How Do Fish Breathe Underwater?

Through a series of chapters that provide children with necessary background information, this book gradually and satisfyingly explains how fish get the oxygen they need to survive.

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“I’ve written about fish before. The challenge here was thinking about gills and breathing in a whole new way. The book answers the question in the title in the final chapter, so I had to figure out how to give students all the background information they needed in a fun and interesting way.”

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“Beginning with an explanation of why all animals need oxygen and how humans breathe, [Stewart] goes on to discuss some of the ways fish have adapted to life underwater, including swim bladders and gills. Chapters are kept short, and they include follow-up questions that check readers’ comprehension ... Beautiful, full-color, captioned photos appear on nearly every page, breaking up the text and offering visual context ... tailor-made for young report writers.”

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