Ian Gordon takes us along a 1000-mile (1600km) air rescue mission flying a precious 8ft ... more
(2.4 metre) female Grey Nurse Shark from Mooloolaba Seaworld on Australia's Sunshine Coast to the new Melbourne Aquarium. But as we discover it's a risky procedure ...
Advantages: Teaches children not to lie Disadvantages: none
Over the next few weeks I am going review some of my sons favourite books, my mum bought my son this book from a book club in school where she works she paid £8.99 but you can buy it on Amazon for £5.99 with free delivery.
The Little Fish who cried SHARK!
This is a hardback book with pop up pages, on the front of the cover is a picture of a orange and yellow fish who is called Sprat. You can also see lots of small fish with coral.
Sprat is a naughty little fish and likes to play tricks on the other sea animals by shouting "Boo!" to scare them. One day Sprat decides to play a joke on the other creatures by shouting "SHARK!" he creeps up on crab and gives a big yell, poor crab quickly hides in his shell and of course there is no shark.
Besides crab we get to meet clam, octopus, eels, and lots of fish in the story ...
Advantages: good sunday family fun Disadvantages: none really????
Zellweger) he manages to get the money together and is on the verge of paying his debt when he is tempted by darker forces to double his money, gathering the attentions of a gorgeous fish named Lola, a Lion fish, (voiced by Angelina Jolie)?. But things go slightly wrong and his life becomes somewhat more dangerous.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, there lives a criminal gang of sharks who run the sea like gangsters.. There only problem being that Lenny, (voiced by Jack Black) doesn't want to follow in his families footsteps by becoming a blood thirsty killer.
When the head of the sharks family, Don Lino, (voiced by Robert DeNiro) sends Lenny out with the intention that he learns to become a killer by his brother Frankie, (voiced by Michael Imperiol) an unforeseen situation leaves Frankie dead and Lenny missing.
The only person to ...
Advantages: Age appropriate amount of information Disadvantages: None
Pop up sharksSharks seem to be something which fascinate young children , and recently Little Miss has been a tad obsessed with dinosaurs, so we bought this. The link? She read somewhere that when dinosaurs died out some of the sea creatures who could live in very cold waters lived, and started asking me questions about marine life. Not being an expert, something had to be done.
I have always liked usborne books, and this was simple enough for her to glean the information she required.
The front cover itself is instantly attention grabbing, showing as it does a full page spread of a shark in the murky blue waters. Before we even opened the book, we had to discuss its teeth.
The book itself is separated into double page spreads, each dealing with a different aspect of shark features and life. These are: About Sharks ...
Documentaries & Biographies - Aquatic Life Documentary
Classification
Exempt
Plot
Ian Gordon takes us along on a 1000 mile air ride as he transports an eight-foot female Grey Nurse shark from Seaworld on Australia's Sunshine Coast to its new home at the Melbourne Aquarium. Visiting Jervis Bay, Ian also hopes to resolve the mystery of the Port Jackson shark's eggs.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
Green Umbrella Productions; Pinnacle Vision
Release date
24/01/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
GUDVD 5350
Barcode
5023093053505
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
Ian Gordon takes us along on a 1000 mile air ride as he transports an eight-foot female Grey Nurse shark from Seaworld on Australia's Sunshine Coast to its new home at the Melbourne Aquarium. Visiting Jervis Bay, Ian also hopes to resolve the mystery of the Port Jackson shark's eggs.
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