From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8-An exceptional addition to a fine se-ries that carries the same hallmark of quality as its predecessors. Mallory's readable text follows the swim fins of marine biologist Pete Klimley and an IMAX film team to seamounts off Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean to observe and film schooling ham-merhead sharks. The author recounts earlier investigations Klimley made trying to dis-cover the connections among seamounts, the Earth's magnetic field, and the sharks' migratory patterns in the sea, showing just how scientists put laboratory theses to the proof in the field. A fascinating record of re-search and investigation, this inviting book is larded with numerous dramatic color pho-tos. Full of hammerhead data as well, it will be a useful tool for young report writers as well as a good read, and may well inspire some children to turn to marine biology or photography as a lifelong interest.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Li-brary, NY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 3-7. Mallory, editor and chief of publishing programs at the New England Aquarium, offers an engrossing, visually captivating entry in the Scientists in the Field series. He recalls his experiences with scientist Pete Klimley, whose research on sharks has taught the world much, as they worked in the waters off Costa Rica helping film the IMAX feature
Island of the Sharks. Mallory's firsthand experience results in crystalline descriptions of both the emotional rush and the visual awe of swimming among sharks. Yet his personal accounts never interfere with his primary focus: to teach children about the often-misunderstood deep-sea creatures. Vivid photographs abound and include not only underwater shots of the sharks and divers but also shots of the terrain and wildlife of Cocos Island and the diving equipment that enabled the crew to get close to their subjects. The photos will keep readers turning pages; the text shares plenty that is worth knowing and remembering.
Roger LeslieCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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