Helps children to learn about how sharks attack people and how people harm sharks and gain ... more
insight into their behaviour. From encounters by divers and filmmakers to conservation issues, this title offers a look at one of the most feared creatures in the sea.
Two marine biologists discover a giants shark's tooth off the coast of Mexico, and their ... more
worst fears become reality -- the tooth is that of Megalodon, a prehistoric shark with a 100 foot-wide bite. The creature was believed to be long-extinct, but when tourists start turning up in pieces, the authorities realise that a decisive plan of action is required.
An excellent new range of non-fiction reading books for older reluctant or struggling ... more
readers. Launching with 12 titles this summer, Clash offers older readers subjects they love, edgy, cool designs that will appeal to teenagers, dramatic imagery, and fact-packed, accessible text expertly levelled for older readers with reading ages of between 7 and 8 years. Interest age 10 years.
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: 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 ...
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 ...
Two features from the 'Shark Attack' series. In 'The Great White', by getting closer than anyone else would dare, Ian Gordon attempts to dispel the belief that the Great White is an unprovoked man-killer, but instead suggests that it is a thinking, social animal. In 'The Hammerhead and Prickly Shark', Ian Gordon takes us to El Bajo to witness the Scalloped Hammerhead school reunion. Later Ian and his crew brave dangerous conditions to shed light on the mysterious Prickly shark.
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