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Have you ever heard a frog growl? Would you run away from a water tiger? What do you think a bloodworm has for dinner? Find out about Australia's Wonderful Water Creatures.

With his splendid photographs & illustrations, Doug Priestly has created a lively introduction to some of the Australian wildlife that can be found in local waterways. Be on the lookout for small, hopping, wriggling, darting creatures that live at the water's edge. ... Read more

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No TV, no friends, and a grandfather struggling with retirement from marine biology--Sarah's sure her stay in the Florida Keys will be the most boring summer of her life.

That is, until she begins to take notice of the unusual-looking fish that visits her grandparents' dock every day. When Sarah discovers she's befriended a baby lemon shark, her fascination with sharks fakes roof. Before long, Sarah and her grandfather are inseparable as they spend hours tracking, observing, and swimming with sharks.

The Florida summer heats up quickly with heart-pounding shark encounters and the daring pursuit of two shark-fin poachers. This is a shark-filled summer Sarah and her grandfather won't soon forget.

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great shark book
this is not your standard sharks are scary, but good type of book.it has great characters and facts too.if you likes sharks, you will like them more after reading this book.if you don't, you will now. ... Read more

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One fall day, Kate goes with her father, a fish biologist, to the river where he works — a river in the Pacific rain forest — the "salmon forest," as he calls it. Together they watch the sockeye salmon returning to the river to spawn, and witness a bear scooping up a salmon. Next, Kate and her dad run into a Native boy named Brett and his family fishing at a pool in the river. From her adventures, Kate discovers how the forest and the salmon need each other and why the forest is called the salmon forest. David Suzuki’s charming and informative text and Sheena Lott’s watercolors magically evoke the spirit and mystery of the West Coast rain forest. ... Read more

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A charming set of fairy tales
In this book Walter De La Mare has written four fairy tales, and the best one of them is "Lord Fish". In it he tells us for the story of John Cobbler, an indolent young man who likes to fish more than everything else. The desire for finding new places to angle fish there one day drives him in the forsaken lands where once lived an evil wizard and there he finds something as horrible as sorrowful, as beautiful and the adventure he takes later, is going to change his life and the life of his mother.. The rest of the tales are very enjoyable too, but the first one is the best of them. Truly, Walter De La Mare has written some of the most beautiful tales I've ever read, all in a superior for this genre style. You really shouldn't miss this book. ... Read more

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This eagerly awaited new story featuring Rainbow Fish will delight his many Spanish-speaking fans. It's Rainbow Fish's most challenging adventure yet, for he must brave the Sea Monsters' Cave, the most dangerous place in the ocean, to find healing algae to cure the ailing bumpy-backed fish. Warned about the dreadful denizens of the Monsters' Cave--the giant rock monsters, the five-eyed glob fish, and the horrible creature with a thousand arms--Rainbow Fish, accompanied by the little blue fish, musters all his courage and sets out on a terrifying quest. In a satisfying and reassuring conclusion, Rainbow Fish discovers that by confronting his fears, it is possible to overcome them, and that sometimes there are simple, benign explanations for fabled dangers. ... Read more

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Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding!

Here is an exciting and informative guide to the fascinating world of fishes. Superb color photographs of tropical fishes, eels, seahorses and more offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the natural history of fishes, how they behave and how they survive. See the lethal jaws of a piranha, a porcupine fish "puffing up", how a dogfish swims, growth rings on a fish scale, what a fish looked like 400 million years ago, and a fish with legs. Learn how a school stays together, why some fishes swim upside down, how a stingray stings, which male fish can "give birth", how stickleback builds its nest, and why fishes need water to breathe. Discover why a shark must keep swimming, how a ray can give an electric shock, what eyespots are for, how an archerfish "shoots" a victim, and much, much more. ... Read more

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fish book for the TV generation
I bought this book for my son, my 3 y/o fish enthusiast, and the two of us have learned so much.The text, the captions and the marvelous pictures combine to make this a top quality product.My three year old has learned the parts of the fish, how they breathe. He has learned about the seahorse and about his favorite: the flounder (flatfish).The organization of this book allows for kids with short attention spans to still absorbe immense amounts of information.I highly recomend this book for anyone, even if you're not yet interested in fish, yoiu soon will be!

A very good book with facts of meny diffrent kinds of fish.
This is my 3rd favorite Eyewitness book coming after my 1st favorite, Eyewitness SHARK. This book is a very good book to read because it has meny diffrent kinds of fish. You should buy this book. ... Read more

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Have you ever heard a frog growl? Would you run away from a water tiger? What do you think a bloodworm has for dinner? Find out about Australia's Wonderful Water Creatures.

With his splendid photographs & illustrations, Doug Priestly has created a lively introduction to some of the Australian wildlife that can be found in local waterways. Be on the lookout for small, hopping, wriggling, darting creatures that live at the water's edge. ... Read more

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How’s a little clown fish to navigate the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef after living a sheltered life within an anemone? Young readers will find out in this hilarious underwater survival guide featuring the characters from Disney/Pixar’s new feature film Finding Nemo. ... Read more

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Dad's Lessons.
Nemo's Dad, Carl, is the star of this book. Basically, it's a quick overview of the adventures he went on while looking for Nemo. Sprinkled throughout the text are various facts about sea life and sea creatures. The book has lots of black and white illustrations and contains some practical advice for real life as well. I bought this book because I'm a huge fan of FINDING NEMO (the best movie of 2003!) and would recommend it to any other Nemo fan. The recommended reading level is probably 3rd-5th grade. ... Read more

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Eleven-year-old Joyce doesn't mind living near a garbage dump. She likes helping her uncle, Old Dad, run it. What she does mind is being different, and getting called Dump Queen. Even worse than her classmates' teasing is knowing that her mother isn't there to shield her from the pain.

Being different doesn't bother Mrs. Fish, the new school custodian, who dresses oddly and sings in the hallways. At first, like the other kids, Joyce thinks Mrs. Fish is crazy and shuns her. But "Crazy Fish" turns out to be the one person who shares everything with Joyce-her food and her cat, her stories and her wisdom. If only Joyce's new friend could come and live with her. But can Joyce convince Old Dad, who doesn't trust anyone, that he needs Mrs. Fish as much as she does? ... Read more

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Families are where you find them.
I liked the characters in this story precisely because they were different.Much is said about diversity these days but in reality we have very little tolerance for people who are different than the TV images thatcreate us.But sometimes necessity forces us into unlikely alliances andonce we get close enough to know one another...really, we can begin tocare.Hopefully this story will encourage readers to look more kindly onthose living at the edges of our society and take the risk of knowing them. ... Read more