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Reviewed on June 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 3–5—Bland truisms and vague sentences run rampant in this series. Enormous color photos (with captions in very small type, awkwardly placed in variously colored boxes) and side boxes dominate each spread, with very little text on each topic. The information that does exist leaves out details that would bring the text to life-Animal Extinction mentions that DDT harmed songbirds, which caused it to be banned, but doesn't say how, nor does it explain how it affects the whales found t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More