4-6 How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers series. Illustrated by Ryan Pentney. These first-person how-to guides purport to instruct the reader on being a "fiendish" ruler. In a conversational and tongue-in-cheek tone, these books present historical facts about how kings, pharaohs, shoguns, and emperors managed their realms. Illustrations emphasize the comical, using exaggerated facial expressions, postures, and speech balloons to good effect. Humor aside, the books still provide solid information about past royal life. Ind. Review covers these How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers titles: An Emperor's Guide, A King's Guide, A Pharaoh's Guide, and A Shogun's Guide.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) 4-6 How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers series. Illustrated by Ryan Pentney. These first-person how-to guides purport to instruct the reader on being a "fiendish" ruler. In a conversational and tongue-in-cheek tone, these books present historical facts about how kings, pharaohs, shoguns, and emperors managed their realms. Illustrations emphasize the comical, using exaggerated facial expressions, postures, and speech balloons to good effect. Humor aside, the books still provide solid information about past royal life. Ind. Review covers these How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers titles: An Emperor's Guide, A King's Guide, A Pharaoh's Guide, and A Shogun's Guide.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) 4-6 How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers series. Illustrated by Ryan Pentney. These first-person how-to guides purport to instruct the reader on being a "fiendish" ruler. In a conversational and tongue-in-cheek tone, these books present historical facts about how kings, pharaohs, shoguns, and emperors managed their realms. Illustrations emphasize the comical, using exaggerated facial expressions, postures, and speech balloons to good effect. Humor aside, the books still provide solid information about past royal life. Ind. Review covers these How-to Guides for Fiendish Rulers titles: An Emperor's Guide, A King's Guide, A Pharaoh's Guide, and A Shogun's Guide.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. These books introduce basic anatomy and the functions and dysfunctions of human body systems through text (in tiny font), illustrations, and schematics. Each volume concludes with a chronology illustrating historical beliefs and scientific discoveries as well as a spread of random facts. Scattered stick figures interacting with the medical illustrations provide the series' gimmick but little else. Ind. Review covers these Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body titles: Stickmen's Guide to Your Beating Heart, Stickmen's Guide to Your Brilliant Brain, Stickmen's Guide to Your Gurgling Guts, and Stickmen's Guide to Your Mighty Muscles and Bones.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. These books introduce basic anatomy and the functions and dysfunctions of human body systems through text (in tiny font), illustrations, and schematics. Each volume concludes with a chronology illustrating historical beliefs and scientific discoveries as well as a spread of random facts. Scattered stick figures interacting with the medical illustrations provide the series' gimmick but little else. Ind. Review covers these Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body titles: Stickmen's Guide to Your Beating Heart, Stickmen's Guide to Your Brilliant Brain, Stickmen's Guide to Your Gurgling Guts, and Stickmen's Guide to Your Mighty Muscles and Bones.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. These books introduce basic anatomy and the functions and dysfunctions of human body systems through text (in tiny font), illustrations, and schematics. Each volume concludes with a chronology illustrating historical beliefs and scientific discoveries as well as a spread of random facts. Scattered stick figures interacting with the medical illustrations provide the series' gimmick but little else. Ind. Review covers these Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body titles: Stickmen's Guide to Your Beating Heart, Stickmen's Guide to Your Brilliant Brain, Stickmen's Guide to Your Gurgling Guts, and Stickmen's Guide to Your Mighty Muscles and Bones.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. These books introduce basic anatomy and the functions and dysfunctions of human body systems through text (in tiny font), illustrations, and schematics. Each volume concludes with a chronology illustrating historical beliefs and scientific discoveries as well as a spread of random facts. Scattered stick figures interacting with the medical illustrations provide the series' gimmick but little else. Ind. Review covers these Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body titles: Stickmen's Guide to Your Beating Heart, Stickmen's Guide to Your Brilliant Brain, Stickmen's Guide to Your Gurgling Guts, and Stickmen's Guide to Your Mighty Muscles and Bones.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) 4-6 Sickening History of Medicine series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. The emphasis here is on the gross and bizarre in the history of medicine and diseases. In each book, an introduction is followed by twelve sections covering the goriest details of past epidemics, unhygienic practices, ancient medicines (e.g., poisonous hemlock) and treatments (bloodletting), "quacks," and more. Cartoon characters with horrified and disgusted expressions illustrate the brief, engaging texts. Timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Sickening History of Medicine titles: Plague!, Quacks and Con Artists, Strange Medicine, and Tiny Killers.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) 4-6 Sickening History of Medicine series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. The emphasis here is on the gross and bizarre in the history of medicine and diseases. In each book, an introduction is followed by twelve sections covering the goriest details of past epidemics, unhygienic practices, ancient medicines (e.g., poisonous hemlock) and treatments (bloodletting), "quacks," and more. Cartoon characters with horrified and disgusted expressions illustrate the brief, engaging texts. Timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Sickening History of Medicine titles: Plague!, Quacks and Con Artists, Strange Medicine, and Tiny Killers.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) 4-6 Sickening History of Medicine series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. The emphasis here is on the gross and bizarre in the history of medicine and diseases. In each book, an introduction is followed by twelve sections covering the goriest details of past epidemics, unhygienic practices, ancient medicines (e.g., poisonous hemlock) and treatments (bloodletting), "quacks," and more. Cartoon characters with horrified and disgusted expressions illustrate the brief, engaging texts. Timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Sickening History of Medicine titles: Plague!, Quacks and Con Artists, Strange Medicine, and Tiny Killers.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) 4-6 Sickening History of Medicine series. Illustrated by Venitia Dean. The emphasis here is on the gross and bizarre in the history of medicine and diseases. In each book, an introduction is followed by twelve sections covering the goriest details of past epidemics, unhygienic practices, ancient medicines (e.g., poisonous hemlock) and treatments (bloodletting), "quacks," and more. Cartoon characters with horrified and disgusted expressions illustrate the brief, engaging texts. Timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Sickening History of Medicine titles: Plague!, Quacks and Con Artists, Strange Medicine, and Tiny Killers.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Crazy Creepy Crawlers series. Illustrated by Santiago Calle. This series takes a close-up look at creatures that many children find fascinatingly creepy. Illustrated with zoomed-in photographs and comics segments (including humorous speech-bubble comments), the volumes provide ample information to satisfy budding entomologists and enough levity to benefit those less drawn to "creepy crawlers." The layouts favor visuals over text, with tiny type densely packed into boxes and sidebars. Glos., ind. Review covers these Crazy Creepy Crawlers titles: Deadly Spiders, Extraordinary Insects, Flying Creepy Crawlers, and Tiny Creepy Crawlers.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) 4-6 Crazy Creepy Crawlers series. Illustrated by Santiago Calle. This series takes a close-up look at creatures that many children find fascinatingly creepy. Illustrated with zoomed-in photographs and comics segments (including humorous speech-bubble comments), the volumes provide ample information to satisfy budding entomologists and enough levity to benefit those less drawn to "creepy crawlers." The layouts favor visuals over text, with tiny type densely packed into boxes and sidebars. Glos., ind. Review covers these Crazy Creepy Crawlers titles: Deadly Spiders, Extraordinary Insects, Flying Creepy Crawlers, and Tiny Creepy Crawlers.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg