Colleen Sexton - Sharks

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This edition first published in 2008 by Bellwether Media.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sexton, Colleen A., 1967
Sharks / by Colleen Sexton.
p. cm. (Blastoff! readers. Oceans alive!)
Summary: "Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce beginning readers to sharks. Intended for
kindergarten through third grade students" Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60014-057-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-60014-057-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. SharksJuvenile literature. I. Title.

QL638.9.S453 2008
597.3dc22 2007015096

Text copyright 2008 by Bellwether Media, Inc.
SCHOLASTIC, CHILDREN'S PRESS, and associated logos are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. Printed in the United States of America.

Sharks are fish
a cold-blooded animal that lives in water and has gills, fins, and scales

Sharks come in many
shapes and sizes.

The whale shark is the biggest
fish in the ocean. It is longer
than a bus.

The smallest sharks are the
length of a pencil.

Sharks have skeletons made
of a soft material called
cartilage
strong, bendable material; a shark's skeleton is made out of cartilage.

Cartilage is light and
rubbery. It lets sharks
bend their bodies to swim.

Sharks have tiny scales
small pieces of hard skin that cover the body of a fish; shark scales look like teeth and are called denticles. on
their skin. They look like
tiny teeth.

Many sharks have a pointed
snout
the front part of an animal's head that makes up the nose and mouth and large jaws.

Sharks have fins
flaps on a fish's body that are used for moving and steering through the water They use
their fins to turn and stop in
the water.

Sharks have slits near their
mouths that they use to breathe.
These slits are called gills
slits near the mouth that a fish uses to breathe; the gills move oxygen from the water to the fish's blood.

Sharks have a fin on their
backs. Sometimes it pokes
above the water.

Sharks have a tail. They
move it from side to side
to swim.

Some sharks swim fast. They
chase fish and other prey
an animal hunted by another animal for food

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