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Author Campbell, Jeff, author.

Title Last of the giants : the rise and fall of Earth's most dominant species / by Jeff Campbell ; illustrations by Adam Grano.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Zest Books, [2016]
copyright 2016

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  333.95 Campbell    ---  Available
Description 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Study Program MG 8.9 13.0 179751
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Moa -- Aurochs -- Elephant bird -- Steller's sea cow -- Indian Ocean giant tortoises -- Passenger pigeon -- California grizzly -- Thylacine -- Lions -- Red wolf -- Tigers -- Baiji -- Rhinoceroses -- Written in the Earth: the sixth extinction & the anthropocene -- Call to action.
Indexed In: Junior Library Guild
Summary Last of the giants tells the stories of thirteen giant species who once dominated our world but who have suffered loss and extinction in modern times. What happened when humans first met these beasts, and what role have we played in their demise? Most of all, how can we change the fate of giant species today?
Audience Ages 15 & up.
Grades 10 & up.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
Subject Endangered species -- Juvenile literature.
Extinction (Biology) -- Juvenile literature.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Juvenile literature.
Endangered species.
Extinction (Biology)
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Endangered species.
Extinction (Biology)
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Added Author Grano, Adam, illustrator.
ISBN 9781942186045 (paperback)

 
    
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