Fish

DK Eyewitness Books

by Steve Parker

"With full-color photographs and careful anatomical drawings, charts, and diagrams, Fish educates even the casual browser. Each two-page section opens with a general text, while captions underneath the numerous pictures generously provide specific facts about every facet of fish life--camouflage, early fishes, oddities, and physiology. Libraries will not want to be without this absorbing entry in the Eyewitness Books series."-- Booklist.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Reference, Childrens, Nature

63 pages, Hardcover

First published April 19, 2004

About the author

Steve Parker is a British science writer of children's and adult's books. He has written more than 300 titles and contributed to or edited another 150.

Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.

Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

We LOVE these books! we've spend hours reading them - great pics and lots of educational information presented well.

[Little Timmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

OK I know these are supposed to be kid books but they are awesome! Great pictures and just enough text to make you want to learn more. Great choices for a beginning history reader or to start an older reader out in a new area. Every time I pick one of these up and read it I learn new things. Highly Recommended

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book just so that my child and I could flip through it quickly and see photos and some true facts about fish. The book served this purpose pretty well. The book was chock full of information, but I didn't explore this part of the book too much. The book looks pretty outdated, but I'm not sure if the information is outdated or not.

[Vayda Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of text and not many captivating images. Not really a good intro book for kids into this area of science. More like a textbook.

[Lauren Rev · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I've found with other Eyewitness Guides this one had stunning and informative photographs interspersed with on-point illustrations. In fact the statement on its front page describing the book as "a photo essay about the natural world of fish and their importance in human life" provided an accurate albeit grandiose summary. Good as a discussion generator with my 5-year old cousin but sometimes she also was left with questions unanswered. Definitely a book for juveniles. Not as a definitive guide but a way to whet the appetite for further study. As an adult did not provide enough information.

[1 Kirsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an awesome book with great pictures and great facts about a lot of different types of fish. I recommend this book to 4-6th graders. This book gave me a bunch of facts about fish and all the information i need this is a great book for people who really like fish it is very interesting. I loved the pictures of all the fish. GREAT!

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

many pictures, sketches, and informational particitions in explaining fish their lives and habitats and addaptations

[Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for kids and adults

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz 17222 BL 7.6 pts 1.0

[Shari · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book, especially the section on flat fish and how their eye migrates across their head.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much more than I ever need to know!!!