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Author Sheikh-Miller, Jonathan.

Title Sharks / Jonathan Sheikh-Miller ; edited by Gillian Doherty ; illustrated by John Woodcock.

Publication Info. [Tulsa, OK] : [EDC Pub.], 2001.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J597.31 SHEIKH-MILLER    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department  J597.3 MILLER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J597.31 SH4S    DUE 05-18-24
Description 63 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Usborne discovery.
Note Includes index.
Summary Dramatic underwater photography brings readers face to face with sharks of all shapes and sizes. This book recommends special shark Web sites that have been chosen by Usborne editors and Web researchers, adding new dimensions of information and entertainment.
Contents What is a shark? -- Shark parts -- How sharks swim -- Basic shark senses -- Special senses -- Gills and breathing -- Teeth and eating -- Going in for the kill -- Pup producers -- Laying eggs -- Great white -- Dangerous sharks -- Plankton eaters -- Camouflaged sharks -- Life on the bottom -- Reef sharks -- Hammerheads -- Cats and hounds -- Fast sharks -- Deep-water sharks -- Shark relatives -- On the move -- Shark attacks -- Sharks in danger -- Studying sharks -- Sharks in a changing world -- Shark bites -- Record breakers -- Glossary -- Index.
Subject Sharks -- Juvenile literature.
Sharks -- Computer network resources -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Doherty, Gillian.
Woodcock, John.
Cover Title Internet-linked sharks
ISBN 0746037236 paperback $8.95
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