(4) 4-6 Edge Books: Pro Sports by the Numbers series. These hi-lo books focus on displays of statistics, percentages, and records. Basketball features such measurements as ball dimensions, player heights, and sneaker sizes. Football includes Super Bowl viewers and game-day wind chills. Busy layouts consist of colorful graphics and photographs that work overtime to present the information. Ardent sports fans will pore over the facts. Critical thinking questions are appended. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Edge Books: Pro Sports by the Numbers titles: Pro Basketball by the Numbers and Pro Football by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) 4-6 Edge Books: Pro Sports by the Numbers series. Incorporating primary source material and photographs of varying quality, this series provides an insider's view of elite sports competitions. After an introductory list of "fast facts," five brief narrative chapters each focus on a real person's particular point of view (coach, athlete, referee, fan, cheerleader, broadcaster, etc.). Overall, these volumes are uneven and slim on substantive information. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Inside Look at Sports Events titles: Inside the Daytona 500, Inside the NBA Finals, Inside the Olympics, Inside the Super Bowl, Inside the World Cup, and Inside the World Series.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Numbers 1–20 series. These basic small-trim books teach the numbers one through twenty. Each page includes a crisp stock photo with a two-sentence caption ("There are 18 white feathers. They are soft"). The featured number is then shown with counters, a numeral, a word, and on a number line. Counting in some of Animals's photos can be more challenging because of clustering critters. Glos.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Numbers 1–20 series. These basic small-trim books teach the numbers one through twenty. Each page includes a crisp stock photo with a two-sentence caption ("There are 18 white feathers. They are soft"). The featured number is then shown with counters, a numeral, a word, and on a number line. Counting in some of Animals's photos can be more challenging because of clustering critters. Glos.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Numbers 1–20 series. These basic small-trim books teach the numbers one through twenty. Each page includes a crisp stock photo with a two-sentence caption ("There are 18 white feathers. They are soft"). The featured number is then shown with counters, a numeral, a word, and on a number line. Counting in some of Animals's photos can be more challenging because of clustering critters. Glos.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Numbers 1–20 series. These basic small-trim books teach the numbers one through twenty. Each page includes a crisp stock photo with a two-sentence caption ("There are 18 white feathers. They are soft"). The featured number is then shown with counters, a numeral, a word, and on a number line. Counting in some of Animals's photos can be more challenging because of clustering critters. Glos.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 4-6 Your Body by Numbers series. In this well-organized volume, a question-and-answer format is used to present major functions of the human body, the body parts and systems that perform those functions, as well as growth and nutrition. The crammed layouts include fact boxes, color photographs, and diagrams. A set of activities helps readers connect the concepts to their own bodies. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) 4-6 Your Body by Numbers series. Subheadings, charts, graphs, and captioned full-color photographs are gathered with short paragraphs and information boxes to cover anatomy and function of the brain and digestive system. The emphasis on measurable data overwhelms the otherwise solid explanations and makes the text a bit choppy. The appended "Test Yourself" spread poses ten questions and a research challenge. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Your Body by Numbers titles: Your Digestive System and Your Brain.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Sports by the Numbers series. These easy-to-read books superficially discuss different sports and their relationships to numbers. Chapters provide general sports information ("A golf course has either 9 or 18 holes") and word problems that test reader's ability to add and subtract. Additional facts and answers to the problems appear at the end. Cheery photos and mundane computer-generated illustrations accompany the kid-friendly, accessible text. Glos. Review covers these Sports by the Numbers titles: Bowling by the Numbers, Golf by the Numbers, Gymnastics by the Numbers, and Skateboarding by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Julie Bartynski-Fenner

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Sports by the Numbers series. These easy-to-read books superficially discuss different sports and their relationships to numbers. Chapters provide general sports information ("A golf course has either 9 or 18 holes") and word problems that test reader's ability to add and subtract. Additional facts and answers to the problems appear at the end. Cheery photos and mundane computer-generated illustrations accompany the kid-friendly, accessible text. Glos. Review covers these Sports by the Numbers titles: Bowling by the Numbers, Golf by the Numbers, Gymnastics by the Numbers, and Skateboarding by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Julie Bartynski-Fenner

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Sports by the Numbers series. These easy-to-read books superficially discuss different sports and their relationships to numbers. Chapters provide general sports information ("A golf course has either 9 or 18 holes") and word problems that test reader's ability to add and subtract. Additional facts and answers to the problems appear at the end. Cheery photos and mundane computer-generated illustrations accompany the kid-friendly, accessible text. Glos. Review covers these Sports by the Numbers titles: Bowling by the Numbers, Golf by the Numbers, Gymnastics by the Numbers, and Skateboarding by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Julie Bartynski-Fenner

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Sports by the Numbers series. These easy-to-read books superficially discuss different sports and their relationships to numbers. Chapters provide general sports information ("A golf course has either 9 or 18 holes") and word problems that test reader's ability to add and subtract. Additional facts and answers to the problems appear at the end. Cheery photos and mundane computer-generated illustrations accompany the kid-friendly, accessible text. Glos. Review covers these Sports by the Numbers titles: Bowling by the Numbers, Golf by the Numbers, Gymnastics by the Numbers, and Skateboarding by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Julie Bartynski-Fenner

(4) YA Numbers series. In post-apocalyptic England, Adam's ability to read a person's death-date--their number--gets him captured by Saul, who steals others' numbers. If Adam won't cooperate, Saul will take Adam's girlfriend's number or his adopted daughter Mia's, leaving them to die. In this trilogy ender (Numbers; The Chaos), Ward doesn't create much new momentum, but plentiful action and high stakes will appease fans.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(2) YA Numbers series. Adam (Numbers), who can sense on what date people will die, alarmingly foresees thousands of deaths on "01012027." Meanwhile, he fights his growing attraction to Sarah, who has prophetic nightmares about him. Poignant characters balance gritty street talk and a tough demeanor against their tender and conscientious impulses. Readers propelled by the story's driving action will be gratified by the surprising resolution.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2011

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers series. In this unremarkable math-meets-sports series, each book's introduction shows how numbers are related to the title sport: e.g., "A basketball hoop is 10 feet (3 m) high." Basic facts and diagrams of the field, court, or rink are followed by "Offense" and "Defense" spreads in which stock photographs appear alongside brief, choppy sentences and very simple word problems. Glos. Review covers these SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers titles: Ice Hockey by the Numbers, Soccer by the Numbers, Volleyball by the Numbers, Baseball by the Numbers, Basketball by the Numbers, and Football by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers series. In this unremarkable math-meets-sports series, each book's introduction shows how numbers are related to the title sport: e.g., "A basketball hoop is 10 feet (3 m) high." Basic facts and diagrams of the field, court, or rink are followed by "Offense" and "Defense" spreads in which stock photographs appear alongside brief, choppy sentences and very simple word problems. Glos. Review covers these SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers titles: Ice Hockey by the Numbers, Soccer by the Numbers, Volleyball by the Numbers, Baseball by the Numbers, Basketball by the Numbers, and Football by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers series. In this unremarkable math-meets-sports series, each book's introduction shows how numbers are related to the title sport: e.g., "A basketball hoop is 10 feet (3 m) high." Basic facts and diagrams of the field, court, or rink are followed by "Offense" and "Defense" spreads in which stock photographs appear alongside brief, choppy sentences and very simple word problems. Glos. Review covers these SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers titles: Ice Hockey by the Numbers, Soccer by the Numbers, Volleyball by the Numbers, Baseball by the Numbers, Basketball by the Numbers, and Football by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers series. In this unremarkable math-meets-sports series, each book's introduction shows how numbers are related to the title sport: e.g., "A basketball hoop is 10 feet (3 m) high." Basic facts and diagrams of the field, court, or rink are followed by "Offense" and "Defense" spreads in which stock photographs appear alongside brief, choppy sentences and very simple word problems. Glos. Review covers these SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers titles: Ice Hockey by the Numbers, Soccer by the Numbers, Volleyball by the Numbers, Baseball by the Numbers, Basketball by the Numbers, and Football by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers series. In this unremarkable math-meets-sports series, each book's introduction shows how numbers are related to the title sport: e.g., "A basketball hoop is 10 feet (3 m) high." Basic facts and diagrams of the field, court, or rink are followed by "Offense" and "Defense" spreads in which stock photographs appear alongside brief, choppy sentences and very simple word problems. Glos. Review covers these SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers titles: Ice Hockey by the Numbers, Soccer by the Numbers, Volleyball by the Numbers, Baseball by the Numbers, Basketball by the Numbers, and Football by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers series. In this unremarkable math-meets-sports series, each book's introduction shows how numbers are related to the title sport: e.g., "A basketball hoop is 10 feet (3 m) high." Basic facts and diagrams of the field, court, or rink are followed by "Offense" and "Defense" spreads in which stock photographs appear alongside brief, choppy sentences and very simple word problems. Glos. Review covers these SandCastle: Team Sports by the Numbers titles: Ice Hockey by the Numbers, Soccer by the Numbers, Volleyball by the Numbers, Baseball by the Numbers, Basketball by the Numbers, and Football by the Numbers.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger