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  • Hark! a Shark!: All about Sharks (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)

Hark! a Shark!: All about Sharks
(Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)

Author
Bonnie Worth
Illustrator
Joe Mathieu
Publication Date
January 08, 2013
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Leveled Reader
Hark! a Shark!: All about Sharks (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)
Description

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and survival techniques of different kinds of sharks.

Publication date
January 08, 2013
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780375870736
Lexile Measure
760
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Series
Cat in the Hat's Learning Library (Hardcover)
BISAC categories
JNF003150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Marine Life
JNF045000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner
Library of Congress categories
Sharks

School Library Journal

Gr 2-4--Twisted sentence structure, tongue twisters, forced rhyme scheme, and lack of a consistent cadence make this offering a difficult read-aloud. "See this wonderful boat bobbing here on the water?/It's my Super-Stupendous Shipshape Shark Spotter" is one of the better-scanning lines, but still is a clunky read. Written at an almost fourth-grade reading level and illustrated in a cartoon style, the book's intended audience is unclear. Older students would be better served by reading a nonfiction text about sharks, many of which are listed in the back matter, including David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes's Face to Face With Sharks (National Geographic, 2009). Readers should skip right to these additional resources. Buy only where the TV show is popular.--Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA

Copyright 2013 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Bonnie Worth
BONNIE WORTH is the author of countless books for young readers, among them the Cat in the Hat Learning Library books If I Ran the Rain Forest, HarK! A Shark!, Oh Say Can You Seed? (winner of the 2003 Ohio Farm Bureau Award), Wish for a Fish, Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur?, Would You Rather Be a Pollywog?, Ice Is Nice!, and Safari, So Good!

Among the many books illustrated by ARISTIDES RUIZ are all the Cat in the Hat Learning Library Books. To learn more about him and his work, visit www.aristidesruiz.com.

JOE MATHIEU has illustrated countless children's books. Find out more about him at www.joemathieu.com.
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