Review:
This book looks at what sharks are, how they evolved, and what their lives are like (reproduction, juvenile vs. adult life, dietary needs, etc.), and efforts at shark conservation.
Early on, the authors said they'd focus primarily on four species - the Great White Shark, Smallspotted Catshark, Sandbar Shark, and Spiny Dogfish - although I will admit that I eventually forgot that these four species were supposed to be the focus of their specific examples, because so many examples were mentioned throughout.
There were a few moments here and there where I found my eyes glazing over a bit as I read this, but the authors were so clearly enthusiastic about their topic that they soon snapped me out of it. I can't find the bit right now, but I recall one somewhat dry section suddenly being interrupted by the authors mentioning how cute they thought a particular species of shark was.
I learned a lot while reading this, although I don't know that I'd remember exactly which species of shark the particular details belonged to if you asked me. My favorite section was probably the one on shark reproduction - I hadn't realized quite how varied it could be, although, to be fair, I suppose I didn't really think about sharks much prior to reading this.
Adam Hook's illustrations were plentiful and beautiful. I appreciated the ones that included information about scale, because there were times I'd definitely have assumed that certain sharks were much larger than they actually were.
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