Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1036
Points per Word
0.000483
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This photo-illustrated book describes basking sharks, the second-largest sharks in the sea. It explains how they use gill-rakers to feed on zooplankton, their life cycle, and the work being done to protect this species of huge but gentle sharks.