shighley's review against another edition
4.0
I was particularly interested in this book because I used to show my science classes a National Geographic video that featured Eugenie Clark. She really was ahead of her time; I did not realize how old she was. In the video we saw, she described some important discoveries she made in regards to a shark repellent, the Moses sole in the Red Sea, as well as the "sleeping" sharks in Mexico, which were in the book. I enjoyed reading about Lang's admiration for Clark, and impetus for the book.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
5.0
Another strong American woman biography from Lang.
Not only can you use this book as a book that shows the strong character of a woman in history, you can also use it to see the many ways a scientist gets information about a subject!
Not only can you use this book as a book that shows the strong character of a woman in history, you can also use it to see the many ways a scientist gets information about a subject!
crowyhead's review against another edition
5.0
This is another great picture book biography of Eugenie Clark. It's slightly more in-depth and goes into more detail than Jess Keating's excellent Shark Lady, which also came out this year. I also appreciated the in-depth author's note at the back, which goes into a little more detail about Clark's Japanese-American heritage and her experiences. Both are great biographies. I would say that this one is better suited to slightly older audiences -- kindergarten and lower elementary -- whereas Keating's is a better fit for preschoolers.
rainbowbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
Great book for #MightyGirls who are interested in biology, ichthyology, marine biology, or sharks!
teganbeese's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing!! I had never heard of Eugenie Clark before, but I'm so glad I did! What an amazing, brave, human! I hope that her research and compassion continues on and saves these amazing creatures. Read for Info Books for Youth for grad school.
calistareads's review against another edition
5.0
The story starts in the 1930s with a little girl who loves the aquarium and wants to know everything about fish. She is fascinated by sharks. No one thinks a girl can be a scientists, but her determination helps her break through that barrier. She studies sharks and begins to be the ‘shark lady’. At this time nothing was known about them. She trained them and swam with them. She was fearless.
One day diving in Mexico she found a a ‘sleeping shark’ still in a cave. Everyone thought they had to move or die. The crazy woman went into this cave with this vicious shark to study. It was moving it’s mouth to breath. She found that ramora fish were cleaning off it’s body, even going in and out of its gills removing parasites. The water in the cave was less salty and easier to remove parasites. She sat there with this vicious killer and studied and took notes. It’s incredible. These caves were cleaning stations. Sharks are more smart than we think.
Jaws ruined the reputation of sharks. I think it’s natural to be afraid of sharks and that movie amped up all our fears. This woman went into the unknown and faced these monsters alone when no one else would. I admire her for that.
She eventually taught at the University of Maryland, so close to me now. She died in 2015 having accomplished and studied so much. She went on 72 submersible dives in her time. Not many people can have a life like this.
There is great info in this short story about sharks. You will learn much in here. I’m so glad I read it.
The nephew was amazed by this. He couldn’t believe this woman got so close. Sharks are like monsters and he thought this was pretty cool. He didn’t want to swim with them, but he thought this woman was brave. He gave this 4 stars.
One day diving in Mexico she found a a ‘sleeping shark’ still in a cave. Everyone thought they had to move or die. The crazy woman went into this cave with this vicious shark to study. It was moving it’s mouth to breath. She found that ramora fish were cleaning off it’s body, even going in and out of its gills removing parasites. The water in the cave was less salty and easier to remove parasites. She sat there with this vicious killer and studied and took notes. It’s incredible. These caves were cleaning stations. Sharks are more smart than we think.
Jaws ruined the reputation of sharks. I think it’s natural to be afraid of sharks and that movie amped up all our fears. This woman went into the unknown and faced these monsters alone when no one else would. I admire her for that.
She eventually taught at the University of Maryland, so close to me now. She died in 2015 having accomplished and studied so much. She went on 72 submersible dives in her time. Not many people can have a life like this.
There is great info in this short story about sharks. You will learn much in here. I’m so glad I read it.
The nephew was amazed by this. He couldn’t believe this woman got so close. Sharks are like monsters and he thought this was pretty cool. He didn’t want to swim with them, but he thought this woman was brave. He gave this 4 stars.
ericaereads's review against another edition
3.0
While the illustrations are beautiful, the text was disjointed and clunky, disrupting the narrative and making Clark's story harder to follow and not as compelling as it could've been.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting biography of a brace and curious woman who defied gender norms. Learned lots about sharks!
trish204's review against another edition
4.0
It's Shark Week so I've decided to fill my TBR with a few related books. Then I found that most are actually aimed at children. Weird, huh? No, not really. Get them while they are young and not negatively influenced (too much) yet.
Sharks are incredibly important to our eco system no matter how scary they look. The American ichthyologist Eugenie Clark realized this a long time ago and started trying to change our perception of these wonderful creatures. She was nicknamed The Lady Shark because of that.
Clark was a pioneer in the field of scuba diving for research purposes. In addition to being regarded as an authority in marine biology, Clark was popularly recognized and used her fame to promote marine conservation.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in zoology from Hunter College in 1942. During summers, she studied at the University of Michigan Biological Station and prior to graduate school she worked for Celanese Corporation as a chemist.
Initially, she sought to attend graduate school at Columbia University, but her application was rejected out of fear that she would eventually choose to leave her scientific career in order to focus on raising children. Instead of letting that stop her, Clark went on to earn both a Master of Arts in 1946 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1950, both from New York University. During her years of graduate study, Clark carried out research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts and at the Lerner Marine Laboratory in Bimini.
In 1949, under an Office of Naval Research program to undertake scientific research in Micronesia, Clark carried out fish population studies in Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Palau islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands. After completing her doctoral research, Clark received a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue ichthyological studies at the Marine Biological Station in Hurghada, on the northern Red Sea Coast of Egypt.
The Vanderbilts, a couple and fans of Clark's first book, Lady with a Spear, owned an estate in southwestern Florida and invited the biologist to speak at a public school in Englewood, Florida, in 1954. After Clark delivered her presentation on Red Sea fish, the attendees revealed that they had encountered many similar animals in local waters and were interested in learning more about them. Subsequently, the Vanderbilts built a lab for her in the area in 1955! It was named the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory.
At the laboratory, Clark worked with a local fisherman, who was experienced in catching sharks. Moreover, she also conducted a number of behavioral, reproductive, and anatomical experiments on sharks and other fish. She frequently scuba dived in the local waters, studying various organisms.
In 1962, Clark participated in the Israel South Red Sea Expedition, which set up a camp on one of the Eritrean islands of the Dahlak Archipelago.
In 1966, Clark left Cape Haze for a faculty position at the City University of New York. In 1968, she became an instructor at the University of Maryland. While at the University of Maryland, Clark received many accolades, including three fellowships, five scholarships and six medals. Clark officially retired from the University of Maryland in 1999, but taught one class in the zoology department each semester for several years.
Clark returned to the Cape Haze Laboratory, which had been renamed the Mote Marine Laboratory, in 2000. She worked there as Senior Scientist, Director Emerita and Trustee until her death in Sarasota, Florida, on 25th February 2015 (lung cancer).
In attidion to the above mentioned book, she wrote another, The Lady and the Sharks, and published over 175 scientific articles. Clark was an avid supporter of marine conservation and she mostly focused on dispelling assumptions about shark behavior and intelligence in an effort to prevent the killing of sharks and in order to encourage the preservation of marine environments in general.
I've decided to include all this information about her for two reasons:
1) Consider the dates I've indicated above and then remember that we're talking about a WOMAN pioneering in this field.
2) We're talking about a very accomplished human being that should be a more widely-known role model for many children and adults.
The book, unsurprisingly, tells a simplified version of Eugenie Clark's life. It has many really cute illustrations, the colours reflect underwater life mostly. I was actually surprised that most of the book was therefore a little dark perhaps, but I liked it overall (especially that people's eyes were just like a shark's). The importance lies in making children curious and in teaching them about sharks as much as about the woman whom we have to thank for so many things we know today.
Sharks are incredibly important to our eco system no matter how scary they look. The American ichthyologist Eugenie Clark realized this a long time ago and started trying to change our perception of these wonderful creatures. She was nicknamed The Lady Shark because of that.
Clark was a pioneer in the field of scuba diving for research purposes. In addition to being regarded as an authority in marine biology, Clark was popularly recognized and used her fame to promote marine conservation.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in zoology from Hunter College in 1942. During summers, she studied at the University of Michigan Biological Station and prior to graduate school she worked for Celanese Corporation as a chemist.
Initially, she sought to attend graduate school at Columbia University, but her application was rejected out of fear that she would eventually choose to leave her scientific career in order to focus on raising children. Instead of letting that stop her, Clark went on to earn both a Master of Arts in 1946 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1950, both from New York University. During her years of graduate study, Clark carried out research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts and at the Lerner Marine Laboratory in Bimini.
In 1949, under an Office of Naval Research program to undertake scientific research in Micronesia, Clark carried out fish population studies in Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Palau islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands. After completing her doctoral research, Clark received a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue ichthyological studies at the Marine Biological Station in Hurghada, on the northern Red Sea Coast of Egypt.
The Vanderbilts, a couple and fans of Clark's first book, Lady with a Spear, owned an estate in southwestern Florida and invited the biologist to speak at a public school in Englewood, Florida, in 1954. After Clark delivered her presentation on Red Sea fish, the attendees revealed that they had encountered many similar animals in local waters and were interested in learning more about them. Subsequently, the Vanderbilts built a lab for her in the area in 1955! It was named the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory.
At the laboratory, Clark worked with a local fisherman, who was experienced in catching sharks. Moreover, she also conducted a number of behavioral, reproductive, and anatomical experiments on sharks and other fish. She frequently scuba dived in the local waters, studying various organisms.
In 1962, Clark participated in the Israel South Red Sea Expedition, which set up a camp on one of the Eritrean islands of the Dahlak Archipelago.
In 1966, Clark left Cape Haze for a faculty position at the City University of New York. In 1968, she became an instructor at the University of Maryland. While at the University of Maryland, Clark received many accolades, including three fellowships, five scholarships and six medals. Clark officially retired from the University of Maryland in 1999, but taught one class in the zoology department each semester for several years.
Clark returned to the Cape Haze Laboratory, which had been renamed the Mote Marine Laboratory, in 2000. She worked there as Senior Scientist, Director Emerita and Trustee until her death in Sarasota, Florida, on 25th February 2015 (lung cancer).
In attidion to the above mentioned book, she wrote another, The Lady and the Sharks, and published over 175 scientific articles. Clark was an avid supporter of marine conservation and she mostly focused on dispelling assumptions about shark behavior and intelligence in an effort to prevent the killing of sharks and in order to encourage the preservation of marine environments in general.
I've decided to include all this information about her for two reasons:
1) Consider the dates I've indicated above and then remember that we're talking about a WOMAN pioneering in this field.
2) We're talking about a very accomplished human being that should be a more widely-known role model for many children and adults.
The book, unsurprisingly, tells a simplified version of Eugenie Clark's life. It has many really cute illustrations, the colours reflect underwater life mostly. I was actually surprised that most of the book was therefore a little dark perhaps, but I liked it overall (especially that people's eyes were just like a shark's). The importance lies in making children curious and in teaching them about sharks as much as about the woman whom we have to thank for so many things we know today.
tap_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Eugenie Clark is one of my favorite historical people and this book is an excellent resource to teach kids about her life, her discoveries, and to illustrate her importance to our understanding of the greatest creatures on this planet - sharks.