Perfect for students who may not care to read a book cover to cover, but who can open these books and fall into the weird and wonderful worlds of discovery.
While this is a fun book to page through, get lost in, and find inspiration, the careful organization and index welcome readers across grade levels to explore and study the worlds we know and the ones we don’t know
Readers who are fascinated with dragons and lore will surely be entertained.
A good reference guide to a difficult subject that neither oversimplifies nor neglects essential facts regarding the horrors of the Holocaust.
A solid reference book for curious and astute high school students.
This provides a compelling and visually stunning overview of the prehistoric past.
Purchase for reference collections. These powerful women will inspire young people, especially girls of color, to reach for their dreams.
A fascinating update on the 2020 edition. Purchase where that volume has proven popular.
A good choice where Shakespeare and women’s studies are part of the curriculum.
Trivia lovers and fact hounds will hungrily pore over this. A strong purchase for reference and nonfiction collections.
An essential purchase for high school libraries and public library collections.
As with previous “Factology” titles, Dinosaurs and Romans are visually engaging and well-researched nonfiction titles that will serve school projects and capture the imagination of kids who devour series such as “Eyewitness” and “Who Would Win?”
Readers will have to look elsewhere for a comprehensive history of baseball; nonetheless, this overview is a good option for most collections.
This reference book would be useful for high school students with an interest in the topic.
During the pandemic, many families relied on Mo Willems’s playful, calm, and supportive “Lunch Doodle” videos, sponsored by the Kennedy Center, on YouTube. The Mo Willems Workshop channel has expanded its content. Here's SLJ's review.
A thoughtfully curated digital resource, rich with fully vetted and accessible materials, aims to uncover how Black and Latinx women and disabled New Yorkers were central to the fight for educational justice.
This great resource for readers of all ages who are interested in comics, graphic novels, and manga, has just added more picture books to its collection.
Gale offers comprehensive guides to mental health for teens. This three-book series tackles a range of mental health challenges.
An excellent purchase for elementary and middle school nonfiction collections in need of more animal conservation and preservation books to complement life sciences curriculum and student interest.
This print reference roundup features nonfiction titles for all ages, including a bird guide for kids, a volume on censorship, two research-ready tomes on women's history, and the ultimate bugopedia.
This comprehensive digital resource provides accurate, thoughtful representation and digestible lessons on North American Indigenous nations.
An excellent resource on women’s equality that, through its effective structure, encourages multiple practical classroom applications.
The perfect must-have, fun-filled reference book—for school or home
Readers may find a more traditional and comprehensive resource in the 2014 Encyclopedia of Cryptology: A Global Guide by Michael Newton. An additional purchase where interest in the unexplained is strong.
Quality material updated and organized for easy use makes this a good addition to libraries.
A worthwhile purchase for libraries with students seeking comprehensive statistical insights into health disparities and the societal factors influencing group health outcomes.
Highly recommended as a first purchase for educators looking to enrich their collection for avid avian fans.
Great for curious ocean-explorers-to-be, and answers over and over the age-old question for kids everywhere
This should be an easy purchase for any middle or high school library’s career collection that’s looking a bit dusty.
A reference title that provides insight into a multitude of factors pertinent to American women’s history from the late 19th century to today. Recommended.
Middle and high schoolers will be fascinated by this technology and intrigued by its present and future. Any accomplished nonfiction collection needs this resource.
Pragda Stream is an educational streaming platform with a fresh offering of Latin American films, documentaries, and series to a U.S. audience. See what our reviewer had to say about its curated list for middle and high schoolers.
Students emerge from a session in this database with a targeted list of colleges and scholarship application info or a smart-looking resume, interview tips, and job leads.
Part of ABC-CLIO’s The American Mosaic program, this platform offers primary sources, curriculum guides, and other tools for students and educators doing research on the Asian American experience.
This comprehensive allows users, including education students and professionals, to delve into and analyze information across all levels of education and specialized areas.
Highly recommended for those looking for a comprehensive volume of lively stories that would fit neatly into bedtime or story time routines. A great choice for mythology and folktale shelves.
A beautiful book that offers an intriguing introduction to many facets of the Asian Pacific American experience. Add to collections serving middle and high schools.
This breathtaking collection for budding botanists is a general purchase.
A solid introductory guide to options a teen can pursue post–high school, this is recommended for all high school collections.
A fantastic guide for kids already fascinated by animals and great choice for those who want to learn more.
A fun and informative book for students interested in the big picture questions that have shaped humanity.
Impressive in its wide coverage of creatures, this stunningly illustrated book should find a welcome spot in all libraries, encouraging readers to do further research.
This digital resource created by Penguin Random House is freely browsable. It provides broad community encouragement and support for resisting book challenges in school and public libraries, as well as links to a host of additional resources and advocacy groups.
This comprehensive digital resource offers an extensive set of curated clips pertaining to U.S. History and draws from a broad archive of PBS documentaries, including many well-known series such as “The American Experience” and “American Masters.”
This roundup features reference titles for all ages, including a volume on Norse myths for tweens and encyclopedias on hair, Supreme Court decisions, and African American firsts for high schoolers.
This sprawling collection is an excellent post-primary introduction to the topic. It is simply organized, yet contains a multiplicity of topics, artistic contributions, and historical accounts.
Purchase where there’s interest in astrology, numerology, tarot, color theory, and parapsychology.
A necessary resource to celebrate the Black experience by exalting the pioneers who are too often ignored or forgotten in discourse surrounding the history of people of color in the United States.
This book would be a great start for younger readers with a budding interest in human anatomy; older readers may want to look elsewhere for a better organized and more functionally designed choice.
Recommended for school and public library collections where there is an interest in this topic.
A necessary purchase for all nonfiction sections, hand this to air and space enthusiasts, or those drawn to high interest books.
Scattershot selection of subjects and workmanlike writing citing web resources easily uncovered by high school students make this an exorbitant choice. Not recommended.
Though it might not be that useful as a dictionary, the book’s illustrations provide the opportunity for seek-and-find fun. A secondary purchase.
A comprehensive overview of Latinx history that was tailor-made for educators and students.
Given the organized format, excellent table of contents, and index, this volume will be a suitable addition to high school library reference collections; report writers will glean much.
This indispensable reference book is an invaluable resource for history enthusiasts, students, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of North America’s intricate journey through time. An exceptional addition to any library’s reference collection.
Great visuals and interesting facts make these wonderful additions to a screen-free stash and will keep the kiddos from grabbing a tablet.
An essential, insightful overview of current issues in the field of Transgender Studies.
Recommended for general purchase for a youth nonfiction or reference collection. This is also an excellent title for reluctant readers who could carve out one or two “mysteries” in one sitting.
Add this exhaustive title to reference collections in need of sociocultural-focused works.
Great visuals and interesting facts make these wonderful additions to a screen-free stash and will keep the kiddos from grabbing a tablet.
SLJ reviews the latest online resource from Gale Databases, which offers a vast collection of literary critical analysis, elements, and multimedia content for high-interest literary works.
SLJ reviews the latest offering from Rosen, a database that would be useful for research of civics, social studies, and ELA topics.
SLJ reviews the latest addition to the Gale suite of databases, this one aimed toward educators.
Accessible, detailed, alternately terrifying and inspiring, these reference books on the war in Ukraine are a welcome alternative for students seeking something beyond Wikipedia.
This image-heavy, informational text will be enjoyed by dino-fans and is a great choice for browsing and reports.
A worthy purchase for reference collections.
A good choice for middle schoolers that could also serve as a talking point for teachers and parents.
This reference set could be an essential teaching item in the secondary classroom and a welcome addition to a college library’s catalogue of electronic resources.
An excellent reference resource on Latinxs, this update to the Hispanic Almanac is perfect for school and public library collections.
Despite the pleasant appearance, this format is too onerous for purchase.
A helpful reference guide for collections serving young people.
Curious minds will find themselves informed and entertained by this book. Selectors in middle and high school libraries should consider.
Gorgeous and accessible, this title may tempt younger readers but will be most useful to high school teachers and ambitious senior students seeking to diversify their reading lists.
Either of these is an excellent starting point for those seeking more information about world religions, folklore, and cultural history.
Accessible, detailed, alternately terrifying and inspiring, these reference books on the war in Ukraine are a welcome alternative for students seeking something beyond Wikipedia.
Accessible, detailed, alternately terrifying and inspiring, these reference books on the war in Ukraine are a welcome alternative for students seeking something beyond Wikipedia.
Either of these is an excellent starting point for those seeking more information about world religions, folklore, and cultural history.
Rosen’s Teen Health and Wellness database provides fact-based, nonjudgmental information. The wealth of health care information will support teens for school assignments or adolescent curiosity.
Rich in features, with unlimited creative potential, Book Creator almost guarantees artistic success.
With a large variety of titles available for ages preschool to 18, and an especially strong collection for ages three to 12, this digital library is an exciting resource that will help bridge the gaps in Spanish collections for youth.
Gale Presents: Imago is recommended as a turnkey resource for high schools looking to bolster their offerings of SEL and career readiness lessons.
Providing a clean, full-featured search interface to more than 1,100 ebook and talking book titles, Tumble Book Library is a stalwart in the burgeoning market for remote learning and online reading platforms.
With a clean, enticing layout; simplicity of navigation; and a significant database of projects linked to a range of content areas, Lerner Maker Lab is a useful resource for elementary classroom teachers and subject specialists.
Rosen's series of enhanced ebooks focuses on ecological challenges, including air quality and plastic pollution, as well as social concerns such as education, mental and physical health, poverty, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rich and intuitively designed, clearly written, and abundantly illustrated, Rosen's Spotlight on Global Issues, a collection of ebooks on pressing social or scientific challenges, is a useful resource for young citizen activists.
Initiatives like Gale’s Bias Review Project and World Book’s Sensitive Language Project aim to identify poorly represented content areas and correct outdated language.
With wide-open access for readers and custom title control for institutions, Comics Plus is a versatile digital comics collection that will serve graphic novel lovers well.
It’s imperative to make students aware that not all information sources are created equal. The Media Bias Chart, a name now trademarked by creator Ad Fontes Media (AFM), has answered this call with a systematic analysis and rating system for news and “news-like” sources, distilled into an easily shareable infographic.
Formerly known as Issues & Controversies in American History, this updated and significantly expanded research database frames historical topics as debates between two contrasting perspectives.
One of several ebook subscription packages available within Weigl Publishers’ AV2 imprint, World Languages provides digital access to more than 100 nonfiction early reader texts, each offered in 12 languages.
Some conflicts between text and pictures aside, this is a likely hit for middle grade browsers and budding paleontologists alike
Increasing vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation proficiency is almost painless here; teachers and kids will find this book engaging.
Largely if not completely new, this edition of a wide-ranging assemblage of eye-widening facts and photos offers rewarding browsing for readers from middle school on.
With so many schools still immersed in distance learning, the ability to stream films has become more important than ever. Educators will appreciate this resource from Swank, a streaming library.
Bringing nonfiction print and ebooks together with related interactive multimedia, Lightbox is a digital platform for reading or research across all grade levels and multiple content areas.
EyeDiscover is a set of “media-enhanced” nonfiction ebooks, serving as a stand-alone platform for young readers, kindergarten through second grade, or as an extension or complement to corresponding print books from the same publisher, AV2.
Sets of digital resources organized around particular topics, LaunchPacks offer learning resources on everything from Mae Jemison to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Global entity Naxos Music Group, with its extensive repertoire of highly respected adult music offerings, jumps into the children’s educational world with MusicBox, which incorporates hours of the rich Naxos music library, accompanied by educator-created content.
Exploring everything from allergies to COVID-19, Capstone's database devoted to health is accessible, kid-friendly, and, above all, informative.
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