Great White Shark: Ruler of the Sea - a Smithsonian Oceanic Collection Book [Hardcover]

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Author), Steven James Petruccio (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 9, 2011 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Smithsonian Oceanic Collection

Baby White Shark battles hunger and injury, until one day she becomes the great ruler of the ocean. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Great White Shark: Ruler of the Sea is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations.



Book Features:
- An informative storyline and colorful illustrations
- 32 pages
- Appropriate for ages: 3-9
- Hardcover dimensions: 12 x 8 3/4 inches

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3-A wildlife biography in picture-book format. White Shark is just two days old when the book opens, and already she is pursuing injured, defenseless, or slow fish and other marine animals as she grows from a 4-foot newborn to a 20-foot adult. She is wounded by a swordfish and threatened by larger sharks but she survives. When her hunting skills improve, pilot fish become her companions. As an adult, she is unchallenged, becoming the "Ruler of the Sea." Petruccio's naturalistic watercolors depict the grays and blues of her underwater world. Because little is known about much of these sharks' lives, the story is limited to hunting, eating, and survival techniques. Those insatiably curious shark enthusiasts will keep this title in constant circulation.
Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Wonderful --Hudson Valley Magazine

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Soundprint; 1st edition (June 9, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568991223
• ISBN-13: 978-1568991221
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 11.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,178,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?, a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award winner.

When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils for her local natural history museums.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excelent, Super, Awsome, amazing book!, September 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Great White Shark: Ruler of the Sea - a Smithsonian Oceanic Collection Book (Hardcover)

This awsome book tells a great white shark's life span from baby to adult. This book was really cool because it had many intresting facts. I learned a lot from this book. This book even has it's own glossary! If you can find this book, you should buy it!