(3) K-3 Canada Through Time series. With easy-to-read texts and a simple layout, this serviceable series contains basic facts about Canadian history, from aboriginal peoples and the first settlers, to nineteenth-century immigration and expansion, to contemporary life there. Photographs, drawings, and other illustrations help tell the story. Suitable for elementary reports, each book also contains a related activity. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Canada Through Time titles: Canada Today, First Nations and Early Explorers, and Immigration and New Communities.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(3) K-3 Canada Through Time series. With easy-to-read texts and a simple layout, this serviceable series contains basic facts about Canadian history, from aboriginal peoples and the first settlers, to nineteenth-century immigration and expansion, to contemporary life there. Photographs, drawings, and other illustrations help tell the story. Suitable for elementary reports, each book also contains a related activity. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Canada Through Time titles: Canada Today, First Nations and Early Explorers, and Immigration and New Communities.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(3) K-3 Canada Through Time series. With easy-to-read texts and a simple layout, this serviceable series contains basic facts about Canadian history, from aboriginal peoples and the first settlers, to nineteenth-century immigration and expansion, to contemporary life there. Photographs, drawings, and other illustrations help tell the story. Suitable for elementary reports, each book also contains a related activity. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Canada Through Time titles: Canada Today, First Nations and Early Explorers, and Immigration and New Communities.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) 4-6 Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time series. In this installment in his time-traveling series, mouse Geronimo (the series' purported author) and crew hop in three different time machines that take them on adventures in the Ice Age, ancient Greece, and the Renaissance. As usual, the formulaic volume is heavily illustrated and graphically busy. Additional features include historical facts, pop quizzes, activities, craft projects, and a puzzle.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) 4-6 Through Time series. Illustrated by Manuela Cappon. Platt presents a chronological overview of New York City's history (mostly focused on Manhattan) from 1600 to the present. The narrative just barely scratches the surface but does get across the city's triumphs and travails. Each spread is crammed with text and drawings featuring miniatures that are great fun to explore. Timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) 4-6 Cooking through Time series. Illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis. This surprisingly comprehensive yet thoroughly accessible overview of twentieth-century American eating habits covers such phenomena as Depression- and WWII-era scarcities, the development of convenience foods and fad diets, and the increasing popularity of ethnic cooking, vegetarianism, celebrity chefs, and organic products. Illustrated with cartoonish spot art, this fact-filled book also includes eight recipes, with instructions suggesting adaptations for classroom use. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(4) 4-6 Through Time series. Illustrated by Manuela Cappon. This book traces Pompeii's history, from its beginnings as a collection of huts through its apex as a Roman colony culminating in its modern iteration as a tourist destination. The search-and-find aspect--focusing on one ever-evolving house--requires a high level of commitment from readers. Each double-page spread includes an illustration crowded by main text, captions, and annotations. Timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) 4-6 Rivers through Time series. Each book focuses on the cities bordering the titular river using short chapters, timelines, and maps to cover the history and geography of the Indus and Ganges rivers. Current concerns about pollution and trade relations on the rivers are addressed in some depth. Clear photographs, maps, and charts extend the text. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Rivers Through Time titles: Settlements of the Indus River and Settlements of the Ganges River.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

(3) 4-6 Rivers through Time series. Using short chapters, timelines, and maps to cover history and geography, this book focuses on the cities that line the Nile. Modern concerns, such as the fear that various projects planned by different countries who share the river will dry it up before it reaches the sea, are also covered. Clear photographs, maps, and charts extend the text. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

(3) 4-6 Rivers through Time series. This book focuses on the cities that border the river Thames using short chapters, timelines, and maps to cover its history and geography. Particular attention is paid to some of the unusual traditions tied to the river. A section on flooding addresses modern concerns. Clear photographs, maps, and charts extend the text. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

(3) 4-6 Rivers through Time series. Although focusing on the major cities lining the Mississippi, this book manages to bring in technical details about ship locks and watercraft. The rich information is organized by city, making the history of the area difficult to follow, but careful readers will be rewarded. A timeline helps clear up confusion, and reproduced photographs and illustrations add interest. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

(3) 4-6 Rivers through Time series. Each book focuses on the cities bordering the titular river using short chapters, timelines, and maps to cover the history and geography of the Indus and Ganges rivers. Current concerns about pollution and trade relations on the rivers are addressed in some depth. Clear photographs, maps, and charts extend the text. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Rivers Through Time titles: Settlements of the Indus River and Settlements of the Ganges River.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

(3) 4-6 Voyages through Time series. Illustrated with striking color photos, this book's well-written text provides a succinct overview of space exploration. Beginning with Robert Goddard's rocketry experiments in the 1920s, Ackroyd follows the 1960s space race, recounts the first moon landing, and discusses today's space shuttles and station. Sidebars and captioned photos provide relevant supplemental information. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Voyages through Time series. Starting with the Big Bang, this wide-ranging, eloquently written history explains how early life forms evolved, surveys the age of the dinosaurs, addresses the mysteries of human origin, and takes readers through the last Ice Age, which ended about ten thousand years ago. Illustrated with adequate illustrations and photos, the book also includes dinosaur and mammal charts, as well as a chart of extinction events. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Bob Moulder. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Bob Moulder. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Chris Rothero. This book traces historical events and cultural practices in this city first called Byzantium in 657 B.C.E., later the Roman Empire's Constantinople, and in the present-day Istanbul in Turkey. The fluent text is accompanied by historical reproductions, lifeless textbook-quality illustrations, and a few contemporary photos. Boxed quotations, many from primary sources, are frequently effective. A time line is included. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Bob Moulder. These serviceable, though superficial, introductions trace historical events and cultural practices of these cities up to the present. The texts are supported by historical reproductions, effective primary-source quotations, and a few contemporary photos. All the topics (e.g., the Reformation, food) get the same two-page treatment, so the books' focus sometimes lurches. At times, the undistinguished illustrations almost obscure the text. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian