Book Description
The Shark in the Dark is heading this way – and he’s HUNGRY!
Synopsis
Will the flustered fish become saltwater snacks, or can they come up with a plan to teach the mean, greedy shark a lesson he'll never forget? With atmospheric underwater scenes and a terrifically toothy villain, this captivating rhyming story is perfect for reading aloud. Tremendously funny - with a biting twist!
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About the Author
Peter Bently studied languages at Oxford. He lives in the writer-filled town of Totnes with his wife and a perfect ready-made audience of two young children. He enjoys visiting schools and sharing his writing. Inspired by living close to the sea, THE SHARK IN THE DARK is Peter's first picture book for Macmillan. Ben Cort studied illustration at Harrow College. His first picture book for Macmillan, COLOUR ME HAPPY (978-1-4050-0909-6) was published in 2007, and his work for Campbell Books, including MUDDLE JUNGLE, has enjoyed great success.
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4.7
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M**M
Very sweet story, appealing to all ahes
My children both love this story and I really like it too. It has a nice message and the way it is written makes it really enjoyable to read. The illustrations are lovely and colourful and it is really nice quality printing and paper. We like this so much it is our second copy, the first got read so many times it fell apart!
F**E
The Shark in the Dark
My son is mad on sharks so got this for him for our bedtime story - he loves it! He is 4 years old and loves the story, the illustrations and of course the shark. I knew I couldn't go wrong with this book for him.Read it every day/night since getting it and cant see him getting tired of it anytime soon even though I am!
L**H
Loved by my three year old
My son loves this book. Even asked to read this over TV. The illustrations are bright and vibrant. And the story has a fierce shark in it (what more can a boy ask for?). It also has a message about working together to overcome problems.
J**S
Great little book.
Great book for my 3 year old.
T**Z
This is a decent kids book. By that I ...
This is a decent kids book. By that I mean, it keeps my little one amused, I have read it around a dozen times so far to her, and it does not make me lose the will to live. Some of the books she has make me want to groan when she asks for them, this one doesn't.
A**H
Much loved favourite
Kids had read this at nursery and demanded I buy it one day, but after searching all the bookshops in town, we couldn't find it anywhere. Hurrah for Amazon - good price, quick delivery and the book now takes pride of place in our bedtime story pile. I'd never heard of it until the kids asked for it, but I soon learned to love the quirky rhymes and storyline with a twist. My daughter loves it so much she can now recite the story from memory!! Great buy....
L**L
Great book
I'm so so glad I got this book, my daughter has taken a liking to sharks and loves to read this book at night. Never out of her hands. Easy to read.
S**E
Lovely story
Really nice rhyming story fir little kids but some of the pages are a bit dark for reading by bedside lamp. Otherwise would have given 5stars.
A**M
Brillinat book
bought for my 4 year old he and his brother who is 2 love it .its smart witty , nice play with words and the ryming is great also it has a good ending and a climax and gives a good lesson in the end
J**L
Buen libro para niños bilingües
Buen libro para niños bilingües
A**A
Love it!
My 4 yo is obsessed with this book! Love it!
K**T
Fun creative book
This is a cute children's book with rhyming lines. The mean greedy shark is coming up from the dark ocean depths to eat a bunch of fish--and he's portrayed as the scary, selfish, mean bad guy. The fish panic (in rhyme) and race off. A nearby squid comes up with a creative and humorous solution. My 4 year old son loves it. The cover has a jagged hole in it to mimic a broken ship porthole--the shark is looking through--it's a neat 3-d feature that my kid really enjoys. The art work is interesting and the drama is enough to keep a kid interested but not be too scarey. It definitely vilifies the predator, a common issue with many story books, but if you can live with that, it's a great book.
H**E
Nice
Grandson loves this book so was thrilled to find it for him. It seems to be out of print, was unable to find a new book so purchased used. Unlike some, this book was in very good condition.
M**T
Great rhythm
This author is so great that I seek out his books. I work as a volunteer in an inner city school in San Francisco. I work with k thru 2nd and this book is most suitable for the k's and 1's since it has rhythm and the rhyming text helps in their reading readiness skills and to top it off, he tells a good story. I am gradually accumulating all of his books.
1**X
Awesome Book
My nephew has this book at school and I decided to order it for him and I had no idea how much he loved it. He is three and you would think he could read because he basically is reciting the book from memory. He thinks the authors name and artist are part of the story and reads them to you in the whole story.
A**R
Love!
Great book! My son reads it 3 times a day minimal!
M**E
Very happy.
will order from them again. No problems. Very happy.
M**Z
Five Stars
Love this book
K**R
Great book!
We borrowed this from the library so many times, I decided to buy one. My 3 and 4 year old love this book.
K**P
Five Stars
One of our favorite books!
E**E
Shark in the Dark
I bought this for my five year old grandson. Read it to him the other day and he loved it! Loved it so much, we had to read it over and over and over again!
D**D
Present Granddaughter
My grandaughter loves this book and like all books kids love, it must be read over and over and overand over! lol
A**R
Very pleased
My 4 year old is obsessed with sharks and just loves this book. He asks for it almost every night for bedtime.
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Peter Bently studied languages at Oxford. He lives in the writer-filled town of Totnes with his wife and a perfect ready-made audience of two young children. He enjoys visiting schools and sharing his writing. Inspired by living close to the sea, THE SHARK IN THE DARK is Peter's first picture book for Macmillan.
Ben Cort studied illustration at Harrow College. His first picture book for Macmillan, COLOUR ME HAPPY (978-1-4050-0909-6) was published in 2007, and his work for Campbell Books, including MUDDLE JUNGLE, has enjoyed great success.
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Some of the books she has make me want to groan when she asks for them, this one doesn't."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***H"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2013","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Much loved favourite\n \n","reviewBody":"Kids had read this at nursery and demanded I buy it one day, but after searching all the bookshops in town, we couldn't find it anywhere. Hurrah for Amazon - good price, quick delivery and the book now takes pride of place in our bedtime story pile. I'd never heard of it until the kids asked for it, but I soon learned to love the quirky rhymes and storyline with a twist. My daughter loves it so much she can now recite the story from memory!! Great buy...."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"L***L"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2018","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Great book\n \n","reviewBody":"I'm so so glad I got this book, my daughter has taken a liking to sharks and loves to read this book at night. Never out of her hands. Easy to read."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"4.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"S***E"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2018","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Lovely story\n \n","reviewBody":"Really nice rhyming story fir little kids but some of the pages are a bit dark for reading by bedside lamp. Otherwise would have given 5stars."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***M"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Spain on 10 April 2017","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Brillinat book\n \n","reviewBody":"bought for my 4 year old he and his brother who is 2 love it .its smart witty , nice play with words and the ryming is great also it has a good ending and a climax and gives a good lesson in the end"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"J***L"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Spain on 26 December 2018","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Buen libro para niños bilingües\n \n \n","reviewBody":"Buen libro para niños bilingües"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***A"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Canada on 15 December 2016","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Love it!\n \n","reviewBody":"My 4 yo is obsessed with this book! Love it!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"K***T"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 23 September 2011","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Fun creative book\n \n","reviewBody":"This is a cute children's book with rhyming lines. The mean greedy shark is coming up from the dark ocean depths to eat a bunch of fish--and he's portrayed as the scary, selfish, mean bad guy. The fish panic (in rhyme) and race off. A nearby squid comes up with a creative and humorous solution. My 4 year old son loves it. The cover has a jagged hole in it to mimic a broken ship porthole--the shark is looking through--it's a neat 3-d feature that my kid really enjoys. The art work is interesting and the drama is enough to keep a kid interested but not be too scarey. 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I work with k thru 2nd and this book is most suitable for the k's and 1's since it has rhythm and the rhyming text helps in their reading readiness skills and to top it off, he tells a good story. I am gradually accumulating all of his books."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"1***X"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 29 January 2014","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Awesome Book\n \n","reviewBody":"My nephew has this book at school and I decided to order it for him and I had no idea how much he loved it. He is three and you would think he could read because he basically is reciting the book from memory. He thinks the authors name and artist are part of the story and reads them to you in the whole story."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***R"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 10 August 2019","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Love!\n \n","reviewBody":"Great book! My son reads it 3 times a day minimal!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"M***E"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 25 February 2017","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Very happy.\n \n","reviewBody":"will order from them again. No problems. Very happy."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"M***Z"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 6 October 2017","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Five Stars\n \n","reviewBody":"Love this book"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"K***R"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 28 January 2016","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Great book!\n \n","reviewBody":"We borrowed this from the library so many times, I decided to buy one. My 3 and 4 year old love this book."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"K***P"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 12 June 2017","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Five Stars\n \n","reviewBody":"One of our favorite books!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"E***E"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 9 December 2013","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Shark in the Dark\n \n","reviewBody":"I bought this for my five year old grandson. Read it to him the other day and he loved it! Loved it so much, we had to read it over and over and over again!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"D***D"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 7 May 2014","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Present Granddaughter\n \n","reviewBody":"My grandaughter loves this book and like all books kids love, it must be read over and over and overand over! lol"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***R"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on 30 March 2016","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Very pleased\n \n","reviewBody":"My 4 year old is obsessed with sharks and just loves this book. He asks for it almost every night for bedtime."}],"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":4.913043478260869,"bestRating":5,"ratingCount":23}}
