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.
