El tiburón blanco

by Claire Saxby, Cindy Lane (Illustrator)

Overview

Follow a female shark as she heads to warm waters for the sake of her young in a lyrical, fact-filled look at one of the ocean’s top predators.

The great white shark swims on. Her tail sways from side to side; her fins keep her balanced. She travels the fast lane where she can, cruising invisible seaways.

As she traverses her ocean home, the great white shark’s charcoal skin blends with the dark depths of the ocean, her white belly floating pale below. She carries seven pups in her belly, and her job is to give them the best possible chance at survival. Her journey will take her where she needs to go to stay nourished until she gives birth, far from shore. Set in a stunning underwater world, Claire Saxby's signature poetic prose, offset by running facts, and Cindy Lane's striking illustrations showcase the power and grace of one of the ocean’s most misunderstood creatures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536252002
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	01/13/2026
Series:	Lee y asómbrate
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Claire Saxby is the author of numerous picture books, including Kookaburra and Dingo, both illustrated by Tannya Harricks, Emu, illustrated by Graham Byrne, and Koala, illustrated by Julie Vivas. Claire Saxby lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Cindy Lane was born in and grew up in Sydney, Australia, lived by the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, and now has her studio by the Indian Ocean in Perth. She loves to make her own paints with materials she finds in nature, and she collects water from around the world to use in her paintings. Seawater from across Australia was used in Great White Shark, her first picture book

Claire cried when her youngest brother was born because she was really hoping for a sister. Four brothers seemed to be more than anyone could possibly need (or want). Her parents had to remove the front seat of their car to accommodate his basinet, and the rest of them squeezed in across the back seat. Claire moved to Papua New Guinea when she was ten, to an island with very big spiders, bugs, and snails. There were also wonderful beaches and coral reefs. She went to boarding school for three tough years and one okay one before her family moved back to Melbourne, Australia. She spent many years working in community health before leaving to write full time. What she loved most about community health was the stories.
Claire began writing when her children were small. At first they were her test audience, but eventually even the youngest told her he could no longer be a first reader. Okay, so he was fifteen years old. But still. She takes a notebook wherever she goes, because ideas seldom appear when it is convenient. Sometimes an idea can take years to form into a story. Other times, a story will come almost fully formed. Mostly it takes years though, and sometimes the shortest text takes the longest time. When she received her first copy of her first picture book she was about to board a train. So she tucked it in her bag and read it to a child traveling with his grandmother. They had to speed-read the last page otherwise they would all have missed their station. Claire loves research, and has boxes and files full of information for each picture book project, some of which will never be used, but generally will sit in her head forever. (Do you know how long a koala’s appendix is? Claire does.) She have visited a private zoo in search of emu feathers, traded a copy of Big Red Kangaroo for two (empty) emu eggs, and for a history project she sat in the hold of ancient ship for way too long.

Three things you may not have guessed about Claire:
She wishes she had aqualungs and could swim underwater for hours, even if meant her fingers and toes wrinkled.
If she is cross, sad, hot, cold, restless, or bored all you have to do to make her happy is take her to a beach.
She once sat within two inches of a banded coral snake. TWO INCHES!