Fish Faces - Hardcover

Wu, Norbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805016686 ISBN 13: 9780805016680

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1993

Synopsis

More than seventy monstrous, beautiful, friendly, and fierce denizens of the deep, including the cat shark and the parrotfish, swim through the full-color photographs of a collection that also features a clear, rhythmic text.

About this title

About the Author:

Norbert Wu is an independent photographer and filmmaker who specializes in marine issues. He has taken photos in nearly every conceivable underwater locale and is the recipient of National Science Foundation Artists and Writers Grants and a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship, the world's only prize dedicated to marine conservation. The author of several books, including Fish Faces, Mr. Wu lives near Monterey, California.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3-- A brief alliterative, rhythmic text accompanies a host of brilliant full-color photos. The slight text contains some minor quirks. For instance, "A nose that shines in the dark!" refers to the luminous fleshy proturberance on the snout of a deep-sea anglerfish. Also the fish on the back cover is not a guineafowl puffer as indicated in the notes. More irksome are such nonscientific phrases as "Faces that are friendly" and "Faces that are fierce." Some of the small inset photos lose their definition when placed against multicolored backgrounds, but the others are in clear contrast to the vivid blues and greens of a wavering, watery world. Despite these minor carps, the glowing photos and simple text provide a rare look at some strangely shaped and/or brightly colored ocean dwellers for young readers. A final page names all the fish depicted, page by page, but the pages aren't numbered, and no further information or description is given. --Patricia Manning, Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0805016686
• ISBN 13: 9780805016680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32