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Everything You Know About Sharks is Wrong!
Shark fans will quickly become shark experts with this informative, inventive, and entertaining take on an animal book! Do you
know all there is to know about sharks? They're all giant, cold-blooded creatures that enjoy eating humans, right? Well, this
book is here to show you that you're WRONG! But don't worry, even the experts can't be right all the time . . . So, let's
uncover the truth! From terrifying teeth to brilliant brain power, discover how everything you think you know about sharks is
actually untrue in this in-depth, ingenious book. With fascinating, friendly, and easy-to-understand text written by zoologist Dr.
Nick Crumpton and amazingly detailed color artwork on every page, this beautifully produced hardcover gift book with a
stunning tactile cover will impress shark fans of any age. Also available in this Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is
Wrong!
know all there is to know about sharks? They're all giant, cold-blooded creatures that enjoy eating humans, right? Well, this
book is here to show you that you're WRONG! But don't worry, even the experts can't be right all the time . . . So, let's
uncover the truth! From terrifying teeth to brilliant brain power, discover how everything you think you know about sharks is
actually untrue in this in-depth, ingenious book. With fascinating, friendly, and easy-to-understand text written by zoologist Dr.
Nick Crumpton and amazingly detailed color artwork on every page, this beautifully produced hardcover gift book with a
stunning tactile cover will impress shark fans of any age. Also available in this Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is
Wrong!
- GenresNonfictionPicture Books
64 pages, Hardcover
Published May 7, 2024
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About the author
Nick Crumpton
17 books3 followersNick Crumpton is a zoologist and writer based in London. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and has researched the inner workings of the mammalian organs of hearing and balance, what the very earliest mammals that lived in the age of the dinosaurs liked to eat, and what sub-fossils of new species from Indonesia can tell us about evolution.
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May 31, 2024
mega mi sie podobalo wszytsko fajnie napisane i latwo da sie zrozumiec i te ilustracje ?!?!!!??!? uwielbiam je
August 29, 2025
Really nice. Tells us that sharks are very smart, friendly and of all shapes and sizes. I recommend this for people who love sharks and want to learn about them.
June 1, 2024
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Here's the perfect book for Shark Week from the team that brought you Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong! Tween shark aficionados will tell you that sharks are misunderstood, but they need this book to provide the ammunition needed to disabuse those who don't understand sharks of their misconceptions! In the process of addressing various wrongly held ideas, each two page rebuttal to commonly held beliefs (sharks eat people!) offers a lot of information about things that are true about sharks. Where they live, different types, what they eat, and even statistics on various deadly creatures add to the general knowledge about sharks and amuse avid readers. There's a great glossary at the back of the book, as well as a much needed index.
Not only does this book have a wealth of printed information, but the illustrations also provide a lot of helpful material. I love that there is so much blue in the backgrounds; it makes the pictures of sharks look like they are swimming. It also makes it a little harder to read the smaller fonts on the pages, but younger readers won't notice this as much as I did.
I can't say that I was all that frightened of sharks, since they are about as unlikely to show up in my yard as I am to show up on the beach, but now I am a little concerned about cows, who apparently killed 22 people in 2021!
Readers who like sharks often swim towards nonfiction books like Littleboy's How It Works: Sharks or Silen's Can't Get Enough Shark Stuff, but I love to pair nonfiction with fiction books on the same topic. This is perfect for readers who are enjoying Márquez's Swimming With Sharks, Monninger's The Great White Shark, Spradlin's Into the Killing Seas or Northrop's Surrounded by Sharks!
Here's the perfect book for Shark Week from the team that brought you Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong! Tween shark aficionados will tell you that sharks are misunderstood, but they need this book to provide the ammunition needed to disabuse those who don't understand sharks of their misconceptions! In the process of addressing various wrongly held ideas, each two page rebuttal to commonly held beliefs (sharks eat people!) offers a lot of information about things that are true about sharks. Where they live, different types, what they eat, and even statistics on various deadly creatures add to the general knowledge about sharks and amuse avid readers. There's a great glossary at the back of the book, as well as a much needed index.
Not only does this book have a wealth of printed information, but the illustrations also provide a lot of helpful material. I love that there is so much blue in the backgrounds; it makes the pictures of sharks look like they are swimming. It also makes it a little harder to read the smaller fonts on the pages, but younger readers won't notice this as much as I did.
I can't say that I was all that frightened of sharks, since they are about as unlikely to show up in my yard as I am to show up on the beach, but now I am a little concerned about cows, who apparently killed 22 people in 2021!
Readers who like sharks often swim towards nonfiction books like Littleboy's How It Works: Sharks or Silen's Can't Get Enough Shark Stuff, but I love to pair nonfiction with fiction books on the same topic. This is perfect for readers who are enjoying Márquez's Swimming With Sharks, Monninger's The Great White Shark, Spradlin's Into the Killing Seas or Northrop's Surrounded by Sharks!
January 27, 2025
Do sharks kill a lot of people? Are sharks always really big? Do sharks have no predators who eat them? Do all sharks live in shallow seas? Do all sharks lay eggs? Are sharks dumb? Do sharks die if they stop swimming? This book gives you all the answers about everything you have heard about sharks.
The first chapter is about the myth that "sharks haven't changed for millions of years." It really gets on my nerves when scientific books talk about the earth being millions of years old as if it were a fact. They can't prove that. There is no empirical evidence. It's a theory. One theory among many regarding the origins of the universe. So why can't they just state clearly that it's a theory? You would think that scientists would care about presenting clear information. It makes me wonder what other theories they are presenting as fact, and they don't bother to tell the reader that it's only a theory.
I really like the colorful illustrations in this book, and the way the information is organized in sections to answer all your questions about sharks. We learn about all the different species of shark and what makes them each so unique. We learn about how sharks affect the ecosystem by keeping fish populations in check, and how they hunt and breed. It's all really interesting!
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.
The first chapter is about the myth that "sharks haven't changed for millions of years." It really gets on my nerves when scientific books talk about the earth being millions of years old as if it were a fact. They can't prove that. There is no empirical evidence. It's a theory. One theory among many regarding the origins of the universe. So why can't they just state clearly that it's a theory? You would think that scientists would care about presenting clear information. It makes me wonder what other theories they are presenting as fact, and they don't bother to tell the reader that it's only a theory.
I really like the colorful illustrations in this book, and the way the information is organized in sections to answer all your questions about sharks. We learn about all the different species of shark and what makes them each so unique. We learn about how sharks affect the ecosystem by keeping fish populations in check, and how they hunt and breed. It's all really interesting!
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.
October 20, 2023
Nick Crumpton jatkaa maanmainiota Pötyä-sarjaansa teoksella "Kaikki mitä olet tiennyt haikaloista on pötyä!" (Mäkelä, 2023). Teos kertoo erilaisista hailajeista ottamalla käsittelyyn erilaisia väitteitä, jotka sitten ajetaan puppugeneraattorin lävitse. Hait tappavat joukoittain ihmisiä? Pötyä, lehmätkin ovat vaarallisempia! Megalodon elää? Pötyä, minkäänlaista elonmerkkiä ei ole löydetty! Haita elää vain trooppisissa merissä? Pötyä, holkerin tapaisia haita uiskentelee myös hyisissä arktisissa vesissä! Emme pysty auttamaan haikaloja? Pötyä, ainakin toivottavasti...
Lukiessa oppii kaikenlaista kivaa ja vähän ällöttävääkin, kuten...
Joskus, kun esimerkiksi riuttahai stressaantuu tai tuntee tarvetta puhdistaa suolistoaan, se antaa ylen. Se ei tosin oksenna samaan tapaan kuin ihminen, vaan tyhjentää mahansa työntämällä vatsalaukkunsa kokonaan ulos. (s. 22)
Gavin Scottin ilmeikäs piirroskuvitus on sekin erinomainen.
Suomeksi ei haikirjallisuutta löydy nimeksikään, joten tämä on siinäkin mielessä kiva lisä tietokirjallisuuteen. Vinkkauksiin alakoululaisille.
Lukiessa oppii kaikenlaista kivaa ja vähän ällöttävääkin, kuten...
Joskus, kun esimerkiksi riuttahai stressaantuu tai tuntee tarvetta puhdistaa suolistoaan, se antaa ylen. Se ei tosin oksenna samaan tapaan kuin ihminen, vaan tyhjentää mahansa työntämällä vatsalaukkunsa kokonaan ulos. (s. 22)
Gavin Scottin ilmeikäs piirroskuvitus on sekin erinomainen.
Suomeksi ei haikirjallisuutta löydy nimeksikään, joten tämä on siinäkin mielessä kiva lisä tietokirjallisuuteen. Vinkkauksiin alakoululaisille.
May 25, 2025
Le livre aide les lecteurs, en particulier les enfants, à mieux comprendre les requins.
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