10/10/08

Title: All About Sharks
Author: Jim Arnosky
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Date: 2003
Genre: Animals, Nonfiction
Audience: Gr. 3, 4, 5

Overview: This amazingly illustrated book, will tell you everything you want to know about sharks in a fun and colorful way. Learn the many different species, where they live, what they eat, how they swim, and safety tips for swimming in the ocean. The book even has an actual size illustration of the mouth and teeth of a tiger shark!

Activity: The teacher could bring in an interesting episode from Shark Week on Discovery Channel, and then have the students pick their favorite shark from the book and do a short report on the species they picked.

Reviewer’s Name: Cailin Eisele