The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Rissman, Rebecca

Urban Farming

48 pp. | ABDO/Core Library | August, 2015 | Library ISBN 978-1-62403-868-6 $32.79

(4) 4-6 Food Matters series. This accessibly designed title provides information about "raising food inside a city's limits." Photographs, text boxes, sidebars, and primary source quotes extend the presentation. While the focus on Common Core standards encourages worthy skills such as comparing sources or finding textual evidence backing a point, few students will appreciate the built-in assignments (e.g., "write a short essay..."). Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey