Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-271)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1180L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Last of the giants

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by Jeff Campbell ; illustrations by Adam Grano

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Accelerated Reader, MG+, 8.9, 13, 179751

Sub title

the rise and fall of Earth's most dominant species

Summary

A chronicle of the planet's extinct megafauna profiles such creatures as passenger pigeons, moas, thylacines, and baiji to identify modern-world threats to extant species and how they can be saved

Table Of Contents

Introduction: meet the giant -- 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 -- Sources

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Rise and fall of Earth's most dominant species

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