Shelby (Aquatic) (Aquatic) [Hardcover]

Stacy A. Nyikos (Author), Shawn N. Sisneros (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Shelby wishes more than anything to make a friend without scaraing them to death first. Yahoo with wahoos and bounce with ballyhoos as Shelby searches for the perfect chance to chomp her way to friendship. Beware: Only the bravest seafarers dare read the last two pages of fun facts about sharks!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Shelby"...will delight children as they hear how shy Shelby finds the needed courage to help rescue her fish friends. -- Armchair Interviews

Highly Recommended Nyikos uses rhyme to bring the story... alive. Illustrations are realistic, yet charming. Cover is colorful and enticing. -- Midwest Book Review

This book was an instant hit. --The Reading Tub

From the Author

Even today, I have Shelby moments when visiting schools. I remind myself to flash my pearly whites like Shelby and put my best tooth forward!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Stonehorse Publishing; First Edition edition (June 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976419912
• ISBN-13: 978-0976419914
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,295,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An ideal and fun picturebook story about overcoming shyness and loneliness, July 11, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shelby (Aquatic) (Aquatic) (Hardcover)

With colorful illustrations from Shawn N. Sisneros, Shelby by Stacy A. Nyikos is the entertaining story of Shelby, a shy young lemon shark who desperately wants a friendship but is frightened of whaoos, ballyoos, and little tunnies with the razor-sharp teeth. The lyrical text perfectly augmented with colored drawings provides young readers with an engaging picturebook story of Shelby's encounter in a mangrove swamp provides her the chance to save some fish and begin surprising new friendships. An ideal and fun picturebook story about overcoming shyness and loneliness that many young readers will readily identify with, Shelby is very highly recommended for family, school, and library collections.

4.0 out of 5 stars Children will love it!, July 6, 2006

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Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shelby (Aquatic) (Aquatic) (Hardcover)

Shelby is a shark--a shy shark. Shelby is so shy she misses out having fun playing with all the fish and other ocean creatures where she lives.

The author wrote Shelby for children to understand about being brave and making new friends. "Even now, every one in a while, I have a Shelby moment," Nyikos says. (Don't we all!)

Told in rhyme, it has words (and names of exotic fish) that will delight children as they hear how shy Shelby finds the needed courage to help rescue her fish friends.

The illustrations by Shawn Sisneros are bold lines and colors that will delight children.

"Then for the very first time in her shy lonesome life...," may be just the line that children can relate to.

This book ends with "Shark Bites," a very informative section that answers nine questions about the shark and specifically the lemon shark.

Armchair Interview says: This is a book for all children, but specifically those who are interested in fishes, the ocean and sharks.