Horn Book Review
The astonishing underwater adventures of two National Geographic explorers are presented in journal-like text and close-up photographs of sharks. First-person narration of their worldwide search captures the excitement of this work while revealing details about shark behavior and life cycles. Sidebars provide relevant factual information (e.g. "How not to get eaten by a shark"); appended material includes informative "Facts at a Glance." Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
The gaping mouth of a great white shark on the cover reveals the nature and strength of this latest entry in National Geographic's Face to Face series: striking color photographs of sharks of all kinds. The authors, experienced underwater photographers, describe some of their personal close encounters, offer an overview of sharks in general, family variation and issues in shark conservation. Well-reproduced images range from an attacking great white (shown through the bars of the photographer's protective cage) to a newborn lemon-shark pup still attached to its mother and schools of sharks in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Cutlines identify species and location for the sharks (and, occasionally, their prey) pictured. Sidebars add information: how to avoid shark attacks, sharks' toothy skin, their camouflage. Like others in this series, the end matter includes sections on how readers can help, ways they might learn more and two pages of facts at a glance including a map that serves as a second index. More sensation than information, this is sure to appeal. (glossary, further resources, index, notes) (Nonfiction. 7-10) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
