I Can Read About Sharks

by Corinne J. Naden, Paul Lopez (Illustrator)

"I Can Read About" Books explore the world around us, from the mysteries of space to the wonders of undersea life, and everything in between. With colorful illustrations and clear text, "I Can Read About" books makes reading an eye-opening adventure.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens, Animals

48 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

Reviews

[Zahava Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Personal Reaction: Clean format, nice organization, well put together. It does the job of teaching about sharks to younger readers, beyond that it wasn't too exciting. Pages had a good ratio or images and text, but could have had more fun and involved elements.
Purposes:
Read Aloud- This would be an excellent book to start off a unit on sharks or sea creatures for younger elementary to introduce the key elements, such as how they live underwater, what they do, and their environmental habits
Independent Reading- I would assign this book with a collection of other books to a student who is doing a project over sharks or a particularly interested student who finds sharks to be super awesome.
For nonfiction- A great foundational book for students first learning about sharks in their first underwater unit. It really hits on the basics in a way that sticks for kids.

[Rayjan Koehler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read for kids, and even has some Shark tidbits to teach a thing or two.

[Sarah Wurster]

I Can Read ABout Sharks will give you a wealth of knowledge about all varieties of sharks. I love how the book begins with SHARK! and gives the reader a sense of urgency right away because we can all relate to that feeling that sharks bring humans. The book has a lot of illustrations of different varieties of sharks. However, I feel that it lacks captions for the illustrations and there are a limited number of diagrams throughout the book as well. I did like how they included a section about the process that scientist must go through in order to study sharks. I would recommend this book to a shark lover or anyone wanting to learn a little more about sharks.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very nicely written interesting book on sharks. I liked the last pages that describe what it is like to be in a shark cage when a great white considers having a snack.

[Superreader300 · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book I learned that sharks do not have swim bladders, so they have to keep swimming so they don't sink.

[Shiloah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with Braedon. Perfect level for a 5 year old.