Fish (First Discovery Books) [Spiral-bound]

Sabine Krawczyk (Editor), Claude Delafosse (Editor), Heather Miller (Translator), Jeunesse Gallimard (Corporate Author)

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Product Description

Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of various fish.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Spiral-bound: 24 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic; 1st American Edition edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590381555
• ISBN-13: 978-0590381550
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #858,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational for all ages, November 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fish (First Discovery Books) (Spiral-bound)

My 2 year old, as well as my 4 year old nephew, enjoy reading this book over and over. I, too, have learned more about the different fish in the sea!

I plan to purchase four additional books in this series today, as Christmas presents.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Starts okay, then fizzles, February 7, 2006

By	Lydia Joyce - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fish (First Discovery Books) (Spiral-bound)

This series is an imitation of the Eyewitness format for younger readers. It is most appropriate for ages 2-5.

The first two-page spread is promising, full of scientific tipdbits about the anatomy of fish, but already there is an error: "The skeleton of the fish is made of bones." Well, sometimes. Sometimes, it's made of cartilege.

Soon, it dissolves into randomness and pointlessness. There's a page showing fish running away from a hungry eel, and they don't even bother to mention that eels are fish, too. Then the next spread is a list of saltwater fish "you might see in the fish market." Though that is probably true in France, where the book was first published, there are few places in the U.S. where you can buy a cat shark or "sting skate"! (I assume they actually mean stingray...) Flounders lie on the ocean floor to "play hide-and-seek"! In addition, something went very wrong with the translation on one page, which shows how to fish for...minnows. Six-inch minnows, I might add.

Because of its incoherency and errors, this books is one to skip.