Face to Face with Dolphins

by Linda Nicklin

You’re in the water, and suddenly, right beside you, he is beaming brightly. You’re face to face with a dolphin, one of the friendliest mammals on Earth. Dive deep into the realm of dolphins with Flip Nicklin, one of the world’s foremost photographers of these smiling wonders. Meet dolphin types, from botus to orcas to bottlenose; see how they nurse, fish, and echolocate. Nicklin’s enthusiasm and the special kinship we all feel for these intelligent creatures is an inspiration to all readers to take action to help protect their ocean home.

Genres: Animals, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 2007

Reviews

[Leah Edel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary:
This book is about an underwater photographer that travels around to take pictures of different animals that live underwater, especially dolphins and whales. The photographer tells the stories of traveling around and finding different kinds on dolphins in the waters and the experience of being able to take their pictures. The book also included little side sections of little facts about the dolphins.

Possible Topics:
1. Introduction to interesting jobs- underwater photographer.
2. Learn a lot about dolphins.
3. Nonfiction books, what it says is true!

[Cassidy Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Face to Face with Dolphins is a nonfiction informational picture book published in 2007 about dolphins. The book contains a narrative by the author/photographer and has many pictures which have captions containing information about dolphins and a lot of interesting fun facts. This book would be perfect for students who like dolphins and want to learn more about them or for a unit focused on animals or different types of mammals.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nonfiction
3rd-5th+ grade
Growing up, I loved dolphins and I think I would have really enjoyed this book in elementary/middle school. It has so much information about the different breeds of dolphins. Students will learn about how playful dolphins can be and how they are a species that stick together as a family.

[Debbie Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book has a narrator and lots of detail which made it interesting to read

[Krysta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned that at one time, there was a movement to protect dolphins and now, on the tuna cans you can see if it is dolphin protected, with a seal on the back of the can. I liked the pictures, but did not like the narration so much. I want to know more about dolphins not the excursions tha the author went on.

[Ling Juan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about the life of the Dolphins like their habits, life span, behavior, babies... Dolphins doesn't sleep at night, they just take a break and then they swim to the surface of the water and breath. To learn more about dolphins, read this book.

[Michele Knott · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with other books in this series, the strengths are in the photographs. This book had basic info on dolphins, that was supplemented with additional insight in the cutaways and captions on each page.

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[Cindy Pardew]

Publisher: National Geographic Children's books 2007