Atlas of Extinct Animals

The first book in the Large Encyclopedias series presents animals that once walked the Earth but have vanished due to the actions of humankind.

In Atlas of Extinct Animals, award-winning poet Radek Malý tells the stories of forty-one extinct species and studies the causes of their sad demise. The large-format in Atlas of Extinct Animals is supplemented with beautifully expressive full-page illustrations by gifted artist Jiri Grbavcic and detailed pictures by renowned scientific illustrator Pavel Dvorsky.

The gorgeous, detailed depictions and descriptions of species and their eventual extinction serves as a reminder and a warning of how much life has already disappeared from the Earth. The atlas also shows that species continue to disappear. As we get closer and closer to present day, we are introduced to creatures that still existed in recent years, like the Zanzibar leopard (until 1996) and the Chinese river dolphin (until 2007). And in the end, we are left with a bitter question: Which creature will next be added to this atlas?

This book was selected by White Ravens 2020 for the annual catalog of book recommendations in the field of international children's and youth literature.

A highly informative, no-nonsense reference text that provides insights into a variety of 41 extinct animals. Dates of extinction, scientific illustration, currently living reference animal for size comparisons, scientific name, common names, map of regional locations, and historic accounts are included. Causes for extinction are listed, where possible, based off current information. A superb resource for middle grade and high school students researching climate, ecological, and human impacts on fauna. - Educator 901032

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  Radek Maly is a Czech writer, poet, translator, and university teacher. He has achieved international success through his young adult book Franz Kafka: A Man of His Time and Our Own (2017) and his picture book Our Cat’s Day (2023). His non-fiction books Atlas of Extinct Animals (2021), Atlas of Endangered Animals (2021), and Atlas of Prehistoric Animals (2025) have been translated into several languages, and his poetry collection for children Postman Wind (2011) was entered on the IBBY Honour List.
  Pavel Dvorsky is a Czech commercial and graphic artist who has illustrated dozens of science and popular science publications. From 1966–1972, he studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and afterward returned to Brno, where he established the Department of Graphic Design and Illustration at the Secondary School for Art and Design. In reconstructing the prehistoric world, Dvorsky has collaborated with many anthropologists and archeologists. In addition to his commercial and graphic artwork, he has designed stamps for the Czech Post Office since 2004. He was born in Brno in 1946.

  Leseprobe
  Remembering the dead/Mammoth/Megaladapis/Giant moa/Haast's eagle/Elephant bird/Aurochs/Dodo/Rodrigues rail/Steller's sea cow/Saddle-backed rodrigues giant tortoise/Bluebuck/Sardinian pika/Mascarene parrot/ Great auk/Galápagos tortoise/Atlas bear/Falkland islands wolf/Quagga/Tarpan/Lyall's wren/Long-tailed hopping mouse/Rocky mountain locust/Bulldog rat/Japanese wolf/Huia/Passenger pigeon/Carolina parakeet/Achdari/Heath hen/Thylacin/Grey's wallaby/Pink-headed duck/Caribbean monk seal/Tecopa pupfish/Alaotra grebe/Golden toad/''/Zanzibar leopard/Pyrenean ibex/Chinese river dolphin/Neanderthal

  Inhalt

Remembering the dead
Mammoth
Megaladapis
Giant moa
Haast’s eagle
Elephant bird
Aurochs
Dodo
Rodrigues rail
Steller’s sea cow
Saddle-backed rodrigues giant tortoise
Bluebuck
Sardinian pika
Mascarene parrot
Great auk
Galápagos tortoise
Atlas bear
Falkland islands wolf
Quagga
Tarpan
Lyall’s wren
Long-tailed hopping mouse
Rocky mountain locust
Bulldog rat
Japanese wolf
Huia
Passenger pigeon
Carolina parakeet
Achdari
Heath hen
Thylacin
Grey’s wallaby
Pink-headed duck
Caribbean monk seal
Tecopa pupfish
Alaotra grebe
Golden toad
‘ō‘ū
Zanzibar leopard
Pyrenean ibex
Chinese river dolphin
Neanderthal