Super Sharks

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy Library, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 6, 2016

Review

This level 2 reader in the "Icky Sticky" series will draw the shark-obsessed emerging reader. Focusing on the biggest and baddest of all sharks, this slim volume is chock full of facts and photos. It is a tough series to put in a public or school library due to the stickers contained inside as it could be difficult to refrain from sticking them in the book. This reviewer's recommendation is to either remove the sticker page before circulating, or actually going through and affixing the stickers so that the student can see the additional images. It would be a great book to use as a give-away. With information about the senses of a shark, especially as they relate to how amazing they make these creatures, and short write-ups of the very toughest and deadliest of the species, this book will delight shark lovers, and possibly frighten the faint-of-heart. It is not an essential purchase, but for its price point it could be worth putting a copy in a library servicing elementary-aged readers.

Overall Book Score: good