Joyce Markovics

Lazily written and haphazardly illustrated, this book's chief merit is the novelty of its subject.

Whoever composed the glossary seemed to be unaware of the distinction between a noun and an adjective.

I had no idea why the Vanguard 1 photograph showed an out of focus background of trees and at first I thought it might be a still from an early Dr. Who episode. It turns out that it is the illustration from the Wikipedia article which is a photograph of a model of the satellite so maybe it really is a still from a Dr. Who episode also.… (more)

The colorful illustrations and photographs will take you to Peru as you read about the land, the people and the food of this ancient country in South America.
This title is part the “Countries We Come From “series. These books are great for early research projects. They contain reference helps, table of contents, index, etc. that make it easy to locate information. This book comes in both English and Spanish. The simple text makes it a good choice for teaching Spanish or for ESL students learning English.… (more)

This book is talking about a ringtail. This animal is not a cat, it is more closely related to racoons. This animal is a omnivore, it eats bugs smaller animals and all sorts of plants. They are pretty tiny but they love food. They don't live in packs. They got their name due to their tail which has white rings on it. Their average life span is 7-9 years.

I found this book cool. It was fascinated by the fact whiskers can surround eyes and feet also. They are unique animals. I picked this book up because it said "miners cat". It was still worth reading. I was devastated when it mentioned that people hunt them for their fur. Overall this animal was very interesting.… (more)

This science-focused picture book is about some of the most notorious floods in the world, and how they effected animals and pets, as well as the response of people in saving those animals. This science text not only highly encourages people take social action, but gives specific examples of the positive consequences of the social actions taken by those who saved the animals from the flood. The broader element of cause and effect is truly embodied in this book in a real, applicable and tangible way. The main causes of this book shown throughout are people saving animals from deadly conditions – the effects that took place were that animals became healthier, happier and thrived in their new conditions. Readers can see tangible ways that social action can positively change their environments – which is a true application of cause and effect.… (more)