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Most people avoid great white sharks but shark divers go looking form them! Diver and photographer Jeff Rotman goes to extremes to find and photograph great whites in their natural habitats. It takes a shark cage a blood-and-fish recipe patience and courage to get up-close photos of these powerful hunters. Discover the secrets of the great white and what it's like to meet one fact-to-face.

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"...these four books in a beautifully illustrated, photographed, and written series of books about sharks shed a different light on sharks. Searching for Great White Sharks, Sharks of the Deep, Seeking Giant Sharks, and Journey to Shark Island all carry a common theme. Sharks are diverse, astonishing, and necessary for the health of the ocean.-- ""NSTA Recommends"" Centered on the experiences photographer and diver Jeff Rotman, this set offers exciting insight into the world of sharks. Information on diving, photography, and Rotman's life are interwoven with plenty of facts about the animals he studies. . . .With their focus on more spectacular species, Seeking Giant Sharks and Great White Shark have the highest appeal, but all four books are fresh looks at an always popular subject.-- ""School Library Journal"" Jaw-dropping photos of sharks in the wild add to the thrill of this informational book, which will appeal to reluctant readers as well as researchers.-- ""Book Links, Diving into Marine Biology and Oceanography"" Sharks are up there with dinosaurs when it comes to kid appeal, and this title in the new Shark Expedition series does a great job of showcasing not only great white sharks but also the lengths that photographers go to in order to find them in the wild. . . .Well-reproduced, close-up photos of sharks...fill every dynamic, eye-catching page, and Cerullo's concise paragraphs present shark facts in a clear, engaging, and often suspenseful tone. With a high-interest topic and a graphics-heavy layout, this would be a hit with reluctant readers, as well as researchers.-- ""Booklist"""

...these four books in a beautifully illustrated, photographed, and written series of books about sharks shed a different light on sharks. Searching for Great White Sharks, Sharks of the Deep, Seeking Giant Sharks, and Journey to Shark Island all carry a common theme. Sharks are diverse, astonishing, and necessary for the health of the ocean.-- NSTA Recommends Centered on the experiences photographer and diver Jeff Rotman, this set offers exciting insight into the world of sharks. Information on diving, photography, and Rotman's life are interwoven with plenty of facts about the animals he studies. . . .With their focus on more spectacular species, Seeking Giant Sharks and Great White Shark have the highest appeal, but all four books are fresh looks at an always popular subject.-- School Library Journal Jaw-dropping photos of sharks in the wild add to the thrill of this informational book, which will appeal to reluctant readers as well as researchers.-- Book Links, Diving into Marine Biology and Oceanography Sharks are up there with dinosaurs when it comes to kid appeal, and this title in the new Shark Expedition series does a great job of showcasing not only great white sharks but also the lengths that photographers go to in order to find them in the wild. . . .Well-reproduced, close-up photos of sharks...fill every dynamic, eye-catching page, and Cerullo's concise paragraphs present shark facts in a clear, engaging, and often suspenseful tone. With a high-interest topic and a graphics-heavy layout, this would be a hit with reluctant readers, as well as researchers.-- Booklist

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Mary Cerullo describes herself as a science interpreter. She works with scientists and ocean advocates to explain scientific research and environmental issues to the public, with the goal of motivating others to protect the ocean. At times she has literally immersed herself in her work, diving among sharks in the Bahamas, studying dolphin behavior at the Dolphin Research Center in Florida, and most recently, exploring the connection between volcanoes and the ocean on the island of Hawaii. Mary has written 21 award-winning books about the ocean for children. She has worked with kids, teachers, and other ocean lovers for more than 40 years, from her first job at the New England Aquarium in Boston, to two decades with Friends of Casco Bay, an environmental advocacy organization in South Portland, Maine.

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