Sharks! (Strange and Wonderful) - Hardcover

Pringle, Laurence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563978636 ISBN 13: 9781563978630

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2001

Synopsis

Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

About this title

About the Author:

Laurence Pringle has written 108 books for young readers, many of them award-winning science titles. He is the recipient of three major awards for his body of work-the Eva L. Gordon Award for Children's Science Literature, the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He lives in West Nyack, New York-a few miles from Rockland Lake, once "the ice box of New York City."

From School Library Journal:

Gr 3-5-Handsome, realistic acrylic paintings enrich an informative, clearly written text in this inviting introduction to a fascinating array of sharks. Pringle includes basic data on shark anatomy, their physical capabilities and behaviors, their importance in the food chain, reproduction (though mating receives scant mention), and the problems faced by this ancient group from human overfishing and "finning." The lucid text and the elegant illustrations march in perfect step, creating an attractive fusing of art and information. Even if you already own Gail Gibbons's Sharks (Holiday, 1992) and/or Betsy Maestro's A Sea Full of Sharks (Scholastic, 1997), you should make room on your shelves for this one. From the dramatic cover to the final plea for shark preservation, it's an eye-catching, edifying work.

Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY

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About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1563978636
• ISBN 13: 9781563978630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32