Smart About Sharks
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1909263915 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Love!!! Igloo Chick My 2 yr old daughter is obsessed with two things, pink and sharks. So when I found this book I was very excited! She has wanted me to read it to her every night for two months! The illustrations are beautiful and accurate! Detailed but easy to understand facts about the sharks. I love that they included some not normally known sharks, like the Megamouth!Out of all the shark books I have had to read my daughter, this is by far her favorite to listen to a. Amazon Customer said and in toddler-time that is GREAT.. Such a cute and informative book on sharks! We bought this for our shark-obsessed daughter and she loves the pictures. It keeps her entertained for "and in toddler-time that is GREAT." according to Amazon Customer. Such a cute and informative book on sharks! We bought this for our shark-obsessed daughter and she loves the pictures. It keeps her entertained for 20 minutes at a time, and in toddler-time that is GREAT.. 0 minutes at a time, and in toddler-time that is GREAT.. Stephanie Brown said Amazing Little Book. Shark facts and info presented in the most eye appealing manner. My 9 yr old loved this book and I did too! Hoping the author will be adding more animal books to his collection.
Tips for ecologically sensitive living that are accessible for readers (recycling plastic, eating sustainable seafood, and being aware of energy usage) are also included. The color palette consists of earth tones, muted golds and turquoise, and corals—colors perfectly suited to the undersea world of sharks. The layout is well designed, and the illustrations, rendered digitally, are appealing and detailed. As fun to read as it is informative, this title covers the diet, hunting techniques, social life, size, and biology of eight orders of sharks. The work culminates with a warning that much of the shark population is at risk and a brief explanation as to why. From School Library Journal Gr 1&ndash
It’s time to learn about the sea’s most feared (and most misunderstood) residents: sharks!Owen Davey returns to nonfiction to explain the mysteries of those denizens of the deep. Some deadly, some not-so-deadly, and almost all just generally misunderstood. Exciting and detailed illustrations fill the page and educate young readers about these thrilling residents of the sea! Delivering information with the same whimsical text and brash illustration that saw his previous book win the affection of the Wall Street Journal, Smart About Sharks is sure to have teeth!Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator, living and working out of Leicester, United Kingdom. He graduated with a First Class BA in Illustration from Falmouth University. Davey's work has been published in every continent (except Antarctica), including picture books in the United Kingdom, America, Australia, Germany, France, Portugal, China, and Korea. This is his first book about sharks.. He has worked for some impressive clients, including the New York Times, Microsoft, and Orange