Smart about Sharks
Autor Owen Daveyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 feb 2027 – vârsta până la 9 ani
Găsim în Smart About Sharks o lecție fundamentală despre empatie și curiozitate: natura nu trebuie judecată prin prisma fricilor noastre, ci înțeleasă în toată complexitatea ei. Suntem de părere că această lucrare reușește să transforme imaginea „monstrului” din adâncuri într-un subiect de studiu fascinant, demontând prejudecățile despre cei mai temuți locuitori ai oceanelor. Fără a fi didactică în sensul rigid al cuvântului, cartea ne invită să explorăm biologia și comportamentul rechinilor printr-o estetică vizuală rară în literatura de non-ficțiune pentru copii.
Recomandăm această lectură pentru ritmul său echilibrat între informația științifică și ilustrația modernă, cu accente geometrice, care a devenit semnătura lui Owen Davey. Comparativ cu alte titluri precum Dkfindout! Sharks, care mizează pe fotografii realiste și formatul clasic de enciclopedie, Smart About Sharks oferă o experiență mai stilizată și artistică, păstrând totodată rigoarea datelor. Copiii care au iubit Everything Awesome about Sharks and Other Underwater Creatures! vor găsi aici aceeași pasiune pentru lumea subacvatică, dar într-un context vizual mult mai sofisticat și matur.
Această lucrare se înscrie perfect în universul creat de Owen Davey, continuând explorarea lumii naturale începută în Curiositree: Natural World sau în volumele dedicate altor specii, precum Passionate About Penguins sau Obsessive About Octopuses. Dacă în cărțile anterioare Davey a pus accent pe interconectivitatea ecosistemelor sau pe curiozități anatomice, aici el face un pas înainte în reabilitarea imaginii unei specii vulnerabile. Este un volum care nu doar informează, ci și educă privirea tânărului cititor, oferindu-i un spectacol vizual demn de o galerie de artă.
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Recomandăm această carte părinților care doresc să le cultive copiilor (6-10 ani) interesul pentru biologie printr-o abordare modernă. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă nouă asupra biodiversității marine, învățând să facă diferența între mit și realitate. Este un instrument educativ excelent pentru a transforma teama de necunoscut în admirație pentru natură, totul într-un format grafic de excepție care va arăta minunat în orice bibliotecă.
Despre autor
Owen Davey este un ilustrator independent din Leicester, Marea Britanie, a cărui operă a traversat aproape toate continentele. Absolvent al Universității Falmouth, Davey s-a remarcat rapid prin stilul său grafic distinctiv, lucrând pentru clienți de prestigiu precum New York Times sau Microsoft. În literatura pentru copii, el este recunoscut pentru capacitatea de a transforma subiecte complexe din natură sau tehnologie — de la inteligența artificială în Welcome to AI până la creaturi mitologice în My First Pop-Up Mythological Monsters — în experiențe vizuale captivante. Stilul său combină rigoarea documentării cu o estetică ludică, fiind unul dintre cei mai apreciați autori contemporani de non-ficțiune ilustrată.
Descriere scurtă
Owen Davey returns to nonfiction to explain the mysteries of those denizens of the deep. Some deadly, some not-so-deadly, and almost all just generally misunderstood. Exciting and detailed illustrations fill the page and educate young readers about these thrilling residents of the sea! Delivering information with the same whimsical text and brash illustration that saw his previous book win the affection of the Wall Street Journal, Smart About Sharks is sure to have teeth!
Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator, living and working out of Leicester, United Kingdom. He graduated with a First Class BA in Illustration from Falmouth University. Davey's work has been published in every continent (except Antarctica), including picture books in the United Kingdom, America, Australia, Germany, France, Portugal, China, and Korea. He has worked for some impressive clients, including the New York Times, Microsoft, and Orange. This is his first book about sharks.
Recenzii
—Publishers Weekly
This book’s engaging informative content is rivaled only by its uncommonly sophisticated illustrations. […] An all-around superior nonfiction resource.
—Booklist
I love children’s books that are as delicious for kids as they are for adults, and Smart About Sharks is exactly that. With a sumptuous textured cloth cover, an appealing gray-tinted palette of earth tones playfully punctuated by pink, and a retro encyclopedic design, Smart is filled with fascinating bite-sized shark facts that were completely new to me.
—BoingBoing
A beautifully illustrated compendium of facts about sharks […]
—Creative Review
Kids love sharks. Owen Davey's Smart About Sharks is going to jump off the shelves and demand to go home with these kids. What's not to love? There are great infographics giving out wild information (wait until you see all the different kinds of teeth found in sharks across the world), bright, brilliant artwork with a retro feel to it, and tons of facts about sharks, including a debunking of their status as maneaters: if you're on a surfboard, you look like a seal, and the book has the artwork to prove it.
—Books For Kids
The skillful assembly of geometric shapes and patterns captures the essence of [Davey’s] carnivorous, cartilaginous subjects.
—Science Friday
Each page is perfectly balanced with educational facts intermixed with lively sharks that look as if they are swimming in and out of the pages. This well researched book will immerse all readers in fascinating facts about the most well-known predator of the seas.
—OmniLibros
I learned a great deal that I didn't know about sharks, and I think that a 7 or 8-year-old would have a great time with this book. […] More importantly, this book is a great introduction to nonfiction reading for children.
—The Cyberlibrarian
PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS BY OWEN DAVEY
On Owen's previous book in the series, Mad About Monkeys, an ALSC Notable Children's Book
Tackling a topic as general as monkeys is a tall order for a picture book, but this one succeeds admirably. […] Davey keeps things lively by relating specific traits of various monkey species […] and these serve not only to pique readers' curiosity, but also to highlight the primates' diversity. The design of the book is stellar, interweaving text and stylized-but-accurate illustrations into a vibrant, cohesive whole that stands out for its appeal and clarity. A vast amount of information on monkeys is expertly delivered in both text and image without patronizing either readers or monkeys—a delight.
—Kirkus, Starred Review
A semi-irreverent tone and stylish images combine to create an arresting and informative guide to simian nature.
—Publishers Weekly
Full of bared fangs, long tails and witty descriptions, this elegant book is likely to commend itself even to readers a good deal older than those for whom it is designed.
—Wall Street Journal
Davey’s striking illustrations and bold graphic design are the highlights of this compendium of facts about monkeys. He deftly draws on their varied and unusual physical features to produce eye-catching images that will attract browsers.
—School Library Journal
Owen Davey presents a stunning and richly informative primer on these marvelous primates. […] With art that calls to mind Charley Harper and the golden age of mid-century children’s book illustration, Davey explores the glorious diversity of these weird and wonderful creatures, their sophisticated social life, and their elaborate communication style […]
—Brain Pickings
This nonfiction picture book colorfully and innovatively educates readers about various types of monkeys from around the world without being pedantic. Jazzy illustrations resembling a graphic arts styled poster accurately depict several species of monkeys. [...] helpful examples, guiding illustrations, and comical phrases like “‘But why such colorful bums?’ I hear you ask” will leave readers feeling like they are on a lively safari.
—OmniLibros
On Owen Davey's children's book, Night Knight:
"An outstanding picture book.”
—The Guardian
"Davey, a British illustrator, uses a striking palette of ocher, orange and cinnamon in this delightful debut, which recreates the imaginative pre-bedtime rituals of the aspiring titular knight. Simple, sweet and bound to induce sleep."
—The New York Times
Davey creates a visually striking celebration of the last imaginative hurrah before bedtime.
—Publisher’s Weekly
Every spread of this visually stunning British import is suitable for framing. Hip, stylized, beautifully composed cut-paper collages evoke the rich ornamentation of any self-respecting medieval fantasy, all saturated in a warm palette of deep gold, burgundy, rusts and oranges on what looks like handmade paper...A visual feast for very youngest fans of knights and castles.
—Kirkus
On Davey's previous book, Laika:
"Owen’s trademark folky style makes his wordless books just as appealing to adults as they are to children, allowing him to bridge gaps between audiences in the most effortless of ways.”
—It’s Nice That
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DID YOU KNOW THAT...
...sharks can detect electrical currents from other creatures? Or that some are covered in little tassels? Sharks are pretty incredible - some can even walk out of the water!
In this immersive book from the creator of the bestselling Mad About Monkeys, you are sure to discover new and fascinating facts about these wonderful fish.