Given the number and attractions of video games these days, educators may feel offering children something as relatively low-tech as chess as a learning experience can be fruitless. However, chess clubs and competitions are popular in schools, and children in droves appear to be drawn to success through chess. Root provides interesting and informative lesson plans but also gives educators the reasons and methods for including chess in their grade 3-8 classrooms; these reasons include the range of problem-solving possibilities and the few resources required. She provides planning tips and samples of lesson plans as well as a list of resources. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)