The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Stonehouse, Bernard

A Visual Introduction to Sharks, Skates, and Rays

46 pp. | Checkmark | April, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-8160-3924-0 $$16.95

(3) 4-6 Animal Watch series. Illustrated by Martin Camm. A variety of color photos and lifelike illustrations accompany the main text, sidebars, and boxes that examine the shark family and their close kin, skates and rays. Double-page spreads profile the different orders of these animals, contrasting their physical characteristics, habitat, and hunting and breeding behavior with their relatives'. The pages are densely packed but cleanly designed. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli