June 05, 2009
Pink Floyd: The Rock Band
June 04, 2009
Ace Your Human Biology Science Project
How do joints work?
How do sense receptors work?
What type of personality do you have?
KISS: "I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night" great review
This series is a great alternative to the bands' adult biographies that will not
work with middle and junior high school students.
KISS: "I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night" is written by Aileen Weintraub. Library Edition: 978-0-7660-3621-5, Paperback Edition: 978-0-7660-3619-2.
Disease-Hunting Scientist in new Careers Series
"Disease detectives" are the scientists who travel the world keeping us safe from deadly diseases. Author Edward Willett tells the true stories of six scientists who travel the world fighting disease. A great career guide, the book also explains the education needed as well possible salary ranges, and how these scientists became epidemiologists.
Disease-Hunting Scientists: Careers Hunting Deadly Diseases is illustrated with color photographs, this book is 112 pages in length and is for ages 11 and up. Further information about this book can be found on Enslow Publishers web site or this link: http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2672
June 03, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr. Day- Count and Celebrate!
This title, by Lisa Beringer McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack, Jr. was reviewed in the 6/1/09 issue of SLJ. The full review can be found by clicking on the title link.
"This book encourages readers to count demonstrators, flags, presidents, and buttons in photographs associated with the civil rights leader. Numbers are featured as numerals labeling people and objects in the illustrations and as bold words in the text. The book discusses King's civil rights work, personal sacrifice, and legacy, including the current-day volunteer movement centered on his holiday."
To learn more about this title, please visit http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2614
Goal! Science Projects with Soccer
To learn more about this title, visit http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2658
Enslow Publisher, ISBN: 978-0-7660-3106-7 for grades 5 and up
June 02, 2009
Famous Court Cases that Became Movies
"The author compares the real-life trial to the movie in step-by-step analysis but did skew the public's understanding of the trial itself. The author also shares how the controversy continues to this day having ignited high emotions and Supreme Court cases. This is a book that would be an excellent supplement ot any study on evolution and/or Inherit the Wind" - Bridget Slayden, Educational Reviewer, Rogersvill, Missouri
Home Run! Science Projects with Baseball and Softball
Home Run! Science Projects with Baseball and Softball by Robert L. Bonnet and Dan Keen helps students learn about transfer of energy, friction and pressure, and more by playing baseball or softball! Great ideas for science fair projects follow many experiments.
Visit here for more information on this title http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2659
ISBN: 78-0-7660-3365-8, for grades 5 and up, Enslow Publishers
In the May 2009 issue of SLJ, they list some great baseball learning sites!
June 01, 2009
Stressed Out In School? explores Academic Pressure
Part of Enslow Publishers' Issues in Focus Today series, this book is 112 pages, illustrated with color photographs. ISBN: 978-0-7660-3069-5
Rebels of Rock review in VOYA
This series is a great alternative to the bands' adult biographies that will not work with middle and junior high school students.
The series was given a 4p "Broad general or genre YA appeal".
Judas Priest: Metal Gods is written by Brian J. Bowe. Library Edition:978-0-7660-3029-9. Paperback Edition: 978-0-7660-3027-5
KISS: I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night is written by Aileen Weintraub. Library
Edition: 978-0-7660-3621-5, Paperback Edition: 978-0-7660-3619-2.
May 30, 2009
Awesome Animal Science Projects
Kids will discover whether it is possible to train a goldfish, what happens when they change their pet's routine, and more. Every experiment is animal safe and includes ideas for science fair projects. There is also terrific illustrations of the experiments by Tom Labaff
For more information on this title, please visit http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2667
Enslow Publishers, ISBN: 978-0-7660-3148-7, for grades 3-4
May 29, 2009
6 Enslow Books Chosen by PSLA as Top Books!
The Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) YA Top Forty Committee chose Clara Barton: “Face Danger, But Never Fear It” by Don Nardo as one of the Top 10 or So! Nonfiction books. (ISBN 978-0-7660-3024-4 for grades 5-9)
PSLA also chose 5 of our books or their annual list of the best selections for young adults and were featured at their workshop in the beginning of May.
To see the reviews and full lists, please click the title link and select Top Ten Titles, and Nonfiction Reviews.
Linda Sue Park-- An Author Kids Love!
Linda Sue Park is the award-winning author of such children's books as A Single Shard and The Kite Fighters, many of which draw upon her Korean heritage. In an interview with author Michelle Parker-Rock, Park tells her story, including what inspired her to be a writer and how she works. Park also offers advice for kids who want to be writers themselves. This book is filled with childhood photographs and personal quotes.
Please visit http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2664 to learn more!
Enslow Publishers, ISBN: 978-0-7660-3158-6, for grades 3-4
May 28, 2009
Great Review: Teen Science Fair Sourcebook
...I recommend this book not only as a science fair guide but as an engaging and readable text that will motivate students to think like a scientist and relate to other young people who have excelled in science research projects.
The full NSTA review can be found at:
http://www.nsta.org/recommends/ViewProductPrint.aspx?ProductID=19327
About the Author:
Author Tanya Vickers is the research coach at the Academy for Math, Engineering and Sciences (AMES), a public high school is Salt Lake City. Her students have competed and won numerous competitions, awards, scholarships, and science trips.
Teen Science Fair Sourcebook. 160 pages, full color, ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-2711-4
http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2631
Columbus: Great Explorer of the World has been published.
This biography tells the story of Christopher Columbus and how his many voyages to the New World would change the world forever....Columbus did cross the uncharted Atlantic Ocean. He was not the only European to believe that the world was round. But he seems to have been the first to stake his life on it. And is voyages would change the world.
Please visit the link below to find out more information about this title:
http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2677
Full color, 112 pages, for ages 12 and up, Enslow Publishers,
ISBN-13: 978-1-59845-101-6
Hernando de Soto: Spanish Conquistador in the Americas
In this story of gold, bravery, and brutality, author Jeff C. Young tells the fascinating story of Hernando de Soto. De Soto first sailed to the New World in search of gold and gained fame in helping to conquer Central America and Peru. Famous for his discovery on the Mississippi River in 1541, de Soto is infamous for the massacre of many thousands of American Indians. The author explains: "...de Soto's obsession with finding riches make him more remembered as a ruthless treasure hunter, than as a brave explorer and military leader." Read the book and understand the era of the Spanish Conquistador.
Please visit the link below to find out more information about this title: http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2636
Full color, 112 oages, for grades 6-up, Enslow Publishers,
ISBN-13: 978-1-59845-104-7
May 26, 2009
A Reader's Guide to Richard Wright's "Black Boy"
Step Into History Series Mention
This series includes, "Conquest!", "Sail!", "Hunt!" and "Siege!" and introduces readers to the exciting challenges faced by people living in different historical periods. A "how-to-complete-your-mission" format takes readers step-by-step through the planning and technology necessary to accomplish—and survive—each challenge
To read the article, please click on the title link, or click here http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090525/LIVING/905250303/1004/ADVERTISING
For more information on this series, please visit http://www.enslow.com/catalog.asp?exact=true&SeriesID=273
May 25, 2009
Daring American Heroes of Flight!
In Enslow's latest MyReportLinks.com title, Daring American Heroes of Flight, Author Jennifer Reed profiles nine of these daring heroes: the Wright brothers, Bessie Coleman, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and Eileen Collins.
There was a time when people were in a race to be first with a reliable and controllable way to fly. From crossing the Atlantic Ocean and landing on the Moon to overcoming gender and racial bias, there have been pilots who rose to these challenges, no matter the odds.
ISBN # 978-1-59845-081-1, Grades 6 and up
For more information on this title, please visit: http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=2679