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Chargement... The Tragic Tale of the Great Aukpar Jan Thornhill
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. So interesting, but so depressing. Love the artwork. ( ) I loved reading this book and learning about the great auk and it's life. This is a great book for kids to learn about consequences of human actions on wildlife. The great auk thrived for thousands of years until it's anatomy changed and it was unable to escape predators. It's a tragic truth. Very educational and I highly recommend to anyone. This story of the Great Auk was fantastic and truly sad. This book unveils the history of the Great Auk, migration, maps, and life cycles. The Great Auk's story is full of scientific information that could be used in the classroom. The back of the book has a bunch of resources for students to explore as well. The book would be great for teaching students about how humans impact the Earth and the other species living here. It would be a great book to introduce conservation and discuss extinction as well. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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For hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive. In this stunningly illustrated non-fiction picture book, award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that "weighed as much as a sack of potatoes and stood as tall as a preteen's waist." Their demise came about in part because of their anatomy. They could swim swiftly underwater, but their small wings meant they couldn't fly and their feet were so far back on their bodies, they couldn't walk very well. Still the birds managed to escape their predators much of the time...until humans became seafarers. Great Auks were pursued first by Vikings, then by Inuit, Beothuk and finally European hunters. Their numbers rapidly dwindled. They became collectors' items--their skins were stuffed for museums, to be displayed along with their beautiful eggs. (There are some amazing stories about these stuffed auks--one was stolen from a German museum during WWII by Russian soldiers; another was flown to Iceland and given a red-carpet welcome at the airport.) Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)598.33Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Birds Grallatores, waders Shore birdsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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