Green, Sara. Blacktip Reef Shark.

Green, Sara.  Blacktip Reef Shark.  Scholastic Press  2013  24p  $22.95 ISBN 978-0-531-24078-6  elem  series: Shark Fact Files       VG-BNes    

This is a great little easy-to-read book for kids who are into marine science.  The blacktip reef shark is described, pictured with brilliant underwater photographs, and discussed.  Kids will learn what the fish eat, how they capture their prey, how they give birth, what they look like, how their teeth work, and what behaviors they exhibit, as well as the fact that they are on the “near threatened” list.  There is a good glossary, an index, and a brief list of web sites and children’s books where one can learn more.  The large type, beautiful illustrations, and short length of the book will appeal to kids and lend the book to classroom use and discussion.

The factsurfer web site listed at the end of the book provides access to a number of web sites about sharks.      Shark Fact Files is a series that includes books about the blue shark, the bull shark, the frilled shark, and nine other kinds of sharks.    

Sharks                                                            --Carol Kennedy