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Shark Week

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It's that time of year again: Shark Week is here! Get in on all of the fintastic action with some of these great books and DVDs all about these mysterious and amazing animals. Whether you are a Shark Week veteran or a first timer these reads will leave you hungry for more.


The blacktip reef shark
by Sara Green

Bluntnose sixgill sharks and other strange sharks by Rachel Lynette

A daredevil's guide to swimming with sharks by Amie Jane Leavitt

Sharks by Kris Hirschmann

Whale shark by Anders Hanson ; consulting editor, Diane Craig, M.A./Reading Specialist

Sharks: the animal answer guide by Gene Helfman and George H. Burgess

Sharks of the world by Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler

The shark almanac by Thomas B. Allen

Shark: in peril in the sea by David Owen

Journey to shark eden [videodisc] by National Geographic

Great white shark [videodisc] by a Windfall Films production ; produced and directed by David Dugan