Sharkabet - Softcover

Troll, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558685197 ISBN 13: 9781558685192

Publisher: WestWinds Press, 2002

Synopsis

It's Jaws all over again in this thrilling, chilling alphabet book for kids. Sharks, both living and extinct, lurk throughout its pages so kids can learn amazing facts about these dangerous and bizarre animals from the deep.

Featuring Ray Troll's spectacular fishy art, Sharkabet takes you through the ABCs of different shark varieties. The colorful, eye-popping images are accompanied by the catchy factoids, making this book a swimmingly good read.

About this title

About the Author:

Ray Troll is an acknowledged artist laureate of the deep and fishy. His colorful art has been featured on the Discovery Channel in numerous publications and shown at many galleries and museums. He has illustrated several highly acclaimed best-selling books. Ray Troll can be found daily creating fish art at his studio in Ketchikan, Alaska.

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Located in New York, the Museum is renowned for its exhibitions and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world's cultures.

Review:

“Attractive and packed with information.” (Booklist)

[This book on sharks] is the BEST I have seen for kids and adults. Few shark books combine humor, truth, art, and a generous whetting of curiosity. (Leighton Taylor)

"An extraordinary alphabet of chondrichthyans from angel sharks to zebra sharks with a nifty intermingling of current and extinct species. In an introductory segment, Troll states that to make things 'simpler' he is calling 'all of the chondrichthyans sharks.' This arbitrary personal classification allows him to include such non-sharks as rays, guitarfish and chimaeras in his alphabet soup, sadly to the detriment of scientific purity. Two pages of "Amazing Shark Facts" precede his "Shark Field Guide," which carefully points out the non-sharks in his lineup, presenting data on size, color, range, status, and fascinating "general remarks," all of which provide enough information for the merely curious and a sturdy launching platform for further investigations. However, the book's greatest asset is the brilliant art bursting from the pages like jewels. Often whimsical (nurse sharks are shown gliding about a patient in a hospital bed) or very dramatic (an extinct megalodon attacking a pod of prehistoric cetaceans), the images glow on the pages like mixed-media gems." (School Library Journal)

Sharkabet is a fun, unique way to look at the world of sharks and the alphabet at the same time! Ratfish Ray covers some of the most amazing of the 400+ species of shark on the planet―and some extinct sharks too. The pictures are brilliant and every shark fact is clearly among the most fascinating of all shark facts known to humans! (Chris and Martin Kratt)

About this edition

• Publisher: WestWinds Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1558685197
• ISBN 13: 9781558685192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40