The Great White Shark by: Carl Green & William Sanford

This is an older book and clearly is intended for a slightly older elementary school student. It starts out with a short story about an encounter with a great white shark, then as the book goes on it turns into an informational book. It gives facts and statistics about great white sharks and also shows actual photographs of the sharks. I think this would be an interesting book for children to read that were interested in wildlife and in particular sharks. I think that sharks are such an unknown creature to us because of the area we live in that most people have little information about them. A common theme among people is being afraid of sharks because of their lack of knowledge. I think that books like this for children can be very helpful because they give children useful information about subjects they otherwise wouldn't learn about except from television. This type of informational book can be very beneficial to a young child and also may start a hobby or interest they will carry throughout their lives.