True Shark Stories

Terry Deary's Terribly True Stories

by terry-deary

Terrifying man-eating monsters? Or misunderstood creatures, persecuted by humans? Through these real-life shark stories, the time has come to discover the truth about sharks and make up your own mind.

Genres: History, Childrens, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Eowynselixure_book Love · Rating 4 out of 5]

From the author of Horrible Histories comes this fascinating series of true stories about topics that really interest me and I suspect most of us. Now what you don’t know about me is that sharks are amongst my favorite animals and I will watch, read and research anything to do with sharks.

Are sharks really the terrifying, man-eating monsters we associate them as or misunderstood creatures persecuted by humans? Make up your own mind with this fascinating book of eight terribly true tales of suspense, danger and courage which include the real-life Jaws and the shark that saved lives.

I actually started reading this to my best friend as we are both a sucker for riveting shark tales and we both agreed it was incredibly interesting, well researched, shocking and in some instances sad. Not only are we regaled with these interesting shark stories but also shark facts about repellents, what to do in a shark attack, shark records and superstitions and legends.

I really enjoyed this little fun, fact filled book it’s taught me a lot about famous sharks and shark attacks that I didn’t previously know, which is great considering I know an awful lot about sharks themselves.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

One thing people seem to remember about me is that I love sharks. Which I do, but I also love all ocean creatures - whales, rays, dolphins… That being said, reading this book as a child was the start of my love for sharks. That and my sister whose special interest was sharks.

I’ve thought about this book a lot recently, and I wanted to get my own copy to reminisce. It goes to show how often I read this as a child that I remember full on passages from this book! It was a deja-vu moment for sure.

As this is from 1995, some of the facts are outdated (we’ve definitely seen megamouths more than 5 times, including female megamouths). However, the vibe is still the same.

[Xanthi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Living in Australia, sharks are creatures you are very much aware of- especially if you live in the coastal towns and cities, which most of us do. You grow up going to the beach, fully aware that they are out there. Part fascinating, part frightening... which is what you also get from this book. There are nonfiction stories retold here, in a narrative style. I had not heard of most of them before. The illustrations are excellent and I appreciate the author’s conservationist points, especially at the end of the book.

[Maddy Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Terry Deary's snippets of info. I feel my life is better for knowing that an ancient Greek doctor believed a shock ftom an electric eel would cure a headache
To be fair, you probably weren't thinking about the headache any more...

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXCELLENT FACT BOOK BY TERRT DEARY TRUE STORIES BUT WRITTEN LIKE FICTION, NEVER BORING AND A FASCINATING READ. I BLOODY LOVED THIS ONE.

[Sara Pahlevani · Rating 2 out of 5]

هیچکس نمیداند که چه تعداد از خدمه ی ناو آمریکایی ایندیانا پولیس به وسیله ی کوسه‌ها کشته شدند. اغلب موافقند که دست کم 100 نفر.
هیچ‌کس نمیداند که چند نفر در اثر فرو افتادن بمب اتمی هیروشیما مُردند؛ همان بمبی که با محموله ی کشتی ایندیانا پولیس ساخته شد. اغلب موافقند که دست کم 100000 نفر.
آن‌وقت آنها میگویند کوسه ها مرگ‌آورند.

[Ibrahim Siddiqui · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice but many more tsle should be added

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

345 - 2016

Hasil hunting di BBW 30/04/2016

[Winifred · Rating 4 out of 5]

intersting facts and stories about sharks kids would love this book