Curious About Fishes

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Dive into the Exciting World of Fishes!
Sharks, skates, shrimp, seahorses, and 30,000 other fishes swim through the world’s waterways. With that much variety, you just have to ask: what makes a fish a fish? This book helps answer the question! Filled with amazing X-rays, full-color photographs, and lively text, Curious About Fishes looks at underwater creatures inside and out. Inspired by a popular Smithsonian exhibition and the first children’s book to feature these extraordinary X-rays.
Elizabeth Bennett is an experienced children’s publishing professional who has edited and written a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and science/reading activity books for young readers for Scholastic, Innovative Kids, and Reader’s Digest Children’s Books. Her title list includes Scholastic’s Science Vocabulary Readers on a variety of topics such as ants, caves, deep sea creatures, and fish. View titles by Elizabeth Bennett

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Dive into the Exciting World of Fishes!
Sharks, skates, shrimp, seahorses, and 30,000 other fishes swim through the world’s waterways. With that much variety, you just have to ask: what makes a fish a fish? This book helps answer the question! Filled with amazing X-rays, full-color photographs, and lively text, Curious About Fishes looks at underwater creatures inside and out. Inspired by a popular Smithsonian exhibition and the first children’s book to feature these extraordinary X-rays.

Author

Elizabeth Bennett is an experienced children’s publishing professional who has edited and written a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and science/reading activity books for young readers for Scholastic, Innovative Kids, and Reader’s Digest Children’s Books. Her title list includes Scholastic’s Science Vocabulary Readers on a variety of topics such as ants, caves, deep sea creatures, and fish. View titles by Elizabeth Bennett

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