Review by Booklist Review
This entry in the INsiders series presents science at its most exciting. Middle-grade readers will be drawn by the close-up views of the enormous and scary predator, with its wide-open mouth revealing deadly, razor-sharp teeth, but will stay on for the amazing factual detail packed into the double-page spreads. Covering everything from evolution, migration, and reproduction to habitat and conservation, the chatty text, boxed insets, and clear, fully-labeled anatomical diagrams and photos provide a thorough overview of this corner of marine biology. Back matter includes a detailed glossary, but no bibliography.--Rochman, Hazel Copyright 2008 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-8-Impressive graphics take center stage in these titles. Sharp, hyper-realistic, larger-than-life drawings of one or more representative species are either set against a plain colored background or within a natural setting. Each title succinctly describes basic anatomy; physical and behavioral characteristics common to all the featured animals; some distinctive characteristics of dozens of species; diets; hunting and/or feeding habits; reproduction and life cycles; and relationship to humans. Both titles conclude with profiles of particular species-10 in Insects and 7 in Sharks. The dung beetle, housefly, bolas spider, and great white, bull, and cookie-cutter sharks are among the creatures included. Good companions to Laurence Mound's Insect (spiders are not included) and Miranda MacQuitty's Shark (both DK, 2004), which are broader "Eyewitness" introductions.-Karey Wehner, formerly at San Francisco Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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