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Eyewitness Shark Pub. Date: 6/30/2008 Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

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The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

DK's classic look at sharks, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.

Describes, in text and photographs, the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of various types of sharks.

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This small but information-packed book discusses shark species, shark habitats, shark senses, teeth and feeding behavior, shark reproduction, and close relatives of sharks (rays, sawfish, and chimaeras.) The "other scary creatures" covered are venomous marine life such as lionfish, sea snakes, blue-ringed octopus, and stinging jellyfish; pinching crustaceans such as lobsters and mantis shrimp; and "monsters of the deep"¾creatures such as giant squid, deep sea oddities, and extinct ocean predators. Marine conservation issues are explained in an "Oceans at Risk" chapter. An excellent reference section covers fish classification, records related to the creatures covered (largest lobster, fastest shark,) lists of ocean organizations and aquariums worldwide, a glossary, and index. The text is interesting and informative, avoiding lurid accounts of "man-eaters" in favor of a well-balanced look at sharks as fascinating creatures beautifully adapted to their environment. Like most of DK Publishing's volumes, the color photographs are excellent and the graphic presentation is imaginative, although sometimes overly busy. This book would be an excellent resource for report writing in grades 3 to 6. 2002, DK Publishing, Turner

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Gladiators ate boiled beans and barley to build up their muscles, and fought about three times a year. A single shark may have 30,000 teeth in its lifetime. Julius Caesar used coded writing to keep his battle strategies under wraps. About one person in 25,000 can actually "hear" colors. These and other facts can be found in the Secret Worlds series, which includes books on apes, the body, bugs, code breakers, dinosaurs, explorers, Native Americans, mummies, sharks, and tornadoes. This colorful series appropriate for middle and high school libraries includes many facts and lavish color illustrations as well as top Web sites for each topic. Each book includes a reference section, index, and credits. Gladiators, for example, covers the history of Rome, the legions and their battle tactics, the Coliseum, the training of gladiators (some of whom were women), animal and Christian victims, gods and temples, and the decline and fall of both the Roman Empire and gladiatorial contests. The reference section of this book includes the emperors of Rome, a gladiator who's who, Roman numerals, nine Web sites, a list of gods and goddesses, a time line, and a glossary. The series is carefully researched, up to date, and engagingly written. (DK Secret Worlds).. KLIATT Codes: JS—Recommended for junior and senior high school students. 2002, DK, 96p. illus. indexes.,
— Janet Julian

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Gr 3-6-- A sensationalist survey of the species, Shark concentrates on the unusual, the strange, the odd, and the frightening with minimal text and clear, bright illustrations. Although MacQuity places the risk of shark attack in its proper perspective (people are more likely to die in car accidents), the photographs and sections of such protective measures as mesh nets, repellents, electric - current barriers, etc., continue to promote the image of sharks as wanton killers. Every page is littered with full-color illustrations, all sizes of photographs, cut-outs from larger photographs, reproductions, drawings, cartoons, maps, and more. The text is scattered all over the page to accompany the illustrations, but not necessarily to explain them. A small classification chart shows tiny drawings of all the sharks, and the common characteristic that links them is mentioned in a sentence but not explained . The drawings of the internal organs are good, but the labels merely name, not define a scroll valve in an intestine, the stomach's ascending limb, and the intestines' spiral and/or ring valves. The quality and diversity of the photographs is undeniable (there's even a photograph of a pair of mating sharks), but even with an index, this is clearly a book for dipping in and out of, and not for solid information. --Frances E. Millhouser, Reston Regional Library, VA

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780756637781
Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.
Publication date: 6/30/2008
Pages: 72
Sales rank: 238,991
Age range: 8 - 17 Years
Lexile: 1170L (what's this?)
Series: DK Eyewitness Books Series
Product dimensions: 8.60 (w) x 11.00 (h) x 0.50 (d)

What is a shark?     6
Close relatives     8
Inside a shark     10
Ancient sharks     12
Amazing grace     14
Making sense     18
Laying eggs     20
Live young     22
Teeth and diet     24
Friend or foe?     26
The great white shark     28
Gentle giants     32
Basking beauties     34
Angel sharks     36
Horn sharks     40
Head like a hammer     42
Weird and wonderful     44
Shark artifacts     46
Shark attack     48
Sharks at bay     50
In the cage and out     52
Studying sharks     54
Tagging sharks     56
Shark overkill     58
Use and abuse     60
Save the shark!     62
Did you know?     64
Find out more     68
Glossary     70
Index     72

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