Shark in the Park - Nick Sharratt

Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt is the story of a young boy, Timothy Pope, who goes to the park with his telescope (which obviously rhymes with his name). Each time he looks through the telescope, he sees something that looks like the black fin of a shark, so he shouts out 'There's a shark in the park!' This is repeated several times throughout the book, and the children I read aloud to know when it's coming and love to shout the phrase out themselves ...
...fact see a big black shark swimming on a blue background. There is another one right at the end, leaving you with the feeling that there really was a shark in the tiny duck pond. The cover is a vivid combination of green and red concentric circles that would stand out a mile in a bookshop. The rest of the book is filled with colourful illustrations of children playing in the park, except for the right-hand pages where Timothy is looking through his ...

denella 08.05.2008 · Read full review
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