Megalodon

by Janet Riehecky, Jon Hughes (Illustrator)

Overview

Megalodon was a giant prehistoric shark that lived more than 2 million years ago. Beginning readers will discover this amazing creature through carefully leveled text and super-realistic illustrations. Readers might gasp when they see what Megalodon looked like and find out what it hunted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736869119
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Series:	Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	192,172
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Lexile:	450L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Janet Riehecky is a longtime writer for children. She has worked as a high school English teacher, a college professor, and a children's book editor. Her 24 volume series Dinosaurs! won the Summit Award for Best Children's Nonfiction, presented by the Society of Midland Authors, and her Tasmanian Tiger was a Junior Library Guild selection. Janet loves to collect dinosaur bones. On a dig in western Colorado, she dug up the first bone found of a brand new dinosaur, the Mymoorapelta.

Table of Contents

A giant shark — How megalodon looked — What megalodon did — The end of megalodon.