(4) 4-6 Edge Books: Dogs on the Job series. These books focus on man's best friend not as a pet but as on-the-job canines selected and trained to improve human lives by supporting military personnel and assisting people with disabilities, illnesses, or emotional problems. Color photos (many poorly cropped or suffering from design flaws) and sidebars with word definitions, anecdotes, and facts complement the matter-of-fact text. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Edge Books: Dogs on the Job titles: Military Dogs and Therapy Dogs.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Edge Books: Dogs on the Job series. These books focus on man's best friend not as a pet but as on-the-job canines selected and trained to improve human lives by supporting military personnel and assisting people with disabilities, illnesses, or emotional problems. Color photos (many poorly cropped or suffering from design flaws) and sidebars with word definitions, anecdotes, and facts complement the matter-of-fact text. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Edge Books: Dogs on the Job titles: Military Dogs and Therapy Dogs.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) K-3 On the Job series. Artists offers superficial information about Julie Taymor, the designer of "The Lion King"; Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam War Memorial; and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. Job discusses different types of photography (e.g., commercial, underwater, travel, illustration) and includes profiles of working photographers. These accessible books include color photos. Websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these On the Job titles: Artists at Work and What a Job!.]

Reviewer: Mark Adam

(4) K-3 On the Job series. Artists offers superficial information about Julie Taymor, the designer of "The Lion King"; Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam War Memorial; and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. Job discusses different types of photography (e.g., commercial, underwater, travel, illustration) and includes profiles of working photographers. These accessible books include color photos. Websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these On the Job titles: Artists at Work and What a Job!.]

Reviewer: Mark Adam

(4) K-3 On the Job series. This introduction superficially profiles past and present paleontologists, including pioneers Othniel Charles Marsh and his rival Edward Drinker Cope, who between them assembled the fossils for and named 142 types of dinosaurs; and Rebecca Hyne, an amateur fossil hunter who found prehistoric shark teeth. Color photos and a few diagrams accompany the accessible text. Websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Mark Adam

(4) K-3 On the Job series. In Rescue, an accessible text profiles different types of rescue work by trained professionals and amateurs, as well as tools of the trade. Animal looks at the work of zoologists, entomologists, and ornithologists and gives a glimpse at six other animal scientists. Color photos in an inviting design accompany these superficial overviews. Glos, ind. [Review covers these On the Job titles: To the Rescue and Animal Watch.]

Reviewer: Mark Adam

(4) K-3 On the Job series. A simple, easy-to-read text and stock color photos superficially profile six recent Olympic champions, including track stars Marion Jones and Michael Johnson, wrestler Rulon Gardner, and swimmer Amy Van Dyken. Each brief entry emphasizes personal obstacles and determination. A "Hall of Fame" chart mentions eight additional Olympic heroes. Websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Mark Adam

(4) K-3 On the Job series. In Rescue, an accessible text profiles different types of rescue work by trained professionals and amateurs, as well as tools of the trade. Animal looks at the work of zoologists, entomologists, and ornithologists and gives a glimpse at six other animal scientists. Color photos in an inviting design accompany these superficial overviews. Glos, ind. [Review covers these On the Job titles: To the Rescue and Animal Watch.]

Reviewer: Mark Adam