Ebook {Epub PDF} The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan Thornhill

A perfect and simply amazing marriage of informative narrative and evocative, often hauntingly, sadly beautiful accompanying images, Jane Thornhill's The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk is both infuriating and enlightening, showing all of the reasons for the extinction of the Great Auk, with the author presenting an appreciatively balanced text that glowingly and gracefully demonstrates how the Great /5.  · Summary: For thousands of years, the Great Auk lived in northern seas. It evolved to live in the water, only coming ashore to mate and lay a single egg once a year. On land, it was slow and clumsy, but it nested in rocky places that were difficult for predators to reach. Humans coexisted with the Great Auk for www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins. www.doorway.ru: The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk () by Thornhill, Jan and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.

The Resource The tragic tale of the great auk, Jan Thornhill. The tragic tale of the great auk / Jan Thornhill. Author: Thornhill, Jan award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that "weighed as much as a sack of potatoes and stood as tall as a preteen's waist." Their demise came about in part because of their anatomy. Great auk — Juvenile. The disappearance of the Great Auk is an environmental tragedy that elicits a sort of romantic sympathy. Jan Thornhill examines it in a book for young readers. Her writing is both clear and lyrical, at once a straightforward account of species loss and a poignantly poetic tale.

Hundreds of thousands of great auks once swam in cold northern waters, but these birds have all disappeared owing to a tragic intersection of climate change and human activities. Thornhill starts with an admirable depiction of this remarkable bird, known even to prehistoric cave painters. Jan Thornhill's 'The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk' wins $30, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award TORONTO, Nov. 21, /CNW/ - Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair, TD Bank Group, congratulates Canadian children's author Jan Thornhill as the winner of the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for her book, The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk. The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan Thornhill | Editorial Reviews. Hardcover $ Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping.