Shark in the Park!

Through his telescope Timothy keeps seeing what looks like a shark’s fin but it turns out to be – when the page is turned and a wider-angled view revealed – a cat, a crow and Timothy’s dad: not a shark in sight or is there? A story with all the child appeal you could wish for: a predictable, patterned rhyming text, peep holes, speech bubbles and a final twist in the tale, or should I say, fin, together with Sharratt’s characteristic zesty illustrations. It was a big hit with my audience of four- and five-year-olds who were enthusiastically joining in on the first reading. Go back as they did to the first page and take another look …