Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands -- Katherine Roy

from melodyreads

2015 Sibert Honor Books picture book science!

from Sullywriter

The story of the great white sharks who come to feed at the Farallon Islands near San Francisco and the scientists who study them is told in a fascinating, informative narrative and in spectacular, dramatic illustrations. An exceptional work of nonfiction.

from melissa_tullo

This is an informational non-fiction book about the feeding habits of great white sharks off the coast of California. I recommend this because I think it demystifies the great white shark a bit. It's not some blood-thirsty creature of the deep, but a complex entity. I always believe that the more...

from themulhern

Just what I expected after reading "How to Be an Elephant". There is lots of blood in the water, because these sharks prey on the seals that congregate at a seal rookery around 30 miles from San Francisco. Some of the diagrams, alas, are a bit confusing, like the shark's circulatory system and th...

from athena.j

The genre of this book is informational. This book educates children all about Great White Sharks, the ocean's largest fish. Roy tells of the shark's many deadly features, eating habits, and hunting habits. It woul be a great book to discuss sharks with a classroom.