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Neighborhood Sharks
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands | Katherine Roy
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Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study themjust twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge! A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands to dine on their favorite meal: the seals that live on the island's rocky coasts. Massive, fast, and perfectly adapted to hunting after 11 million years of evolution, the great whites are among the planet's most fearsome, fascinating, and least understood animals. In the fall of 2012, Katherine Roy visited the Farallons with the scientists who study the islands' shark population. She witnessed seal attacks, observed sharks being tagged in the wild, and got an up close look at the dramatic Farallonsa wildlife refuge that is strictly off-limits to all but the scientists who work there. Neighborhood Sharks is an intimate portrait of the life cycle, biology, and habitat of the great white shark, based on the latest research and an up-close visit with these amazing animals.
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Gracehake

“While their 800,000 human neighbors done on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the white sharks hunt for their favorite meal”

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Gracehake

It has many illustrations that help the reader understand what is being described. It has diagrams when exposing the sharks body such as it‘s blood, eyes, and teeth

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Gracehake
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This is a picture book that gives a lot of information about sharks. It tells a story instead of listing off facts. It talks about their prey, their anatomy, how they swim, their teeth, and more. This would be a great book for middle to older elementary aged children.

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Lilyj9
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I couldn‘t really find a quote for this book, but I like how the title of this page is called hothead and it relates to it.

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Lilyj9
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Personally, this would be a topic for me, but students are very intrigued about the deep blue ant, sharks in general.

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Lilyj9
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The great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands each fall to hunt their preferred prey. She saw sharks being tagged in the wild, watched seal assaults, and had a close-up view of the majestic Farallons—a wildlife reserve that is Neighborhood Sharks is an intimate portrait of the life cycle, biology, and habitat of the great white shark, based on the latest research and an up-close visit with these amazing animals.

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kayleenschultz12

I like how this book states multiply facts about the sharks and puts them in paragraph form. I also like how they book is not with picture but in illustrations using blue and red as main colors.

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This book is about sharks and how they live in their habitat.

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amberpeltz

This book is everything that good non-fiction should be. It is engaging, well-researched, informative, challenging, and dramatic. The book begins almost like a picture book as the reader follows a swimming seal with the shadow of a shark lurking in the background. The drama builds as the shark grows larger, until, all at once, it strikes

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amberpeltz
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This story of the great white sharks who come to feed at the Farallon Islands near San Francisco and the scientists who study them is told in a fascinating, informative narrative and in spectacular, dramatic illustrations.

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KamrynWaites

“From sun up to sun down sharks circle the shores, stalking their unsuspecting prey”

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Mehso-so

This is a great book to teach students about ocean animals such as sharks! Many fascinating facts about the scary under water creature that I never knew! I think kids would love learning shark facts!

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emmadomo

From sunup to sundown sharks circle the shores, stalking their unsuspecting prey.

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emmadomo
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This was an interesting read about sharks. Super informative! Children would love this book as they are very curious about the many different characteristics of sharks!

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delaneylabelle23

from sunup to sundown sharks circle the shores, stalking their unsuspecting prey.

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delaneylabelle23
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This book was interesting about sharks. There was a lot of info that I had no idea about. I think young kids would really enjoy this book and learning more about sharks.

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Jhill24

This book uses illustrations and small text to continue the story and information about sharks. It also uses graphs and maps to explain better

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Jhill24
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Such a cool book! 10/10 read for young readers. It is non fiction but not overwhelming with facts / text

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Apolandvery

“From sunup to sundown sharks circles the shores, stalking their unsuspecting prey.“

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Apolandvery
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This book was exciting facts and information about sharks. There was a lot of info that I had no idea about.

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Cgulan

From sunup to sundown sharks circle the shores, stalking their unsuspecting prey

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Cgulan
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This book published in, 2014 was an amazing read with such great illustrations. The pictures dragged you into the story and made you feel as though you were living with these sharks.

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kierstenkaplan
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I thought this book was super interesting about sharks. There was a lot of info that I had no idea about. I think young kids would really enjoy reading this book and learning more and more about sharks!

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kierstenkaplan

“From sunup to sundown sharks circle the shores, stalking their unsuspecting prey”

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cparsley
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I liked this informative diagram because it showed a part of the shark children might not think about

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cparsley

This is a good nonfiction book because it boosts literacy and knowledge of the topic of sharks, I would use this when talking about animals or during shark week

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cparsley
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This is a nonfiction book. It‘s very informative about different types of sharks and parts of them

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em_lemo
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This is a nonfiction book that was published in the year of 2014. This book gives a great narrative of what sharks do to catch their meals, how they catch their meals, and all of the parts of the shark that make it one of the top predators in the ocean.
Aside from all of the facts given throughout the book, one is able to stay engaged and intrigued with the constant illustrations of the sharks, their bodies, their teeth, and their fins.

em_lemo Something that I found to be very interesting about sharks was that “White sharks are visual predators- they target their elephant seal prey primarily by sight.“
Having these facts throughout the book makes it easy to learn about different types of sharks and animals within the ocean.
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k.gauze
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“White sharks are visual predators—they target their elephant seal prey primarily by sight”

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k.gauze

Awesome book! Lots of information and amazing illustrations! Definitely would recommend. Very credible sources as well and has lots of diagrams to help children understand the concepts.

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k.gauze
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This non fiction book about white sharks is super interesting. It bounces between short text on pages with grand illustrations and longer text with diagrams. The illustrations are wonderful and beautiful and intrigue the reader. It is super easy to understand and contains some awesome facts! It is also written by someone who spent 4 days on the water with a Farallom shark team!

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jkraynak
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This non-fiction book is all about sharks and their fascinating statistics, mostly about how they hunt/get their food. It paints them in a positive, factual tone instead of negative. It starts out with short descriptions of things about sharks, then leads into deeper discussions on those certain subject within sharks. It also includes really blue/dark detailed illustrations. I think the illustrations is what would draw young readers in.

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jkraynak

“With just two flicks of its tails a white shark can reach speeds up to 25 miles an hour, fast enough yo leap out of water or to ambush an elephant seal from below”

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jkraynak
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the illustrations were super cool/detailed paintings of the sharks.