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Chomp!
A great book about sharks - with real pictures!
- GenresNonfictionScience
40 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1999
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October 1, 2019
Chomp is a great informational book for young readers. It details the life of a shark under the water. Sharks have hundreds of teeth. If they lose a tooth a new one will grow back. There are several species of sharks. The tiger shark is known as "the swimming garbage can" because it will eat anything. This book has real life photos in it. It has great visuals for children to see. This is a great book for anyone wanting to read about sharks.
October 4, 2017
Emerson's first st pats library book. Checked out at school. Book is very good and we enjoyed the nonfiction chapter format. Good series cartwheel science series. Level 3. Suitable for grades 1-2 and ages 6-8.
May 2, 2020
The Berger Science Readers are a great collection to have in the classroom as an option for students to use as a reference for nonfiction writing about the subject or as a mentor text for another subject. It has a lot of helpful pictures, bolded keywords, and separated chapters.
March 25, 2018
An easy book with lots of color photos for young readers to enjoy.
February 16, 2015
"Chomp! A Book About Sharks" by Melvin Berger is exactly what the title says, a book about sharks. There are five small chapters in this book, each chapter discussing and giving facts about different elements of a shark. The first chapter talks about how sharks hunt. The second chapter is about sharks being powerful swimmers, the third about the sharks teeth, the fourth about sharks babies, and the last chapter gives examples of individual types of sharks. Although this book is non-fiction, kids can find this book easy to read. There are lots of pictures, and the words are kept simple for early readers.
Besides that there is at least one picture on every page, the pictures are real photographs of sharks. There are pictures of sharks swimming through the water, feeding on prey, a close up of the sharks scales, gills on a shark, multiple rows of shark teeth, how large a shark can open its mouth, baby sharks being born, and examples of how different sharks look. These real photographs show kids exactly what sharks look like. If this book was illustrated using drawn pictures, it would not have given off the same vibe. The real examples of sharks help children learn and categorize the attributes of a shark. It gives an eerie feeling to the reader because they imagine themselves in the water with these animals. Using drawn pictures might not be as precise on the characteristics of sharks. If the pictures were painted, sketched, or doodled, it would not give the reader the same fearfulness as the real pictures promote. The real life pictures complete the goal of this book: which is to inform.
As previously stated, this book is informative. It is written for young readers to be able to read by themselves and learn about sharks. There are facts stated throughout this book about features of sharks. For example, sharks can smell blood in the water from about a mile away, usually swim about 3 miles per hour but can reach up to 40 miles per hour, sharks use their gills to remove oxygen from the water, and continue to swim, even when they are sleeping. Later the book discusses that a sharks teeth often fall out, they can give birth to multiple baby sharks at a time, and pups can take care of themselves as soon as they are born. Besides all of these facts in this book, it follows a general outline of a shark living its life. Kids won't be so overwhelmed with all of this new information because it has a story line behind it that makes the readers think this is just a story about a shark who is looking for food. This book is simple enough to where children can read it by themselves but also learn about sharks.
Besides that there is at least one picture on every page, the pictures are real photographs of sharks. There are pictures of sharks swimming through the water, feeding on prey, a close up of the sharks scales, gills on a shark, multiple rows of shark teeth, how large a shark can open its mouth, baby sharks being born, and examples of how different sharks look. These real photographs show kids exactly what sharks look like. If this book was illustrated using drawn pictures, it would not have given off the same vibe. The real examples of sharks help children learn and categorize the attributes of a shark. It gives an eerie feeling to the reader because they imagine themselves in the water with these animals. Using drawn pictures might not be as precise on the characteristics of sharks. If the pictures were painted, sketched, or doodled, it would not give the reader the same fearfulness as the real pictures promote. The real life pictures complete the goal of this book: which is to inform.
As previously stated, this book is informative. It is written for young readers to be able to read by themselves and learn about sharks. There are facts stated throughout this book about features of sharks. For example, sharks can smell blood in the water from about a mile away, usually swim about 3 miles per hour but can reach up to 40 miles per hour, sharks use their gills to remove oxygen from the water, and continue to swim, even when they are sleeping. Later the book discusses that a sharks teeth often fall out, they can give birth to multiple baby sharks at a time, and pups can take care of themselves as soon as they are born. Besides all of these facts in this book, it follows a general outline of a shark living its life. Kids won't be so overwhelmed with all of this new information because it has a story line behind it that makes the readers think this is just a story about a shark who is looking for food. This book is simple enough to where children can read it by themselves but also learn about sharks.
April 30, 2015
Personal reaction
I liked this book. I love learning about marine life, specifically sharks. This book helps to show what sharks look like, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they are born. It was extremely informational and I learned a lot!
read aloud to make a curricular connection
This book would be good for a science unit on marine life. This could be a great read aloud for first and second graders because of the simplicity. The book can be introduced by the teaching asking the students what sharks are like, because many of them think the sharks are scary. However, this book does a good job of making sharks not seem scary, which could help the students understand that sharks main goal in life is not to attack humans.
independent reading (a particular age group or child with a particular need or interest) – Be specific.
This would be great for first to second graders who are interested in anything about the ocean in general. It would be great for students who love sharks, and are interested on how they act and why. This would also be a good book for children who live by the ocean to read, such as students from Florida or California. It could possibly help them get rid of a fear of sharks if they have it. However, it will not be a good book for students who do not enjoy blood or animals dying, because it talks about a shark biting and killing a seal.
For nonfiction (biography and information books): particular nonfiction conventions
This book uses many detailed pictures of the sharks, up close as well. They show different kinds of sharks, which is beneficial for the student to see. No captions are used, but the picture is big enough to attract the attention of the student, while reading the two or three sentences on each page.
Other as appropriate
The language is simple to read, which draws the eye to the sharks, however, the pictures of the shark can be blurry sometimes, so they could have used other pictures to show how detailed the share physical anatomy.
I liked this book. I love learning about marine life, specifically sharks. This book helps to show what sharks look like, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they are born. It was extremely informational and I learned a lot!
read aloud to make a curricular connection
This book would be good for a science unit on marine life. This could be a great read aloud for first and second graders because of the simplicity. The book can be introduced by the teaching asking the students what sharks are like, because many of them think the sharks are scary. However, this book does a good job of making sharks not seem scary, which could help the students understand that sharks main goal in life is not to attack humans.
independent reading (a particular age group or child with a particular need or interest) – Be specific.
This would be great for first to second graders who are interested in anything about the ocean in general. It would be great for students who love sharks, and are interested on how they act and why. This would also be a good book for children who live by the ocean to read, such as students from Florida or California. It could possibly help them get rid of a fear of sharks if they have it. However, it will not be a good book for students who do not enjoy blood or animals dying, because it talks about a shark biting and killing a seal.
For nonfiction (biography and information books): particular nonfiction conventions
This book uses many detailed pictures of the sharks, up close as well. They show different kinds of sharks, which is beneficial for the student to see. No captions are used, but the picture is big enough to attract the attention of the student, while reading the two or three sentences on each page.
Other as appropriate
The language is simple to read, which draws the eye to the sharks, however, the pictures of the shark can be blurry sometimes, so they could have used other pictures to show how detailed the share physical anatomy.
March 12, 2014
This book is written for children in grades 1-2. It has beautiful and vivid photographs and tells readers everything they could possibly want to know about sharks. Various different types of sharks are discussed and how they come in many shapes and sizes. We learn about the numerous teeth they have, what great hunters they are, what great swimmers they are and how they give birth to pups!
This book will be a useful nonfiction book to use when learning about creatures found in the sea.
This book will be a useful nonfiction book to use when learning about creatures found in the sea.
December 12, 2008
The kids like this interesting and informative book about sharks.
February 7, 2015
Good for grades 1-3
September 12, 2016
This was a very good book how ever I do wish the author had done more to make it more interesting. I look forward to reading more of this author's work.
April 26, 2017
Helpful captions, pictures along with every description or fact. Very clear, explains in simple terms that make everything easy to comprehend even though it's factual.
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