Sharks Keep Losing Their Teeth

I Didn't Know That...

by Claire Llewellyn

Provides information about the diet, anatomy, habits, and reproduction of sharks.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Claire Llewellyn is a prize-winning author of non-fiction for young readers – in 1991, she was shortlisted for the prestigious TES Junior Information Book Award for Take One: Rubbish – and in 1992, she won that award for My First Book of Time. Since then, Claire has written more than 100 children’s books on a wide range of subjects. Ask Dr K Fisher About Animals was shortlisted for the 2008 Royal Society prizes for Science Books Junior Prize.

Reviews

[Amy Erwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary - Some sharks are older than dinosaurs and some smaller than you. The dwarf shark is like its name and is as small as a goldfish. Sharks' teeth can turn into fossils or necklaces. Sharks have to constantly swim or they sink.


Response - This book is filled with tons of facts, details, and pictures regarding sharks. It's very informative and asked questions along the way (true/false). The back of the book also contains a glossary.


Classrooms -
Animals are unique and cool
Sharks --- Everything sharks

[Haley Hoenke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Science, Nature, Sharks

[Erin Field · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Abigail Trithart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book about sharks.
Each spread is dedicated to a fact about sharks that students might not know! For example the first spread is "I didn't know that sharks are older than dinosaurs." The spread is then filled with different facts about how old sharks are and it even shows a fossil! Along with the different facts are little questions/activities for the students to complete as they read. They can be a true/false question or the kids can be challenged to find different animals on the pages! The book ends with a glossary that has different words and their definitions that are about sharks.
This is a great book to introduce children to sharks and the ocean. The final glossary is perfect to help teach new words. After reading this book, students can be challenged to find different facts about sharks that weren't included in the book!