Award-winning children’s illustrator Nick Sharratt has done it again! Young children will love doing the actions, sticking their fingers through the holes, joining in with the repeated phrases, and practicing which is left and which is right. But best of all, children will love Shark in the Park! because it will make them laugh! And they will ask for it again and again.
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From Publishers Weekly
In Shark in the Park! by Nick Sharratt, Timothy Pope looks through his telescope and sees "a nasty surprise." A die-cut hole (on the cover and throughout) zeros in on what he thinks in each case is a fin; a turn of the page gives the big picture. Ages 2-6.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-"THERE'S A SHARK IN THE PARK!" Or is there? In this cleverly written, brightly illustrated story, a boy is testing out his new telescope. He explores the view from a variety of directions: "He looks at the sky./He looks at the ground./He looks left and right./He looks all around." He sees a shark. However, upon turning the page, readers see only a smiling black cat. So, the boy looks through his telescope again and once again yells that he sees a shark. However, it's just a bird. Finally his father comes to take him home. The boy will not see a shark in the park today. Or will he? On the last page, a duck in a pond sits on what looks like the tail of a rather large animal. There is a die-cut hole in the center of the front cover and several of the pages, and readers will have fun guessing what lurks behind each opening.
Kristin de Lacoste, South Regional Public Library, Pembroke Pines, FL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kristin de Lacoste, South Regional Public Library, Pembroke Pines, FL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ACK! There's a shark in the park!!!!,
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This review is from: Shark in the Park! (Hardcover)
The little boy in this book is looking through his telescope in the park and is sure he keeps seeing a shark. The lense is an actual hole in the pages of the book, and as each page is turned the fin of the shark turns out to be something quite ordinary (ie. a cat, a crow, even the dad's Elvis-style haircut). This brightly illustrated book contains clever rhymes and pleasent repetition so kids can begin to chant along with the reader, and a surprise at the end leaves them giggling every time.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun colors, happy drawings in a cute guessing game book.,
By Cady Hayden "Children's Book Author" (Bergenfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shark in the Park! (Hardcover)
This book is full of repetition and rhyming fun. Timothy is at the park testing out his new telescope and thinks he keeps seeing a shark. Three of the pages have holes through them so that one might guess what he is seeing before the next page is turned. It never truly is a shark that he sees in the park but this is a fun book to read with a child ages 2-6 to see their expressions, guesses to the telescope hole page and reaction to what it really is that Timothy is seeing. This story would be fun to use in a kindergarten class when shapes are being taught.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm a Shark now!,
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This review is from: Shark in the Park! (Hardcover)
I bought this book on a whim and it was the best purchase ever. I am a preschool teacher and this book became the class favorite as soon as I brought it to school. We read it many times a day, and the children can read the book themselves they know it so well. The illustrations are wonderful and the children learn directions such as up, down, left and right and really enjoy yelling, "Shark in the Park!!" at the top of their lungs. At our school your class is named after a animal, due to this book we are now...the Shark group. Please buy this book you will not be dissapointed!
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