Lark the Shark

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Clark the Shark is trying to get ready for his first sleepover, but he’s worried because it will be his first time sleeping outside without his glow-fish night-light. He and his friends play games until it’s time to go outside. Clark’s friends tell scary stories and Clark’s friends all start to feel a little scared. Clark realizes that all of them are a little bit afraid of the dark. Soon they all find a way to help themselves not be afraid of the dark anymore. Clark is a shark with zing, bang, and BOOM. Clark zooms into school, crashes through the classroom, and is rowdy at recess. Clark loves life and always means well—but when his enthusiasm is too much for his friends, Clark's teacher, Mrs. Inkydink, helps him figure out a way to tone it down. This book could be for any age group. The book contains an important theme of friendship and facing your fears. The book contains colorful illustrations along with a sweet story that contains onomatopoeia and rhyming. Get tips and advice on reducing, re-using and recycling to help protect the environment: https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/our-streets/ This book is a fantastic read for children. It has a very entertaining plot, but also teaches some great lessons in rhyming, word play, and manners.

The main themes of this book are self control, friendship, and good behavior. Clark has some impulse control issues, but with the help of his teacher, he is able to reign his energy in and become a better student and friend to his classmates. Lark the Shark’s adventures continue with a morning litter cleaning of the sea, when Lark spots a strange shadow on the sea floor. What is this shadow? Lark swims down to investigate. There's also some great word play with nonsense words like "upsy-downsy", "spinna-ma-jig" and "tail-whump-a-lumpus". These words are very exciting for kids and encourage word-play that can be very good for language development. This would be a great story for a teacher to share with his/her class, as a way of introduction to the school year. It is relevant to pupils, being set in a school, with regular routines of lessons and lunchtime. It is a good example of what rules and behaviour can be expected when at school such as using indoor voices appropriately, to respecting other pupils and their friendships. It has been some time since we first met Lark the Shark, written by Natalie Newman and her son Henry.Clark the Shark was a VERY enthusiastic pupil at Theodore Roosterfish Elementary School. In fact, he was the most enthusiastic pupil in Mrs. Inkydink's class. Unfortunately, although he always meant well, his hyperactivity and thoughtlessness often resulted in the other pupils avoiding him at lunchtime and recess. His teacher knew not to give up on him, however, and slowly Clark learned to control himself enough that others wanted to be around him. The dynamic duo, Natalie Newman and her son Henry Newman have made waves in the children's book industry with their delightful and engaging " Lark the Shark" series. The books have been featured on the popular BBC News children's program, Newsround. The feature highlighted the Newman duo's passion for writing and the inspiration behind their lovable protagonist, Lark the Shark. Read the full feature here. Bruce's recent Monstertown Mysteries series blends horror and humor, based on his childhood love of monster movies. His other series include Class Pets, about the secret lives of classroom pets, and the forthcoming Outerspace Mystery Pizza Club books, due in 2024. Okey dokey. I must confess that I actually watched this as a video on YouTube, mainly because Chris Pine was reading it! :D (Chris Pine is one of my favourite actors.) I did actually enjoy this story, which was about a shark who's very rowdy and over-enthusiastic in his school-classes. The moral of the story is, that you can enjoy things but you must show consideration towards others and their feelings. (I think a lot of people, adults included, could learn a lot from this tale to be honest, hehe.) The young author and avid recycler said: “I wrote the book to highlight pollution in the sea, but whether it’s on land or water – there are lots of things we can all do to look after the environment. Even things like making sure we recycle as much as we can makes a difference.

This book made me smile as I read it because I can relate Clark to many kids I know. They have good intentions, but it can often be hard for some children to stay on task and do what is expected of them. Clark is a very happy character, and his efforts to do the right thing are uplifting and inspiring. Clark is a shark who starts going to school. He loves school but Clark is crazy. He played to hard with his friends and ate all of his friends lunches because he got to excited. When Clark got to excited he came up with rhymes to help him remember to not act so crazy. He learned to behave when he was at school because there is a time and a place for when to act crazy and there is a time not to. I can relate to this book because I too was scared of the dark when I was young. I always had my night light and was scared to sleep without it. Sometime during the night I would wake up and be scared and even run and jump into bed with my mom and dad. But just like Clark, I eventually overcame my fear. I really like this book and its message. It teaches children about self control and manners. I think the illustrations where done really well and I really enjoyed the rhythms that Clark came up with in the book.

I used this book in preschool story time, and the kids loved it. They loved guessing what would happen next, and sharing their own stories about sleepovers and how to overcome fears. Clark is a shark with zing, bang, and BOOM. Clark zooms into school, crashes through the classroom, and is rowdy at recess. Clark loves life—but when his enthusiasm is too much for his friends, Clark's teacher, Mrs. Inkydink, helps him figure out a way to tone it down.