Sharks

Last year, this was one of the most looked at books of my class in June. Students loved looking at the beautiful photographs of the sharks. They were afraid sometimes, but that did not convince them to put the book down. The reading is very dense. Most first graders couldn't handle this as an independent reading book. This book tells all about sharks from their types to eating and hunting habits, and how they reproduce. Pages are devoted to these sharks: great white, hammerhead, and the whale shark. Text is long on each page. One way I used this book was to read certain information I wanted my students to hear.
Simon, S. (1997) Sharks. HarperCollins: New York.