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The Everything Kids' Sharks Book: Dive into Fun-Infested Waters!


THE EVERYTHING KIDS' SHARKS BOOK: Dive into Fun-Infested Waters! KATHI WAGNER AND OBE WAGNER

This enjoyable book uses every kind of kid-attention getter imaginable to convey information on sharks. There are word games, puzzles, riddles, puns, corny corn·y  
adj. corn·i·er, corn·i·est
Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.



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 jokes, fun facts, miniquizzes, pictures to color and decipher, and instructions for kid-friendly activities. Each page includes multiple cartoons. Topics range from how sharks' teeth become fossilized fos·sil·ize  
v. fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing, fos·sil·iz·es

v.tr.
1. To convert into a fossil.

2. To make outmoded or inflexible with time; antiquate.

v.intr.
 to making the most out a visit to a public aquarium This article is about public establishments that contain aquaria, for the water containing vivarium see Aquarium. A public aquarium (plural: public aquaria or public aquariums) is the aquatic counterpart of a zoo, housing aquatic species for viewing. . Projects include constructing a no-water aquarium (stickers are the key) and creating do-it-yourself scrimshaw scrimshaw

Decoration of bone or ivory objects, such as whale's teeth and walrus tusks, with fanciful designs, traditionally carved by Anglo-American and Native American whale fishermen with a jackknife or sail needle and emphasized with black pigments (e.g., lampblack).
 on a bar of soap. Kathi Wagner is a children's librarian who has written several other children's books in the Everything series, and Obe Wagner has studied ocean biology. Adams Media Corporation, 2005, 133 p., two-color illus., paperback, $6.95.
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Date:Nov 5, 2005
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