Sharks: Strange and Wonderful - Softcover

Pringle, Laurence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590785711 ISBN 13: 9781590785713

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2008

Synopsis

Sharks From the tiny cookiecutter to the great white, the world's oceans are home to hundreds of species of marvelous and mysterious sharks. There's the giant whale shark - longer than two school buses but gentle enough to swim with humans; and the swell shark, which can wedge itself into a hideout and then swell so that it cannot be pulled out. There are sharks that lay eggs and sharks that have live ba... Full description

About this title

Review:

"If if you already own Gail Gibbon's Sharks and/or Bety Maestro's A Sea Full of Sharks, 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." --School Library Journal

About the Author:

Laurence Pringle is the recipient of several major awards for his body of work, including the Eva L. Gordon Award for Children's Science Literature. He lives in West Nyack, New York.

Meryl Henderson has illustrated numerous books

About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1590785711
• ISBN 13: 9781590785713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Henderson Meryl