Great White Sharks in Action by Buffy Silverman
Published by Lerner Publications (Tm) on August 1st 2017
ISBN: 1512433772
Pages: 24
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
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Great White Sharks are swimming into more northern waters where they are negatively interacting with humans.   This series title makes light of shark attacks while noting that many humans are afraid of them.   In reality, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts there were several great white sharks attacks last summer (2018) proving that fear is a cautionary emotion.  The book has several excellent photos that are well placed on colorful pages giving the appearance of a scrapbook rather than nonfiction.  Information provided is basic and easy to find in other materials yet young shark lovers will enjoy this title as is.    Public libraries and primary school media centers in coastal areas may want to purchase this title but they will need other materials for animal reports and student research.  As is true of truck books, there are never enough titles in the shark section of any collection.  Interest level is ages 4-8.

 

Reviewed by Jan Hamilton, retired librarian in Scarborough, ME