cover image A Shiver of Sharks: A Compilation of Aquatic Collective Nouns

A Shiver of Sharks: A Compilation of Aquatic Collective Nouns

PatrickGeorge. PatrickGeorge (IPG/Trafalgar Sq., dist.), $10.99 paper (48p) ISBN 978-1-908473-01-1

This husband-and-wife design team returns with another tribute to collective nouns, this one focusing on aquatic creatures. An %E2%80%9Carray of eels%E2%80%9D hangs like neckties from a hanger; for a %E2%80%9Cschool of whales,%E2%80%9D a scholarly figure with a graduation cap and glasses has a mustache formed by a whale%E2%80%99s tail (an image that previously appeared in this duo%E2%80%99s A Filth of Starlings); and nine otters are recast as logs to make up a %E2%80%9Craft.%E2%80%9D As with this team%E2%80%99s earlier books, readers will enjoy puzzling out how the pictures and collective nouns experiment with meaning in both literal and figurative senses. Simultaneously available: A Crackle of Crickets: A Compilation of Insect Collective Nouns. Ages 7%E2%80%93up. (Feb.)