How Machines Work: Zoo Break!, by David Macaulay | Book Review
Parents want a book that strikes the right balance between fact and fun for new science learners. How Machines Work: Zoo Break! does just that. Highly recommended.
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Best Selling Young Adult Books | November 2016
The best selling young adult titles includes Children of Eden: A Novel, an instant bestseller.
Best New Books for Teens | October 2016
Are you looking for the best new books for teens? Here are 4 excellent young adult books that release this month.
Best New Books for Preteens and Tweens | October 2016
We’ve picked 16 of the best new middle grade books for kids ages 7 through 12, from the many middle grade books that release this month.
Best Selling Middle Grade Books | August 2014
This month, The Children's Book Review's best selling middle grade book is an awesome backlist title that all info-happy kids should have in their home and school libraries.
Illustration Inspiration: Stephen Biesty
Stephen Biesty has worked as a freelance illustrator since 1985 creating a wide variety of information books for both adults and children.
Kids and Questions: Books for Explaining How Things Work
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 22, 2012
There have been many times when my kids have stumped me with questions about their surroundings or about how things work or about why things happen. They would ask simple questions like “why do planes fly?” or “why do you have to go to work?” that I had no idea how to answer without displaying my ignorance (about planes) or my frustration (about work). I wish that I had seen any one of the following books at those times; they would have saved me lots stress and my kids would have gotten some answers.
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2009 Summer Reading Suggestions: Middle School
By Bianca Schulze, The Children's Book Review Published: June 11, 2009 Welcome to the wonderful world where children have learned to read and are now reading to learn. The following reading suggestions are for children who you would consider fluent readers. Fluent readers can read for long