Shark in the Park

My daughter (2 1/2yrs) loves this book. We read it over and over. I wish there was a board book version because my daughter likes to turn the page by using the peep holes in the pages and they get ripped. It is a good book to interact with your child, we have created games (tickle shark) and she likes to yell "THERES A SHARK IN THE PARK". As another reviewer, we also found this book at the Library - but my daughter didn't want to return it so we bought one.

From the colorful front cover to the delightful ending, this is a wonderfully repetitive book that finishes with a delicious surprise. I've read this book innumerable times to patrons and guests of the Children's Museum of Denver and to Head Start classes throughout the Mile High City and it has never failed to charm my audiences. The book is artfully designed with full-color illustrations throughout and ingenious cut-out overlays that enhance the story. I enjoy any book that can be acted as much as read, and this book lends itself to over-the-top gestures. The clever refrain also encourages listeners to join in the narration and will leave them smiling at the end.

I bought this book on a whim and it was the best purchase ever. I am a preschool teacher and this book became the class favorite as soon as I brought it to school. We read it many times a day, and the children can read the book themselves they know it so well. The illustrations are wonderful and the children learn directions such as up, down, left and right and really enjoy yelling, "Shark in the Park!!" at the top of their lungs. At our school your class is named after a animal, due to this book we are now...the Shark group. Please buy this book you will not be dissapointed!

My 2 1/2 year old daughter first checked this book out at the library. We have since purchased it because she cried every time we had to return it. The illustrations are awesome & she can practically repeat the book word for word at this point. "We" read it several times a day. A cute & funny book.

The little boy in this book is looking through his telescope in the park and is sure he keeps seeing a shark. The lense is an actual hole in the pages of the book, and as each page is turned the fin of the shark turns out to be something quite ordinary (ie. a cat, a crow, even the dad's Elvis-style haircut). This brightly illustrated book contains clever rhymes and pleasent repetition so kids can begin to chant along with the reader, and a surprise at the end leaves them giggling every time.