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How Do Fish Breathe Underwater?

How Do Fish Breathe Underwater?

by Melis­sa Stewart

Bench­mark Books

Mar­shall Cavendish 2008

for Grades 3–5

ISBN 978–0‑76142–109‑2

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.

Through a series of chap­ters that pro­vide chil­dren with nec­es­sary back­ground infor­ma­tion, this book grad­u­al­ly and sat­is­fy­ing­ly explains how fish get the oxy­gen they need to survive.

Honors and Awards

  • Library Media Con­nec­tion Rec­om­mend­ed Title

Reviews

“Begin­ning with an expla­na­tion of why all ani­mals need oxy­gen and how humans breathe, [Stew­art] goes on to dis­cuss some of the ways fish have adapt­ed to life under­wa­ter, includ­ing swim blad­ders and gills. Chap­ters are kept short, and they include fol­low-up ques­tions that check read­ers’ com­pre­hen­sion … Beau­ti­ful, full-col­or, cap­tioned pho­tos appear on near­ly every page, break­ing up the text and offer­ing visu­al con­text … tai­lor-made for young report writ­ers.” (Book­list)

“If you need sci­ence mate­r­i­al to sup­port a stan­dards-based inquiry sci­ence pro­gram, look no fur­ther. This is an accu­rate and well-orga­nized series. Ques­tions pro­pel the text in these books. Each title con­tains an activ­i­ty for a hands-on sci­ence expe­ri­ence that can be done with eas­i­ly acquired items. The illus­tra­tions expand the text and rein­force top­ics cov­ered. Every title in this series will appeal to the curi­ous child who always asks why and how.” (Library Media Con­nec­tion)

“Each book takes a com­mon ques­tion kids ask and adds plen­ty of sci­ence, yet retains a live­ly tone.” (School Library Jour­nal)

Behind the Book

“I’ve writ­ten about fish before. The chal­lenge here was think­ing about gills and breath­ing in a whole new way. The book answers the ques­tion in the title in the final chap­ter, so I had to fig­ure out how to give stu­dents all the back­ground infor­ma­tion they need­ed in a fun and inter­est­ing way.”

How Do Fish Breathe Underwater?

by Melis­sa Stewart

Bench­mark Books

Mar­shall Cavendish 2008

for Grades 3–5

ISBN 978–0‑76142–109‑2

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.

Series at a Glance

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