Discovery: Build the Shark

Discovery: Build the Shark offers a unique building and learning experience as kids learn all about sharks and use the 35 cardstock pieces to build their own great white shark model!

Sharks are among the oldest creatures on the planet—perhaps even older than the dinosaurs—and they have so much to teach us! In Discovery: Build the Shark, kids can learn about the shark’s body, how it interacts with its environment, where it lives in the ocean, and how it survives. Have fun while learning and see sharks like you never have before through colorful illustrations, fascinating facts, and by building your own great white. Everything you need to build your own cardstock shark model is right here.  

• This unique set includes a 32-page book full of colorful illustrations and intriguing facts about sharks—plus 35 cardstock model pieces that slot together to build a 2.5-foot-long great white shark.
• Explore the inner workings of the shark and learn how it interacts in the ocean.

Barbara Taylor studied Environmental Sciences at Southampton University before becoming a science editor and writer at London's Natural History Museum. She has worked as an editor for a number of London publishers and is an award-winning author of more than 120 children's information books and encyclopedias on natural history, science, and geography. Titles include: Animal Homes and The Really Deadly and Dangerous Dinosaurs (Dorling Kindersley Inside Guides); Crocodiles, Turtles & Tortoises, Snakes (Lorenz); Cobras (Belitha) and Frogs, Snakes and their relatives (OUP). Barbara has won The American Association of Physics Science Writing Award; The Geographical Association Gold Award; The English Association's 4-11 award in the Key Stage 2 Non-Fiction category; The Wow! Award from the National Literacy Association.

 

Mark Ruffle was born near Bristol in 1973. He graduated from the University of the West of England with a degree in graphic design in 1995. After leaving college, Mark worked as a visualizer, and then in 1997 started working for Oxford University Press as an art buyer. Mark has been freelancing since 2000 and has enjoyed working for a wide variety of clients including Aardman, producing illustrations for Flash. He has designed and illustrated web content for the BBC to accompany television programs such as Hustle, Holby City, and Bleak House. Mark works in Adobe Illustrator and is equally happy drawing illustrations for books, packaging, advertising, or animation.

Galia Bernstein was born and raised in Israel. She started as a designer and illustrator in the Israeli's army magazine when she was 18 years old. After her service ended, she worked as a designer and art director in children's magazines and started illustrating books and writing comic strips for kids. She moved to New York to study illustration at the Parsons School of Design, and today she lives in Brooklyn. She is represented by NB Illustration in London, UK ,and works with clients all over the world, including Candlewick Press, Franklin Watts, Ladybird Books, Sterling Publishing, Pearson, Oxford University Press, Scholastic, and Macmillan.