From School Library Journal Gr 5 Up—This busy effort will appeal to list lovers. The glittery cover hints at the excitement to come within. There's no resting the eyes here: lists, fact boxes, and photographs abound, with no absolutely no empty spaces. The volume is broken up into 10 sections, including mechanical marvels, the animal kingdom, and epic structures. Each section concludes with a word search, multiple-choice quiz, invitation to readers to come up with their own list, and other puzzles. Answers to the puzzles and two indexes (categorical and alphabetical) complete the text. Though this chatty, loud presentation isn't appropriate for research purposes, it's lots of fun.—Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI Read more Review This busy effort will appeal to list lovers. The glittery cover hints at the excitement to come within. There's no resting the eyes here: lists, fact boxes, and photographs abound, with no absolutely no empty spaces. The volume is broken up into 10 sections, including mechanical marvels, the animal kingdom, and epic structures. Each section concludes with a word search, multiple-choice quiz, invitation to readers to come up with their own list, and other puzzles. Answers to the puzzles and two indexes (categorical and alphabetical) complete the text. Though this chatty, loud presentation isn't appropriate for research purposes, it's lots of fun. (Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI School Library Journal 2014-12-01)This collection of top 10 goodies -- including "Songs About the Body" and "Amazing Cars for Hire" -- has plenty to entertain, if not educate. Coming at readers like a cross between Man's Adventure pulp magazines and Ripley's Believe It or Not, complete with a rainbow-reflective cover and a hefty 320 pages, Terry's compilation has a pleasing tongue-in-cheek tone -- a good number of the lists are "unofficial." Many of the entries are refreshingly nonhuman, which keeps the book from becoming a celebrity-filled bore. There are plenty of creepy entries from the animal kingdom, including sea lampreys, a great range of natural forces (biggest cave systems, longest coastlines) and a fine gathering of epic structures: buildings with the most ghost sightings, the biggest private house, and did you know there is a cash bar inside Cristo-Rei, the monumental statue of Jesus in Portugal? On each photo-splashed page are "Xtreme Facts" and "Off the Chart" addenda. The sheer busyness of the design -- there is not one spare micron of space for eyes to rest on -- will endear the book to readers with short attention spans, who might just find themselves looking up after an hour has passed, astonished at their absorption. For fans of the form, this compendium has plenty of juice. (index) (Reference 8-14) (Kirkus Reviews 2014-10-15) Read more See all Editorial Reviews
T**R
This is terrible..
This is terrible....What happened to the original version where you could find the top 10 OF EVERYTHING...I got the 2009 edition and it was a remarkable book but now ....This is a really bad decision to remove some great sections ...I hope the editor is reviewing this because this is really awful.Save yourself some money do a search on the internet and you will find better answers than the few section the book provides.I would gave it a 00 star If I could
D**S
but a little disappointed also. Originally this book was by author Russell ...
This is an entertaining book, but a little disappointed also. Originally this book was by author Russell Ash, and I had bought two older issues of his book in 2010 and 2011. I really enjoyed how the lists were done, how it was presented, and it really had places, sights, and things I enjoyed finding out about. It even had my other siblings and friends and family looking through it also. Sadly author Mr. Ash has passed, and so has the torch so to speak. This new edition is good, but vastly different from the others. While it does contain lists, some of them aren't as interesting as I would have liked. Topics like the tallest, shortest, biggest, smallest are there but not in everything, and there are some topics I don't care about, The graphics are much more vibrant & splashy, but it also makes it a bit confusing to read the listings. Overall, it is still a conversation piece, but I found it not to be as entertaining as the former author had done it. Overall this is still a conversation book, just vastly different.
A**R
As much as I like movies it seems that half the book is top ...
I was very disapointed with this version of the top 10 series, I had not gotten one for around the last ten years, the quality has seriously declined. THere are not as many pages or topics to look at. As much as I like movies it seems that half the book is top movies based on this topic. WHile the add your own sections are an interesting adition, I was very underwhealmed with this boo.
T**K
TOP 10
Good information. It's for young people...Loads of colour and graphics.
M**B
Two Stars
Older ones are bigger and better - too much small type, and the design of each page is silly
B**G
I was actually very disappointed with the content
I was actually very disappointed with the content. The categories it featured were of very little interest to me.
J**S
A really bad book
This is one of the worst books I have ever tried to read. It shares nothing with the previous edition. The visuals are terrible, not even of 3rd rate comic book quality. One star here really means no stars.
S**
One Star
Wasn't near as good as I expected... Hated how it's see up and everything... It's not worth the money...
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