Independent Reading Level: kindergarten - 3rd grade.

Independent Reading Level: Grades 2-4

This book is about the life of Eugenia, a scientist interested in sharks. It talks about her defying many people's belief in her abilities and becoming a scientist. She made several discoveries and disproved that sharks always had to keep moving. This book would be great for 3rd graders to learn that they can defy odds and do anything they put their minds to. This also speaks to following your passions. I think that this could pair well with a lesson on perseverance and working hard.

We love sharks around here, and even my kindergartener was enraptured by Clark's journey into studying sharks (despite being written for an older crowd).

This is a great picture biography! I love the amount of picture biographies that are being published nowadays. I have learned about so many people in history that I never would have before. This story follows the life of Eugenie Clark and her passion for sharks. She feels a connection to sharks from a young age and the reader gets to follow her career as she ventures into the ocean and studies them as she becomes an adult. Eugenie is an inspiring person, who you can't help but feel impressed and amazed by, even if sharks still scare you a bit! The story has great illustrations and interesting facts. The book ends with additional facts about sharks and a great text feature of a timeline. ( )