Prehistoric megalodon no longer swims the oceans, but a child can still build one. Kit Elliot's book-and-kit package pairs a 16-inch megalodon model with a guide to the sharks alive today.
Readical Key Points
- A 32-page illustrated book plus a kit to build a 16-inch-long megalodon model, for ages 7 to 9 (grades 2 to 4)
- Illustrated by Amanda Shufflebotham
- More than 100 facts about 14 living shark species plus megalodon; seek-and-find scenes and a quiz, according to the publisher
- Book and model kit package, part of the Ignite STEM Book + Model Kit series; Gemini Children's, 2024
The book covers fourteen sharks that swim today, plus megalodon, in short facts laid out across illustrated scenes. Seek-and-find puzzles run through the pages, and a quiz checks what a reader has picked up along the way. The kit supplies the parts for a megalodon model about 16 inches long, which a child puts together from the pieces provided.
It suits children who like sharks, models and hands-on science, along with the parents, grandparents and teachers who build beside them, and it pairs with Amazing Awesome Human Body from the same series. Plan a shelf before starting: the finished megalodon measures about 16 inches from end to end.
About the Author and Illustrator
Kit Elliot started writing for children in childhood, later studied English at university, and has created activity books in partnership with illustrators. Illustrator Amanda Shufflebotham has also worked as a designer, in advertising, design and publishing.
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