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Shark or Dolphin?

How Do You Know?

Shark or Dolphin?

by Melis­sa Stewart

Enslow, 2011

for Grades 1–3

ISBN 978–076603-681–9 (HC)

ISBN 978–159845-239–6 (PB)

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

How can you tell the dif­fer­ence between a shark and a dol­phin? It’s isn’t easy. They look sim­i­lar and they live in the same envi­ron­ment. But if you take a close look you can see how the two crea­tures are dif­fer­ent. This fun, infor­ma­tive book pro­vides all the tips and hints young read­ers will need to dis­cov­er the dif­fer­ences between sharks and dolphins.

Reviews

“… these dual pro­files of com­mon crea­tures should give bud­ding nat­u­ral­ists an increased under­stand­ing of how sci­en­tists use appear­ance and behav­ior to clas­si­fy sim­i­lar liv­ing things…” Spreads fea­ture sharply detailed paired pho­tographs of iden­ti­fied spec­i­mens seen from the same angle … and every book clos­es with a salient and poten­tial­ly sur­pris­ing new fact about each type of ani­mal. Con­sid­er these books to lay ground­work for nature expe­di­tions and for lat­er stud­ies of tax­on­o­my.” (School Library Jour­nal)

“This clever com­pare-and-con­trast approach makes dif­fer­ences between often-con­fused crea­tures easy to under­stand and remem­ber.” (The Horn Book Guide)

“What makes this series so out­stand­ing is the excel­lent close-up pho­tog­ra­phy. Read­ers can eas­i­ly see the dif­fer­ences between the ani­mals with­out being bogged down by over­whelm­ing text. These high qual­i­ty books would be a wel­come addi­tion to an ele­men­tary ani­mal sci­ence col­lec­tion. They will be appre­ci­at­ed by ani­mal lovers brows­ing the col­lec­tion and class­room teach­ers pre­sent­ing a begin­ning les­son on ani­mal biol­o­gy. A cre­ative lan­guage arts teacher might even employ these vol­umes in a unit on opposites/antonyms and syn­onyms, draw­ing par­al­lels from the ani­mal world.” (Library Media Con­nec­tion)

“… a handy tool for ele­men­tary school teach­ers in a lit­er­a­cy class or in a sci­ence class … a very good choice for the ele­men­tary school library. The pic­tures are clear, the text is easy-to-read and the orga­ni­za­tion is impec­ca­ble. Teach­ers will find lots of uses for this series!” (TriS­tate Book Review Committee)

Behind the Book

“I’ve writ­ten about dol­phins lots of times, but this was the first time I’ve focused on com­par­ing them to sharks. My research includ­ed a trip to the New Eng­land Aquar­i­um to see the great white sharks in their giant tank. I also pulled out the jour­nal I kept dur­ing my trip to the Gala­pa­gos Islands. Dur­ing that amaz­ing trip, pods of dol­phins swam in our boat’s wake as we cruised from one island to the next. “While I didn’t share my first­hand expe­ri­ences in the book, my notes from these adven­tures cer­tain­ly informed my text.”

Series at a Glance

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Shark or Dolphin?

by Melis­sa Stewart

Enslow, 2011

for Grades 1–3

ISBN 978–076603-681–9 (HC)

ISBN 978–159845-239–6 (PB)

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