| Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands Contributor(s): Roy, Katherine (Author), Roy, Katherine (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1596438746 ISBN-13: 9781596438743 Publisher: David Macaulay Studio
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: September 2014 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Marine Life |
| Dewey: 597.3 |
| LCCN: 2014008940 |
| Age Level: 7-11 |
| Grade Level: 2-6 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 NC (Nonconforming Text) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.7" W x 11.1" L (0.90 lbs) 48 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product |
| Awards: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor Book, Children's Book, 2015 Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, Nominee, Grades 3-6, 2016 |
| Review Citations: School Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 121 Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2014 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 135 Booklist 09/01/2014 pg. 98 Publishers Weekly 10/06/2014 New York Times Book Review 11/09/2014 pg. 42 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014 Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2014 pg. 71 PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 56 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 28 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 169650 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them-just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands to dine on their favorite meal: the seals that live on the island's rocky coasts. Massive, fast, and perfectly adapted to hunting after 11 million years of evolution, the great whites are among the planet's most fearsome, fascinating, and least understood animals. In the fall of 2012, Katherine Roy visited the Farallons with the scientists who study the islands' shark population. She witnessed seal attacks, observed sharks being tagged in the wild, and got an up close look at the dramatic Farallons-a wildlife refuge that is strictly off-limits to all but the scientists who work there. Neighborhood Sharks is an intimate portrait of the life cycle, biology, and habitat of the great white shark, based on the latest research and an up-close visit with these amazing animals. This title has Common Core connections. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roy, Katherine: - Katherine Roy is the award-winning author and illustrator of Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands and How to Be an Elephant: Growing Up in the African Wild. She is also the illustrator for the Expeditioners series by S. S. Taylor and of Buried Beneath Us by Anthony Aveni. She loves science, history, and big adventures, and is endlessly fascinated by the way things live. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, she currently lives in with her husband and young son in Oregon, where she's still learning how to be a human. You can visit her website to learn more about her work, her research, and African elephants. |
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