Bibliograph

The tragic tale of the great auk, Jan Thornhill

Type

Label

The tragic tale of the great auk, Jan Thornhill

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The tragic tale of the great auk

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

932844350

Responsibility statement

Jan Thornhill

Summary

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."

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification