Kris HirschmannRecensioni

As this book uses the imperial system of measurement -- feet and inches -- it's going to have a pretty limited audience in a metric world.

It explains inches, feet and yards (but no miles) in a dull, educational manner, using lots of doggy pictures to spice things up slightly.

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Sea Turtles is a great scientific text that is a great guided reading book. The book teaches its readers descriptive attributes and characteristic events about sea life and sea turtles. It gets its readers interested and thinking on higher levels.

Fun and interesting stories, quizzes, and puzzles to help children with spelling and vocabularies. I think this book would some children would find of interest and might encourage those who need become better spellers.

This book is about rockets. I liked this book for two reason. First, there were plenty of pictures and diagrams with descriptions of how a rocket operated. Each page was completely different, yet shared something relevant about rockets, whether it would be about the history of the first man-made rockets, to the Great Space Race. This book was very educational and did a great job organizing information in a way that was clear and predictable to readers. For example, on page 18-19, the author explains what Project Gemini is and then displays several different pictures about the project with captions attached to those pictures. This made it very helpful to absorb information. I also really liked how there were several real-life experiments that readers can participate in at the end of the book. These hands on activities are a great way to engage readers in the world of space and astronomy.

This was a great little book. Filled with factoids and easy to explain details on how our weather works. Everything from Storms, to lightning, to Wind is explained here. Another thing I think is neat is that it gives you some activity ideas you can do with your kids with common every day items to illustrate how the different weather topics work.

This book is one of a series by Reference Point Press called Monsters and Mythical Creatures and it's good enough that I'm interested in reading more in the series. It's a good introduction to demonology for adolescents and young adults and contains a lot of information for its size. There are several sections starting with What is a Demon, which is simply an introduction to the concepts of demons.The next chapter is Demons in World Mythology which is relatively comprehensive in the cultures included. Demon's from Mesopotamia, Japan, China, North and South America, Islam, and Africa with a mention of many other areas such as Scandinavia, the Caribbean, and the Philippines are discussed among others. I think this chapter contains the right amount of information to both inform and not bore the target audience.

The next chapter is Demons in Charge which focuses on specific examples of demons in those cultures as well as ideas of evil and the Christian concept of Satan. It's followed by a Chapter on Dealing with Demons which talks about summoning demons, the existence of demons in our world and demons in modern cultures. Last is the chapter on Demonic Possession, probably the most interesting of all the chapters for adolescents. Here are specific case studies and experiences people claim to have had with demons. There is a lot of Catholic exorcism stories but there are several for other cultures as well. The chapter includes demons in pop culture such as the famous film The Exorcist.

The text is accompanied by a variety of illustrations such as ancient artwork portraying demons or possession and photos of rituals, sculpture and people dressed in regional religious garb. Some of these photos are very vivid and disturbing. For example, in one picture a youth is flailing around on a table, his eyes rolled back in his head, with people around him trying to exorcise a demon out of him. In another photo, a man wielding a sword over a tied and terrified buffalo calf is caught mid-swing.

I can't attest for the accuracy of everything in the book, but what I do know from my schooling is mostly accurate with some simplifications that aren't quite right but good enough to make the information simple enough for a less educated audience. There are lots of references, refreshing for a book for youth.

Overall, this is a good book for young people to learn about demonology and a short introduction for adults to understand where to start reading further.

This book is one of a series by Reference Point Press called Monsters and Mythical Creatures and it's good enough that I'm interested in reading more in the series. It's a good introduction to demonology for adolescents and young adults and contains a lot of information for its size. There are several sections starting with What is a Demon, which is simply an introduction to the concepts of demons.The next chapter is Demons in World Mythology which is relatively comprehensive in the cultures included. Demon's from Mesopotamia, Japan, China, North and South America, Islam, and Africa with a mention of many other areas such as Scandinavia, the Caribbean, and the Philippines are discussed among others. I think this chapter contains the right amount of information to both inform and not bore the target audience.

The next chapter is Demons in Charge which focuses on specific examples of demons in those cultures as well as ideas of evil and the Christian concept of Satan. It's followed by a Chapter on Dealing with Demons which talks about summoning demons, the existence of demons in our world and demons in modern cultures. Last is the chapter on Demonic Possession, probably the most interesting of all the chapters for adolescents. Here are specific case studies and experiences people claim to have had with demons. There is a lot of Catholic exorcism stories but there are several for other cultures as well. The chapter includes demons in pop culture such as the famous film The Exorcist.

The text is accompanied by a variety of illustrations such as ancient artwork portraying demons or possession and photos of rituals, sculpture and people dressed in regional religious garb. Some of these photos are very vivid and disturbing. For example, in one picture a youth is flailing around on a table, his eyes rolled back in his head, with people around him trying to exorcise a demon out of him. In another photo, a man wielding a sword over a tied and terrified buffalo calf is caught mid-swing.

I can't attest for the accuracy of everything in the book, but what I do know from my schooling is mostly accurate with some simplifications that aren't quite right but good enough to make the information simple enough for a less educated audience. There are lots of references, refreshing for a book for youth.

Overall, this is a good book for young people to learn about demonology and a short introduction for adults to understand where to start reading further.

This is an informational book about fossils. I enjoyed this book because it contained information about the many types of fossils. I would recommend this book for grades 3-6.

This book is an informational book about fossils that has pictures on each page and uses a large font so it is easy for kids to read. This book is great for kids to learn more about fossils, it would be a good book to have in a classroom. This book is age appropriate for elementary school age students.

Whether exploring animal behavior or discovering the earth's secrets, young readers will learn about the world around them in these high-interest science readers. Includes glossary and index.

Kris Hirschmann specializes in non-fiction educational literature and learning kits. Her production, Vampires in Literature, is a short and engaging work created to explain to teen fans about the growth of vampires as a literary and multimedia character.
Vampires in Literature recalls the humble beginnings of the vampire as fictional literary characters going back into the early nineteenth century as a work of a friend of the great Lord Byron. The book tells of the evolution of the mythology through fiction and the explosion in popularity of the vampire that was Bram Stokers’ Dracula. The vampire remained an adult fictional villain through the first half of the twentieth century, but a new burst of fictional stories again transformed the beast and started to explore their vestiges of humanity, through to Stephenie Meyers’ popular teen series Twilight. The book is peppered with sidebars with related pieces of interesting trivia.
Hirschmanns’ book is also an excellent reader advisory resource to any fan looking to explore the vampire as a literary character, in any media format. It concludes with a detailed bibliography and exhaustive index.

All about the solar system with a glossary in the back for key words.

This book covers turn around addition facts, sorting, Venn diagrams, turn around multiplication facts, and division. It also transitions from addition to multiplication with clear pictures and explanations. It explains division concepts clearly. The only thing that might confuse students are the hearts where the letters and characters are supposed to be counted. There was no subtraction like the back of the book claimed, but the concepts covered were covered clearly.

This is a great example of a photo illustrated informational picture book, because it shares information about a wide variety of night creatures with great pictures to supplement the text.

Big World, Small World is a spin-off book of the Planet Earth film series and would be an excellent classroom resource for Science. Specifically, this book shows how all life forms are related. With stunning photography of life forms from wolverines to cockroaches, from spider crabs to sandhill cranes, each page is filled with accessible information in little “Did you know?” boxes. A short multiple choice “quiz” keeps kids interested to learn more. The book includes ways to stay green and protect endangered animals. The photography is just as outstanding as the film series, but the writing could be more vivid.½

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