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Stingrays! Underwater Fliers
Stingrays! Underwater Fliers
Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: May 5, 2016
Review
This paperback science reader will be of high interest for budding marine biologists in grades 1-3. Readers will learn how the stingray finds food while using it's sensors and poisonous barb to keep from being prey for hammerhead sharks. In this edition, stingray gives birth to seven pups which can live up to twenty years. The relationship between cleaner fish and stingrays and humans with stingrays are explored. Unfortunately, the design is uneven with a confusing mix of illustrations by Isidre Mones and photographs interspersed. At one point, the text states that the shark grabs the stingray's tail, but the illustrations show the stingray's body in the shark's mouth. The next page jarringly explains that the stingray got away and is giving birth to pups. The subject matter will make this paperback popular, although the flow of information is choppy.
Overall Book Score: fair
About the Book
Author:
Gerber, Carole
Illustrator: Mones, Isidre
Illustration Quality: fair
Publisher: Random House
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre:
Audience: grades k-3
Binding Type: paperback
Binding Quality: fair
ISBN: 9780449813089
Price: 3.99