Enslow Publishers

Children's Bookwatch, April, 2005

Enslow Publishers

PO Box 398, 40 Industrial Road, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398

$18.95 Each www.enslow.com

Three new series biographies blend history with facts to provide full-faceted biographical sketches of major figures. New to the 'Explorers!' series for grades 3-4 is Sandra Kachurek's Francisco Pizarro: Explorerer Of South America (0766021785) and Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn's La Salle: Explorer Of The Mississippi (0766-021416): each providing 48 pages including an index, bibliography and glossary. New to the 'Famous Inventors' series is Patricia J. Murphy's Grace Hopper: Computer Whiz (0766022730) tells of a woman concerned about making computers easier for people to use. The 'Great Minds of Science' series ($26.60 each) will appeal to older readers in grades 4-10 with 128 pages of biographical and scientific facts: here, choose Mary Gow's Robert Boyle: Pioneer Of Experimental Chemistry (0766025012) or John Blankston's Stephen Hawking: Breaking The Boundaries Of Time And Space (0766022811): each covering the scientists' lives and major discoveries. All promise lasting reference value.

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