"An information book that is both beautiful and inspiring"
Information book and poem both, Swim, Shark, Swim takes readers on a journey through the world’s oceans in the company of a blacktip reef shark. It begins in the waters off western Australia, where the shark, ‘This reef-watcher, jewel-guarder’, is urged to ‘swim, Shark, SWIM!’ to avoid a net.
Through a tunnel of bubbles and light he speeds away through his saltwater world, and as readers travel with him, they too are plunged into the different seas, encountering a variety of sharks – tiger sharks, white tips, a tunnel-mouthed basking shark in ‘cathedral-cold waters’, a great white, ‘slicing wolf-eels from forests of kelp/ like the sea’s ancient spear.’ The language is beautiful and the images are too, both capturing all the quiet of the deep oceans and the power of the sharks that glide through them.
As they read, children will discover so much about sharks and come to understand why it is so important that we protect them. A page of Shark Facts at the end provides further information for the curious. An inspiring and very special book.
In response to an announcement in July 2020 that reef sharks, essential to the delicate balance of marine life in their environments, are in danger of extinction, Dom Conlon’s latest poetic picture book takes this as its subject to explore and celebrate our oceans and their inhabitants.
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In response to an announcement in July 2020 that reef sharks, essential to the delicate balance of marine life in their environments, are in danger of extinction, Dom Conlon’s latest poetic picture book takes this as its subject to explore and celebrate our oceans and their inhabitants. The second book in the Wild Wanderers series follows a blacktip reef shark as exploring ocean forests and coastal reefs in search of a home. During the journey, the shark meets a number of different species of shark and other marine animals, including tiger sharks, cape fur seals, basking sharks, lemon sharks, bottlenose dolphins, great white sharks, manta rays and others. The story is illustrated with amazing images of underwater life by Anastasia Izlesou, who has brilliantly envisioned the life of sharks in oceans around the world.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Swim, Shark, Swim! and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
Swim, Shark, Swim! features in the following genres: Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, Science, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, The Natural World, Featured Books for 5+ readers
Paperback, Ebook. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Swim, Shark, Swim! was written by Dom Conlon and published by Graffeg
Swim, Shark, Swim! has 34 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
