pickNonfiction- If Sharks Disappeared, written by Lily Williams. This book is a beautiful book with bright illustrations that describe sharks. This book discusses the environment, how long they have been on Earth, the predators they are, and what would happen if they were extinct. This book is beautifully illustrated and written and helps explain to students in a friendly manner.
“If sharks disappeared…the ocean would no longer be balanced. Although different species have different diets, most sharks typically eat sick, slow, or weak prey, leaving the healthy animals to reproduce.”
This book is beautifully illustrated and written to describe the world if sharks suddenly disappeared. If students were expressing their fear of sharks, then this is a beautiful book to tell about the wonders of how they disappeared.
This book would be a great book to read when talking about animals in a unit or specifically an ocean unit. I also think this would be great for older grades too in a cause and effect lesson. In fourth grade we are doing cause and effect- what would happen in sharks disappeared? What would happen to the ocean? Humans?
pickIf Sharks Disappeared is a nonfictions story that goes into detail about animals in the ocean and what the ocean environment looks like. It also talks about what the ocean needs to thrive and what that may look like. It has some charts to describes timelines and while sharks may be scary for young kids, it shares them beautiful illustrations that kids would enjoy.
