Everything Dolphin: What Kids Really Want to Know About Dolphins

Kids' FAQs

by Marty Crisp

Dolphins captivate us with their intelligence, their chattering and their amazing jumping! These truly cool animals are the latest focus in the popular Kids' FAQs(tm) series, based on real questions from real kids. In addition to providing basic information like habitat, diet, species distinction, and life cycle, this book delves into the more unusual―but equally important―questions, like Why are dolphins always smiling? Everything Dolphin is packed full of useful information and fun trivia. Parents and teachers agree, the Kids' FAQs(tm) series is perfect for budding scientists or simply curious kids.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens

64 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2004

About the author

Marty Crisp lives in Ephrata, Pennsylvania a town about forty miles west of Harrisburg in Lancaster County where she writes as a correspondent for Lancaster Newspapers. She is married, has four grown children and is very fond of dogs, a primary subject in much of her writing. As a writer primarily for children, she has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Maxwell Medallion awarded by the Dog Writers Association of America.

Reviews

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a nonfiction book and is intended to educate young readers in the primary age group. This book teachers many facts about dolphins. One interesting fact that I learned in this book is that a group of dolphins is called a pod, school, or charm. Dolphins also have a belly button. Also, depending on the species, dolphins can live between 12-50 years. This book was easy to read and follow. It is set up like a question/answer book. The author chose to use real life dolphin pictures. This book would appeal to children who like dolphins. I would use this book when teaching about mammals, wild life, or sea animals.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few things I learned:
1. Their breathing is different than ours - They have to think about breathing while with us, it just comes naturally.
2. They use echolocation to hear and detect changes in their environment
3. Dolphins have only one set of teeth, no baby teeth. Their teeth are peg shaped without molars, so whatever they catch to eat, they swallow whole.
4. Contrary to the popular stereotype, no two dolphins mate for life. Rarely ever do males stay to help raise calves.
5. Very intelligent animals with a brain the size of a person's. Bottlenose dolphins are used commonly in shows because they're more flexible and playful.

[Julianna · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought the book Everything Dolphin was an okay book. I enjoyed reading some interesting facts about dolphins but I don't thinnk the book was that interesting, but that is just my opinion and I think the only reason I thought that was probably because I prefer fiction books.