Children's Shark Bibliography

CHILDREN'S SHARK BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library


WORLD WIDE WEB

Animal Bytes: Sharks

http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/sharkab.html

Sea World created this website with general facts about sharks.

 

Discovery Online, Nature-Shark Realities, Shark Tank

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek2001/interactive/interactive.html

Find out about some of the 350 sharks that are found in Earth’s water!

 

The Ocean of the Know Page Home

http://oceanofk.org/home.html

Designed for both teachers and students, this entertaining and educational site provides general information about sharks along with specific information and activities regarding tagging and migration.

 

The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation-Overview

http://www.pelagic.org/overview/index.html

A research foundation that studies sharks.  Biology, images, and even video are provided.

 

Salt Water Animals

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/animals/index.htm

Sharks, and other ocean animals, are examined at this site.

 

Secrets of the Ocean Realm

http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/seadwellers/index.html

Move your mouse to the Sharks link to find out more.

 

Shark Myths

http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/~rhueter/sharks/myths.phtml

Sharks are very misunderstood animals.  Find out some of the myths surrounding sharks, and the truth about them, at this site.

 

Shark Surfari

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/sharks/

 Take a quiz, ask an expert, and read more about sharks at this site from National Geographic.

 

ZOOM Sharks!

http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/sharks/

Learn about sharks through information sheets, printouts to color, and more!

 

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Arnold, Caroline.  Watch Out for Sharks!  New York: Clarion Books, 1991.  Pub Juv QL638.A76 1991.

 

Ballenas. Tiburone. Mexico, D.F.: Frenadez Editores, 1994. Pub Juv QL737.C4 B24 1994.

 

Banister, Keith Edward. A Look Inside Sharks and Rays. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association 1995.  Pub Juv QL638.9 .B35 1995.

 

Behrens, June. Sharks! Chicago, IL: Children Press, 1990. Pub Juv QL638.9 .B44 1990.

 

Bunting, Eve.  The Sea World Book of Sharks. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Pub Juv QL638.9 .B83 1984.

 

Carrick, Coarl. Sand Tiger Shark. New York: Seabury Press, 1977. Pub Juv QL638.95 .O5 C37 1977.

 

 Cerullo, Mary M. The Truth About Great White Sharks. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, c2000. Pub Juv QL638.95 .L3 C47 2000.

 

Chovan, Judith L. Sharks: Fact and Fantasy. Los Angeles, CA: National History Museum of Los Angeles County, Education Division, 1990. Pub Juv QL638.9 .C46 1990.

 

Freedman, Russell. Sharks. New York: Holiday House, 1985. Pub Juv QL638.9 .F74 1985.

 

Lopez, Gary. Sharks. Mankato, MN Child’s World; Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp., 1991. Pub Juv QL638.9 .L63 1991.

 

MacQuitty, Miranda. Shark. New York: Random House, 1992. Pub Juv QL638.9 .M25 1992.

 

MacQuitty, Miranda. Tiburones. Madrid: Altea, 1993. Biodiv Juv & Pub Juv QL638.9 .M2518 1993.

 

Maestro, Betsy. A Sea Full of Sharks. New York: Scholastic, 1990. Pub Juv QL638.9 .M35 1990.

 

Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Sharks. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1996. Pub Juv QL638.9 .M38 1996.

 

Palmer, Sarah. Tiburones Makos. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Corp., 1992. Biodiv Juv QL638.95 .L3 P3618 1992.

 

Palmer, Sarah. Tiburones Martillo. Beach, FL: Rourke Corp., 1992. Biodiv Juv QL638.95 .S7 P3518 1992.

 

Palmer, Sarah. Tiburones Trilladores. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Corp., 1992. Biodiv Juv QL638.95 .A4 P3518 1992.

 

Pope, Joyce. Living Fossils. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1992. Pub Juv QL88.5 .P66 1992.

 

Slack, Gordy. I Wish I Could Swim with the Sharks. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences in cooperation with Roberts Rinehart Publishers; Emeryville, CA: Distributed by Publishers Group West, 1997. Pub Juv QL638.9 .S52 1997.

 

Steele, Philip. Sharks and Other Monsters of the Deep. New York, NY: DK Pub., c1998. Pub Juv QL122.5 .S78 1998.

 

Taylor, Barbara. The Really Sinister Savage Shark: And Other Creatures. New York, NY: DK, 1997. Pub Juv QL100 .T38 1997.

 

Walker, Jane. Fascinating Facts About Sharks. Brookefield, CT: Millbrook Press, 1995. Pub Juv QL638.9 .W35 1995.

 

Ward, Nathalie. Do Sharks Ever -- ? Camden, ME: Down East Books, c1999. Pub Juv QL638.9 .W365 1999.

 

Wexo, John Bonnett. Sharks. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1989. Biodiv Juv QL638.9 .W49 1989.

 

Wexo, John Bonnett. Los Tiburones. San Diego, CA: Wildlife Education, Ltd.; Madrid: Sistemas Videoeducativos, 1986. Biodiv Juv QL638.9 .W4918 1989.

 

Wilson, Lynn. Sharks! New York: Platt & Munk, 1992. Pub Juv QL638.9 .W56 1992.

 

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VIDEOTAPES

 

The Academy’s Steinhart Aquarium Video Magazine: At the California Academy of Sciences.  San Francisco, CA: Video Development Crop., 1988. S.C. QL79.U62 S34 1988.

 

Shark Encounters. Burbank, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video, [1993], 1991. 1 videocassette (51 min.) Pub QL638.9 .S476 1993.

 

Sharks: Predators or Prey? Morris Plains, NJ: Lucerne Media 1994. 1 videocassette (23 min.) Pub QL638.9 .S496 1994.

 

The Sharks. Washington, D.C.: The Society;  Burbank, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video, [1994], 1982. 1 videocassette (59 min.) Pub QL638.9 .S485 1994.

 

Magnificent Fish: The Forgotten Giants. Boston, MA: The Aquarium, Ben Lomond, CA: The Video Project, 1997. 1 videocassette (15 min.) Biodiv QL638.9 .M355 1997.

 

The Predators. S.l.: Ocean Images, Inc., 1968. 1 videocassette (20 min.) Main SC QL638.9 .P74 1968.

 

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