A wild child's guide to endangered animals

Millie Marotta

Book - 2019

"This is a collection of beautiful illustrations of 43 endangered animals from around the world. From freshwater to oceans, forests, mountains, tundra and desert, grasslands and wetlands, rare and well-known animals are endangered -- some critically, some less so. Peary caribous, giant garter snakes, giraffes, puffins, and many more appear on these rich and varied pages, in full color hand-drawn illustrations, alive and vivid in the reader's hands. Millie's breathtaking illustrations will be accompanied by the story of each species' endangerment, how they live, what the threat is, and what is being done about it. Complete with a map to show where the species are still to be found, albeit in dwindling or minute numbers, t...his book is a gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom"-- more