Sharks
Sharks
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Holiday House
Annotation: Are sharks really dangerous? How many kinds are there? And how do they help the environment? From huge whale sharks to t... more
Genre: [Biology]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #6692503
Format: Board Book
Special Formats: Board Book Board Book
Publisher: Holiday House
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 05/04/21
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 0-8234-4969-6
ISBN 13: 978-0-8234-4969-9
Dewey: 597
Dimensions: 16 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist

Most libraries can always accommodate one more shark book--especially one written on a primary level. Gibbons offers basic anatomical and life-cycle information as well as specific facts about 12 common shark species. As always, her bold, appealing illustrations (many of them labeled and explained) are the strength of the presentation. An excellent choice for even the youngest shark fan, this will be useful for simple reports as well. (Reviewed May 1, 1992)

Horn Book

Gibbons's signature style of simple text and pictures is put to fine use in this book about the many and varied species of shark. The clarity of the graphics is matched by the meaningful selection of information.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 3-- A companion volume to Whales (Holiday, 1991), Sharks is less ebullient in feeling, probably because the subject is more alarmingly awesome. Gibbons again uses clear blues and greens and soft grays, but her palette is modified here with browns, startling touches of pink, orange, and yellow, and a sharp reduction of the frothy white of the earlier book. A few illustrations show sharks in somewhat contorted positions, giving odd angles to caudal appendages. The information is specific and generally accurate, although sources consulted referred to months rather than the few weeks'' Gibbons gives sharks'thorny cased eggs'' to develop and hatch. The data is often quite complex, and may be beyond a portion of the audience to which this format will have the most appeal. More informative than Cole's Hungry, Hungry Sharks (Random, 1986) or Selsam's A First Look at Sharks (Walker, 1979), this book is on par with Waters's Sea Full of Sharks (Scholastic, 1990). It's sure to be in constant circulation. --Patricia Manning, Eastchester Public Library, NY

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Word Count: 1,030
Reading Level: 4.0
Interest Level: K-3
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.0 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 1836 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:4.9 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q10296
Lexile: 660L
Guided Reading Level: M
Fountas & Pinnell: M

Are sharks really dangerous? How many kinds are there? And how do they help the environment?

From huge whale sharks to tiny dwarf sharks, this book has everything you need to know about one of our most popular--and mysterious--sea creatures. Millions of years before the first dinosaurs walked the earth, the first sharks swam in the sea. Though they're often feared and misunderstood, most sharks aren't dangerous to humans.

With her signature combination of accessible, kid-friendly text and clear, well-labeled illustrations, Gail Gibbons introduces many of the more than three hundred types of sharks in the ocean, and gives concise information about their habitats and physical characteristics.


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