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Sharks and Dolphins: A Compare and Contrast Book

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Sharks and dolphins both have torpedo-shaped bodies with fins on their backs. They slice through the water to take hold of their casualty with abrupt teeth. But despite their similarities, sharks and dolphins belong to different animal classes: one is a fish and gets oxygen from the water and the other is a mammal and gets oxygen from the air. Marine educator Kevin Kurtz guides early readers to compare and contrast these ocean predators through stunning photographs and elementary, nonfiction text.

This nonfiction picture book with a cuddle factor includes a iv-page For Creative Minds section in the dorsum of the book and a 67-page cantankerous-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Sharks and Dolphins is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental appointment. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with fourth dimension-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses enquiry-based learning to assistance build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with give-and-take highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension. Tap animals and other things that make racket to hear their sounds.

Written by Kevin Kurtz
32 pg, 8.5x10, Ages 4-eight, Grades K-3

Hardcover	9781628557329	$17.95
Paperback	9781628557398	$11.95
Spanish Paperback	9781628557466	$11.95
EBook	9781628557671	Purchase Here
Castilian EBook	9781628557749	Purchase Hither
German EBook	9781643517216	Purchase Here

Keywords: animal classification, compare and contrast, ocean animals, predator/prey, senses, physical adaptations, habitat and animal interaction, Compare and Contrast Serial

Animals in the book: shark, dolphin, African pompano, Amazon river dolphin, angelfish, bat, blacktip reef shark, bottlenose dolphin, bull shark, clownfish, commerson's dolphin, common dolphin, swell hammerhead shark, great white shark, man, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, lemon shark, lion, mako shark, orca, Pacific white-sided dolphin, sand tiger shark, sawfish shark, sea equus caballus, silky shark, spinner dolphin, spiny dogfish shark, spotted dolphin, thresher shark, tiger shark, whale shark, whitetip reef shark

Vetters: Thank you to Shelley Dearhart, Good Catch Manager at the Southward Carolina Aquarium, for reviewing the accuracy of the data in this volume.

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Reviews:

Topics addressed include where they are found, types of each, fish versus mammal, trunk characteristics, and what and how they eat. Backmatter instructs readers on reading and making a Venn diagram and asks them to put a food web in the proper society and identify shark and dolphin torso parts.- Kirkus Reviews

The unproblematic text and easy-to-understand facts are appropriate for children ages 4 to 8, though people of all ages may larn something from this interesting book. - Foreword Reviews

In unproblematic, easy-to-read language the writer shows how sharks are like other fish and how dolphins are like to other mammals. And he shows the diversity of sharks and dolphins. - Archimedes Notebook

Author/Illustrator Info:

Award-winning author Kevin Kurtz holds degrees in English language literature and elementary education and started his career by working at a marine biology lab. Since then, he has combined all of these experiences by working as an environmental educator and curriculum writer for organizations such as the S Carolina Aquarium, the Scientific discipline Manufactory Children's Museum, and the Eye for Birds of Prey. Kevin has authored A Day in the Deep, A Solar day on the Mountain, and A Day in the Salt Marsh for Arbordale. Kevin likewise wrote Uncovering World'southward Secrets afterward spending 8 weeks every bit the Educator at Body of water aboard the marine geology research vessel JOIDES Resolution. Visit Kevin's website for more information.