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Manley, Curtis

Shawn Loves Sharks

32 pp. | Roaring Brook | April, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-134-0 $17.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Tracy Subisak. Shark-obsessed Shawn is disappointed when instead of being assigned his favorite animal for a class project on predators, he's stuck with leopard seal. (His classmate Stacy gets shark.) Shawn is warming up to the seals until Stacy-as-shark starts chasing him around the playground ("Chomp!"). Easy-to-follow text (with some speech bubbles) and clear, unfussy illustrations capture the animal-loving frenemies' emotions.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz