Celebrate Shark Week with Discovery Sharkopedia

Time Home Entertainment Books

  Summary

With the popularity of Shark Week, and all shark attacks on the East Coast of the United States in 2015, sharks are in the news. Add to this the fact that many children and adults fascinated by sharks and see what Sharkopedia discovery: The Complete Guide to Everything Hai is popular with many children 8-12 and teens and adults.

The Sharkopedia format

Sharkopedia begins with an introduction of two sides with Andy Dehart, marine biologist and shark expert Week.

A full-page color photo or Andy submerged just below the shark fin is facing its long introduction page It describes working with sharks and said: "... I, I saw sharks firtsthand are certainly not the monster and certainly not blind to the. Indeed, it is much smarter than most people realize ... "He goes on to emphasize how important it helps save" these amazing animals. "

The large number of photographs and other images of sharks and related topics are accompanied by concise descriptions. Throughout the book there is a small icon in the shape of open books with "word!" It contains the definition of a word in this section of the book. Other offerings include brief information Bits & Bites, Andy says short and accompany the main text.

The content Sharkopedia

Sharkopedia discovery is a comprehensive guide to the sharks and colorful. What you will find in the book of 192 pages, divided into 26 chapters? Some of the topics are:

• 498 species of sharks

• shark habitat
• Extinct species
• Eating Habits
• Life Cycle
• Shark Behavior
• Sharks and People
• Search Shark
• Protect sharks
• Files
• Shark Bites
• Sharks recently discovered

The chapters are divided into sections and chapters with the range of one or two sections, like the Shark Research two sections: Learning sharks and identification of a chapter - Mackerel Sharks - with 11 sections, one for each unique moon sharks. The Resources section both sides at the end of the book lists 30 aquariums in the US and sharks have more of an aquarium in Canada.

Other Resources Conservation five organizations listed, including several that focus on sharks, two books about sharks and a brief description of Shark Week. You will find a lot of additional information about sharks in the Shark Week website, including videos, as the fastest find eg meetings in the ocean shark and Sharkcam: a revolution in science and the film, a slide 7 Ways Help Sharks at the moment one of the many resource conservation and more.

My recomendation

If your family enjoys Shark Week, you will want to save a copy Sharkopedia discovery: The Complete Guide to Close the shark, so you can get more information or answers to your questions when they come. However, you can Shark week, the book, only an interest in sharks and a desire to enjoy more to learn about them. The only book that is missing is an index, and hopefully a detailed index for the next issue is taken up; but in this issue in detail is a comfort index.

Due to the short "bites" of information and lots of pictures, the size of the discovery is Sharkopedia one that tends to attract reluctant readers. Is the kind of book that most kids are getting back to information instead of reading it to fall from start to finish. In fact, I add to my article Sharkopedia Dip - a good strategy to engage reluctant readers. Can soak a way to ensure that your child to read at least something every day in summer. Sharkopedia for all ages eight and older, and recommend toddlers fascinated by sharks. (Time Home Entertainment Books, 2013. ISBN: 9781603209649)

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