Hungry, Hungry Sharks (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

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Summary: A Review of "Hungry, Hungry Sharks"
Review: "Hungry, Hungry Sharks" was one of the first shark books I bought as a child. Now, as a teacher, I still use this book to provide some factual information to my students. The words are simple enough for a primary student to read, and the illustrations justify the reading. The information in the story is factual, and children love hearing about the sharks. It's a good book.

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Summary: shark fan cannot recommend this book
Review: Hungry, Hungry Sharks has too much sketchy information in it for me to be comfortable reading it to my children. Sure, lots of the facts are spot on. But too many of them are based on conjecture. For example, "even a swordfish almost always loses a fight with a great white shark." I have never heard of a white shark being observed consuming a swordfish. That is not to say that it doesn't happen, but I don't think there is enough evidence for the author to make such a statement. If you find this a bit nitpicky, fine, I am a nitpicker. But consider the final sentence of this book: "As long as there are oceans, there will be sharks." This God-like prediction is irresponsible (even for a book written in 1986) given that many shark species may be moving toward extinction. The best lesson your kids can get from this book is that you can't believe everything you read. I am not even going to take this book to the thrift store...I am throwing it away...

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Summary: I didn't know so much about sharks until I read this book
Review: I like't the book. I did't know that more people die from bee
sting's than from shark bites!

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Summary: Hungry, Hungry Minds
Review: My son, a college sophomore these days, made me read this book to him so many times when he was little that I can still recite some of it by heart. Beyond the wonderful illustrations and fascinating facts about sharks, this book has a very playful way with language that immediately captures a young reader's attention. If you have any little oceanographers at home, or even if you are simply trying to get some wiggling, non-scientific, prodigies to calm down and get ready for bed, by all means, pick this one up. Your kids will love you for it.

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Summary: hungry hungry sharks
Review: The book Hungry Hungry Sharks by Joanna Cole is a good book if you like sharks and you want to find out what they eat or how they live. This would be the book that you would want to read to find those things plus you can find lots more about sharks than what I listed above.

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Summary: Hungry, Hungry Minds
Review: This is an excellent book for the budding oceanographer (or the beginning reader). It realistically shows the shark as predator (some of the pictures show sea animals being eaten by sharks, but the illustrations will probably not be upsetting for most), and as victim of the smarter, more teamwork-oriented dolphins. The book does a great job of reporting interesting shark facts; for example, there are more than 300 types of sharks, the dwarf shark is no bigger than a hand, a barrel of nails was once found in a shark's belly, etc. 47 pages long, the publisher recommends it for readers in grades 1-3. A good beginner book.