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Age range 9 to 12 A Smithsonian collaboration —this journey of discovery through the animal kingdom, past and present, calls on us to educate ourselves and take action to save the amazing diversity of our planet.  Every living creature contributes towards the richness and beauty of our planet. Each one has a reason to exist, from the giant panda to the pygmy possum, and if we lose them, it will be forever. Extinctopedia tells a complex story, not just of those who are extinct, but also of those in greatest peril, with explanations of what threatens their survival. It is also a story of hope — hope for animals who have been rediscovered, hope in the form of newly-discovered animals, and hope that we might hear the warning call and act to preserve the amazing biodiversity of our fragile planet for future generations to come.  Read stories about animals that are no longer with us Discover endangered animals at risk of extinction Learn about organisations which aim to protect animal life Find out about strategies for preserving biodiversity  Extinctopedia provides a fascinating catalogue of life on earth and encourages the reader to find ways of preserving the incredible diversity of species, so we may all thrive and life itself can endure on this amazing and beautiful planet.

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"""An elegant . . . gallery of rarities. . . A wide-angled survey of threatened and recently extinct animals worldwide. . .  Along with crafting arrays of expertly depicted, naturally posed wildlife portraits in monochrome and pale colors, Alcini tucks in several fanciful or trenchant vignettes . . . as an unusually broad cross-section of species that are going or gone, as well as a graphic demonstration of the beauty and diversity of what we lose when they die out, this will leave a marked impression on young audiences.""–Kirkus Reviews"

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Serenella Quarello is a Spanish teacher, a translator and an author of novels and picturebooks, published in Italy and abroad. She organizes creative workshops for animated reading, creative writing, and literary translation. Alessio Alcini was born in Abruzzo, Italy in 1993. He studied graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in L’Aquila and illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata. In 2020 his illustrations were selected for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition. Margaret Greenan is a translator and English as a foreign language teacher based in Italy. She has mostly translated books for young children and teens, for Italian and international publishing houses.

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