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Bibliography

Sharks have been written about in books for decades if not centuries.  Below is a list of books we have added to our library over the years.   If you have a book for us to add please let us know.

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Good Reading

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Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright year.

Young Adult Reading (Various ages)
*Younger Children

Arnold, Caroline. Watch out for Sharks!. New York: Clarion Books, 1991

*Berger, Gilda. Sharks. New York: Doubleday, 1987

*Berger, Melvin & Berger, Gilda. Sharks. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2003

*Bonforte, Lisa. Whales, Dolphins and Sharks, Stickers and Seals. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1998

Chovan, Judith L. & Crump, Sara E. Sharks, Fact and Fantasy. Los Angeles, California: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1990

Cleave, Andrew. Sharks A Portrait of the Animal World. New York: Smithmark Publishers Inc., 1994

Cole, Joanna. Hungry, Hungry Sharks. New York: Random House, 1986

Corrigan, Patricia. Sharks For Kids. Wisconsin: NorthWord Press, Inc, 1995

Coupe, Sheena & Robert. Sharks. New York: Facts on File, 1991

*Dubowski, Cathy E. Shark Attack!. New York: Dorling Kindersley LImited Inc., 1998

*Gay, Tanner Ottley, Sharks In Action. Los Angeles: Aladdin Books, 1990

Gussoni, Clizia, McDonnell, Luke (Illustrator), The Awesome Book of Sharks!. Philadelphia: Running Press Kids, 2006

Howorth, Peter C., Sharks, Shorelines of America. Seoul, Korea: Dong-A Printing and Publishing, 1992

Hunter, Llyn. Sharks Of The World, Coloring Book. New York: Dover Publications, 1989

Llewellyn, Claire. Awesome Facts About Sharks. Canada: Aladdin Books Ltd, 1998

Macquitty, Miranda. Shark. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991

*McGovern, Ann. Sharks. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1976

*Moore, Jo Ellen, A Unit About Sharks. Monterey, California: Evan-Moor Corp. 1991

*Nuzzolo, Deborah & Potter Parham, Donna., Shark K-3 Teacher's Guide. California: Sea World, 1995

Nuzzolo, Deborah & Potter Parham, Donna., Shark 4-8 Teacher's Guide. California: Sea World, 1995

*Palazzo-Craig, Janet. Sharks!. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1999

Pearce, Q. L., The How and Why Activity Wonder Book of Sharks. Los Angeles, California: RGA Publishing Group, Inc., 1987

Resnick, Jane. All About Sharks!. Connecticut: Third Story Books, 1994

Sattler, Helen Roney. Sharks, The Super Fish. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1986

Scott, Carey, Project Pack, Shark. Great Britain: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 1998

Simon, Seymour, Sharks. New York: Harper Collins Children's Books, 1995

*Spizzirri, Peter M. Shark Mazes. Rapid City, SD: Spizzirri Publishing, inc., 1984

*Spizzirri, Linda (Editor). An Educational Coloring Book of Sharks. Rapid City, South Dakota: Spizzirri Publishing, inc., 1981
 

Steele, Philip. Sharks and Other Creatures of the Deep. New York Dorling Kindersley, 1991

Stoops, Erik D & Stoops, Sherrie. Sharks. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc, 1994

Taylor, Barbara. The Really Sinister Savage Shark and Other Creatures of the Deep. New York: DK Publishing, 1997

Taylor, Leighton. Sharks and Other Sea Creatures. Singapore: Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc., 2000

*Trimble, Irene, Know It Alls, Sharks. Cleveland, Ohio: Learning Horizons, Inc., 2001

Wagner, Kathi & Wagner Obe, The Everything Kids' Sharks Book. Avon: F+W Publications Company, 2005

*Weidner Zoehfeld, Kathleen. Great White Shark Ruler of the Sea. Norwalk, CT: Smithsonian Oceanic Collection, 1995

*Wilson, Lynn. Sharks!. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1992

Woodward, John. Sharks & Predators. San Diego: Silver Dolphin, 2003

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Adult Reading

Allen, Thomas B. Shark Attacks Their Causes and Avoidance. New York: The Lyons Press, 2001

Allen, Thomas B. Shadows In The Sea. New York: Lyons & Buford, 1996

Alston, Alice & Close, Ian & Gilbert, Perry W & Goadby, Peter & Johnson, C. Scott & Kemp Noel & Otway Nick & Pepperell, Julian G. & Pullan, Robert & Ruhen, Olaf & Taylor, Ron and Valerie & Turner, Susan, Sharks, Silent Hunters of the Deep. Australia: Reader's Digest, 1986

Angela, Piero & Angela, Alberto. Sharks! Predators of the Sea. Philadephia: Courage Books, 1997

Barrett, Pete. Fishing For Sharks. Brick, NJ: The Fisherman Library, 1983

Bunting, Eve. The Sea World Book of Sharks. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1979

Cafiero, Gaetano & Jahoda, Maddalena. Sharks Myth and Reality. Charlottesville: Thomasson-Grant Inc., 1994

Capuzzo, Michael. Close to Shore. New York: Broadway Books, 2001

Castro, Jose I. The Sharks of North American Waters. Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1983

Clark, John. Shark Frenzy. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1975

Cousteau, Jaques-Yves & Cousteau, Philippe. The Shark. New York: Arrow. 1970

Cousteau, Jean-Michel & Richard Mose. Cousteau's Great White Shark. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1992

Ellis, Richard. Monsters of the Sea. New York: Doubleday, 1994

Ellis, Richard. The Book of Sharks. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989

Ellis, Richard & McCosker, John E. Great White Shark. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991

Farino, Teresa. Sharks The Ultimate Predators. New York: Gallery Books, 1990

Ferguson, Ava & Cailliet, Gregor. Sharks and Rays of the Pacific Coast. Monterey, California: Monterey Bay Aquarium, 1990

Fernicola, M.D., Richard G. Twelve Days of Terror. Guilford: The Lyons Press. 2001

Gold, Joy P. & Springer, Victor G. Sharks in Question. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1989

Greenberg, Idaz & Greenberg, Jerry. Sharks and other Dangerous Sea Creatures. Miami: Seahawk Press, 1981

Gruber, Samuel H. Discovering Sharks. Highlands, New Jersey: American Littoral Society, 1991

Johnson, R.H. Sharks of Tropical and Temperate Seas. Singapore: Pisces Books, 1978

Klimley, A. Peter. The Secret Life of Sharks. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003

Lawrence, R.D. Shark! Nature's Masterpiece. Shelburne, Vermont: Chapters Publishing Ltd., 1985

Lineaweaver III, Thomas H. & Backus, Richard H. The Natural History of Sharks. New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1984

MacCormick, Alex. Shark Attacks. New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998

Maniguet, Xavier. The Jaws of Death. (English translation version) Paris: Sheridan House Inc, 1991

Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Sharks. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1996

Matthews Downs. Sharks! The Mysterious Killers. Avenel, New Jersey: Park Lane Press, 1996

May, Nathaniel (Editor). Shark. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002

Musick, John A. & McMillan, Beverly. The Shark Chronicles. New York: Times Books, 2002

Perrine, Doug. Sharks. Minnesota: Voyager Press Inc, 1995

Pope, Joyce. Sharks. New York: Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 1997

Renz, Mark. Megalodon Hunting the Hunter. Fort Myers, Florida: Paleo Press, 2002

Romashko, Sandra. Shark Lord of the Sea. Miami: Windward Publishing, Inc., 1974

Scharp, Hal. About Sharks. Happy Camp, California, 1979

Snyderman, Marty. Shark Endangered Predator of the Sea. Korea: Key Porter Books Limited, 1995

Steel, Rodney. Sharks Of The World. New York: Blandford Press Ltd, 1985

Stafford-Deitsch, Jeremy. Shark A Photographer's Story. London: Sierra Club Books, 1988

Taylor, Leighton (Consultant Editor). An Australian Geographic Guide to Sharks & Rays. Australia: Australia Geographic, 2000

Taylor, Ron & Valerie, Blue Wilderness. San Antonio: Fourth Day Publishing, Inc., 1997

If you are aware of any publication not listed here
please contact us with the bibliography information
at bibliography@seaprogram.org, thanks.