Title: Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
Author: Jess Keating
Illustrator: Marta Alvarez Miguens
Genre: Non Fiction
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 40
This book tells the story of Eugenie Clark, who fell in love with sharks at a young age when she first saw them while visiting an aquarium. From that moment Eugenie knew that she wanted to spend her life studying and learning more about sharks, but it was not long before she discovered something completely different that what she was hoping for. Eugenie found out that a lot of people thought of sharks as ugly monsters and that women were not smart enough or brave enough to become scientists, determined to prove them wrong Eugenie dove deeper into her studies and eventually dove deep into the ocean. What did she accomplish? What did she discover? Grab a copy of Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist to find out how Eugenie earned her title "Shark Lady".
The illustrations in this book are beautiful. Some of the pictures show the way that Eugenie sees the world as a child and as a students learning about sharks. The illustrator captures the emotions of the people in the drawings very well and also gives some of animals emotion in their faces.
This book could be used in a third grade classroom. Before reading the book I would have students write down what they think about sharks, and then after reading the book I would ask them if their opinions have changed or not. I would make a fact vs opinion work sheet about sharks and have the students decide which statements they thought were were facts and which were just opinions. After that we would review facts about sharks on flash cards. Along with a lesson on sharks this book is also great for teaching that you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it, no matter what other people think.
Elementary students of all ages love sharks and books about sharks! What an interesting book choice this will be for kiddos! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting book. Many of us wonder about sharks but not many are brave enough to study them in the wild. I think this would be a hit with any grade.
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