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Smart Kids: Sharks: And Other Dangers of the Deep
Roger Priddy’s Sharks and Other Dangers of the Deep is part of the Smart Kids series of books featuring fun activities and interactive elements.
Take an underwater journey of discovery into the amazing, dangerous world of sharks. With fantastic facts and incredible photographs, this book gives you a close-up look at the biggest, the fastest and the deadliest creatures in the sea.
* Incredible close-up photos of sharks and other ocean life.
* Large format book shows creatures on a big scale.
* Fascinating facts, amazing records and trivia.
* Ideal for homework and school projects.
Take an underwater journey of discovery into the amazing, dangerous world of sharks. With fantastic facts and incredible photographs, this book gives you a close-up look at the biggest, the fastest and the deadliest creatures in the sea.
* Incredible close-up photos of sharks and other ocean life.
* Large format book shows creatures on a big scale.
* Fascinating facts, amazing records and trivia.
* Ideal for homework and school projects.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published October 21, 2005
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About the author
Roger Priddy
2,523 books84 followersRoger Priddy (b. 1960) is the creator of Priddy Books, which publishes books for babies and young children. Priddy Books is a division of Macmillan Publishers and books published by the imprint have won several Practical Pre-School Awards.
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November 7, 2016
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•Grade 1-2
•Dive deep into the ocean and learn about different types of sharks and other dangerous creatures that live in the ocean. Learn about how big the Great White Shark is, or how deadly a Sting Ray’s sting can be. Although the book is full of dangerous creatures, you will still want to go into the ocean after reading this book, just watch where you step.
•This book has great labels on all of its pictures, but it highlights a lot more words than are either needed or in the glossary. It does a great job in showing how dangerous or big something can be by have a danger rating and size comparison for every animal. There is a problem in that sharks are such a big focus the other creatures seem almost out of place in the book.
5) This book can be used for an animal themed week, or a oceanic animal themed week. This can show the children the different types of sharks in the ocean or the different dangerous creatures that live there. Another use may be to show the students that what may seem scary and dangerous is not all that bad as long as you leave them alone. The book discusses how sharks do not deliberately go after humans, they mistake them for seals. This then can be taught as sharks are dangerous but are only dangerous if they mistake you for food.
•Grade 1-2
•Dive deep into the ocean and learn about different types of sharks and other dangerous creatures that live in the ocean. Learn about how big the Great White Shark is, or how deadly a Sting Ray’s sting can be. Although the book is full of dangerous creatures, you will still want to go into the ocean after reading this book, just watch where you step.
•This book has great labels on all of its pictures, but it highlights a lot more words than are either needed or in the glossary. It does a great job in showing how dangerous or big something can be by have a danger rating and size comparison for every animal. There is a problem in that sharks are such a big focus the other creatures seem almost out of place in the book.
5) This book can be used for an animal themed week, or a oceanic animal themed week. This can show the children the different types of sharks in the ocean or the different dangerous creatures that live there. Another use may be to show the students that what may seem scary and dangerous is not all that bad as long as you leave them alone. The book discusses how sharks do not deliberately go after humans, they mistake them for seals. This then can be taught as sharks are dangerous but are only dangerous if they mistake you for food.
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January 29, 2023Summary? This book is mainly about sharks, but includes other dangers in the oceans/water. It goes in to detail about each creature it features.
Did I like it? I thought it was very well done and had cool images. If I said I didn't like it, it would be because it's scary!
How could I use it in my classroom? I would likely have this book on my bookshelf for the children interested in the ocean and its wildlife to read.
Did I like it? I thought it was very well done and had cool images. If I said I didn't like it, it would be because it's scary!
How could I use it in my classroom? I would likely have this book on my bookshelf for the children interested in the ocean and its wildlife to read.
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December 17, 2023
Sharks Roger Priddy
Fun and informative. These creatures are stunning! ***
Fun and informative. These creatures are stunning! ***
April 29, 2024
SMART 2024 - don't be fooled, the girls like these books, too.
September 28, 2012
My kids love this book. We've read it about 100 times and my five year old practically has it memorized. My other son, 3, laughs every time we get to the hammerhead shark page. every. single. time.
October 26, 2014
It was my favorite book when I was smaller. Now I know more about sharks lol
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March 19, 2019Summary:
This book digs into sharks. The first page gives much information about sharks. It talks about different types of sharks. Then the book goes into great detail about the animal. The next pages talk about each type of shark and gives information about them. The books talk about how some attack people, and how many of them don't even want people, they just want a seal or sea lion.
Personal Opinion: I read this book not because I was interested in sharks, but because I know as a future teacher I will need to have read a book about sharks to connect to some of my students. I have a fear of water, and sharks so reading this book definitely didn't help my fear at all. The pictures were detailed and some scared me even more. Definitely would recommend this to a shark lover tho!
Classroom usage:
This could be used in many ways in the classroom. I think younger kids could benefit from it. The best idea that I came up with was for students to get in a group and then each be assigned a shark from the book, and give facts, draw a picture of it and do research on the shark then present it to the class.
This book digs into sharks. The first page gives much information about sharks. It talks about different types of sharks. Then the book goes into great detail about the animal. The next pages talk about each type of shark and gives information about them. The books talk about how some attack people, and how many of them don't even want people, they just want a seal or sea lion.
Personal Opinion: I read this book not because I was interested in sharks, but because I know as a future teacher I will need to have read a book about sharks to connect to some of my students. I have a fear of water, and sharks so reading this book definitely didn't help my fear at all. The pictures were detailed and some scared me even more. Definitely would recommend this to a shark lover tho!
Classroom usage:
This could be used in many ways in the classroom. I think younger kids could benefit from it. The best idea that I came up with was for students to get in a group and then each be assigned a shark from the book, and give facts, draw a picture of it and do research on the shark then present it to the class.
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