(4) K-3 Our Great States series. Culture oversimplifies a complex, multifaceted topic; Reconstruction does a better job (superficially) outlining events and influences on post–Civil War United States. Both books suffer from choppily written texts ("White people owned the slaves. Slaves were considered property"); colorized archival illustrations, photos, and sidebars supplement the information. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these African-American History titles: African-American Culture and The Reconstruction Era.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(4) K-3 Our Great States series. Culture oversimplifies a complex, multifaceted topic; Reconstruction does a better job (superficially) outlining events and influences on post–Civil War United States. Both books suffer from choppily written texts ("White people owned the slaves. Slaves were considered property"); colorized archival illustrations, photos, and sidebars supplement the information. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these African-American History titles: African-American Culture and The Reconstruction Era.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(4) K-3 Our Great States series. Culture oversimplifies a complex, multifaceted topic; Reconstruction does a better job (superficially) outlining events and influences on post–Civil War United States. Both books suffer from choppily written texts ("White people owned the slaves. Slaves were considered property"); colorized archival illustrations, photos, and sidebars supplement the information. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these African-American History titles: African-American Culture and The Reconstruction Era.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(4) K-3 Our Great States series. Culture oversimplifies a complex, multifaceted topic; Reconstruction does a better job (superficially) outlining events and influences on post–Civil War United States. Both books suffer from choppily written texts ("White people owned the slaves. Slaves were considered property"); colorized archival illustrations, photos, and sidebars supplement the information. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these African-American History titles: African-American Culture and The Reconstruction Era.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(4) K-3 Our Great States series. This boilerplate series highlights attractions in each state covered. Generic photos and second-person narration make the books feel like glorified brochures. Layouts are straightforward and clean, and the information is well organized but could become outdated as attractions, events, and businesses mentioned change or even close. Sidebars provide richer historical information. A map and facts are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review includes these Our Great States titles in addition to 13 more books in the series: What's Great About Montana?, What's Great About Virginia?, What's Great About Colorado?, What's Great About New Mexico?, and What's Great About Georgia?[cf1}.