My Best Book of Sharks (The Best Book of) Paperback – April 14, 2005

My three year old son loves sharks. The aquarium is his favorite place to go, and we love watching sharks on the Discovery Channel. I bought him this book before he turned 3 and it quickly became one of his favorites. "Read the shark book?" was asked every night for a long time, and it's one I don't mind reading over and over. The book has a lot of great information and it's informative while still being easy for children to understand. My 8 year old niece has read this book with him as well and she also enjoys it. The graphics may not be real photos as some people complain, but they are very well done and realistic-looking. The book covers everything from live births and egg-laying, different types of sharks, what they weigh, how big they are, what they eat, and what their teeth are like, to why we need sharks in the world. We've bought my son other shark books since then (both educational like this as well as fictional) and this is the one he always returns to. We had a shark-themed birthday for my son as well, and passed this book around for everyone to write their birthday wishes for him in the cover so he can back when he's older. I've also been able to use this book to show my shark knowledge while at the aquarium with a friend and her daughter :-) Highly recommend this and one of her other shark books, "Sharks Keep Losing their Teeth (I didn't know that!)"

I originally ordered this book for one of our grandchildren, and I will try to give it to him as soon as possible. I try never to give a book to a child that I have not read myself.This book is suitable for elementary school aged children. It is packed with a lot of interesting information, and very nice illustrations. A few of the many different species are illustrated to give an idea of the diversity of sharks.It covers all aspects of sharks, their life cycle, structure and design of their bodies, teeth, reproduction, what they eat, and so forth. There is a section on how divers protect themselves when they study sharks. There is a brief description of how to behave if you are in the water by accident and a shark comes along. Not all sharks are dangerous to humans. The way the danger is explained is unlikely to upset most children, who probably already know sharks can be dangerous.There is no nonsense about evolution in this book, just facts. If you want a good book for children in this age group, this is the one to get. The vocabulary is a little stretching, but manageable for an early reader with some help as needed. It is clearly written and very accessible.I liked the book so well I ordered a copy for myself.

This is a GREAT book for any shark-lover. It not only delves into details about sharks, (how they grow, what they eat, and their shark-y body parts-- the technical term.) As a mom, I even learned a few things. Pictures are great. Writing is fantastic- it's a must-buy. We're glad we own it.

My three-year-old is obsessed with sharks and this is another fun book for him to learn a few facts. It has a lot of pictures. My only complaint is that I wish that it was a little more solid for younger kids but overall a great book.

The Best Book of Sharks gives a lot of information about sharks and human interaction/statistics/items we make with sharks. The pictures are awesome as well, making this my sons favorite shark book. He reads it to everyone who comes to our house.

I bought thus for my 5 year old and am very pleased with this book. The information is complex enough to hold his attention, but not so complex that it is overwhelming for him. He loves reading and rereading the pages.

I purchased this book for an 8 year old who was given sharks teeth found and collected off Manasota Key Florida. He loved being able to look up information on the type of teeth he now has in his possesion. He thought it was pretty cool!

The Best Book of Sharks is a very good book. I bought it for my 8 year old grandson who has really enjoyed it. He recites knowledge from the book and I like it because it is easy for him to read it. I would recommend this book to every child interested in marine life.

Bought this as my daughter loved it at nursery!! She said it was her birthday wish come true as she could keep it! Book was in perfect condition when it arrived.

I loked this book very much but felt that its title The BEST Book of Sharks was going a bit overboard. That said, it was very reader friendly and quite comprehensive...although I must admit to being surprised by its small-ish size...which is actually perfect for small hands. I was pleased to see it mentioned the whale shark, the basking shark and the cookie cutter shark, but really disappointed that it did not mention the Greenland shark (very few books do). On the whole, this is a truly wonderful book...buy it!!

My son loves Sharks and this book is great for everything to do with sharks, my son has had this book for 4 years now and he still loves it. Excellent

Poss the worst shark book I have bought. Very basic about 20 pages in it .thought it was very expensive for wot it was