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020			_a9781554988655 _q(bound)
020			_a1554988659 _q(bound)
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020			_z1554988667 _q(pdf)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn932844350
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055		0	_aQL696 C42 _bT56 2016
082	0	0	_a598.3/3 _223
084			_aPB THO _2z
100	1		_aThornhill, Jan, _eauthor, _eillustrator. _9262
245	1	4	_aThe tragic tale of the great auk / _cJan Thornhill.
264		1	_aToronto ; _aBerkeley : _bGroundwood Books : _bHouse of Anansi Press, _c[2016]
264		4	_c©2016
300			_a1 volume (unpaged) : _bcolor illustrations, color map ; _c29 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aFor hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive. In this stunningly illustrated non-fiction picture book, 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. They could swim swiftly underwater, but their small wings meant they couldn't fly and their feet were so far back on their bodies, they couldn't walk very well. Still the birds managed to escape their predators much of the time ... until humans became seafarers. Great Auks were pursued first by Vikings, then by Inuit, Beothuk and finally European hunters. Their numbers rapidly dwindled. They became collectors' items -- their skins were stuffed for museums, to be displayed along with their beautiful eggs. (There are some amazing stories about these stuffed auks -- one was stolen from a German museum during WWII by Russian soldiers; another was flown to Iceland and given a red-carpet welcome at the airport.).
520			_aFor hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive. In this stunningly illustrated non-fiction picture book, 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. They could swim swiftly underwater, but their small wings meant they couldn't fly and their feet were so far back on their bodies, they couldn't walk very well. Still the birds managed to escape their predators much of the time ... until humans became seafarers. Great Auks were pursued first by Vikings, then by Inuit, Beothuk and finally European hunters. Their numbers rapidly dwindled. They became collectors' items--their skins were stuffed for museums, to be displayed along with their beautiful eggs. (There are some amazing stories about these stuffed auks--one was stolen from a German museum during WWII by Russian soldiers; another was flown to Iceland and given a red-carpet welcome at the airport.).-- _cSource other than the Library of Congress.
521			_aElementary Grade.
521	8		_a1130 _bLexile.
526	0		_aAccelerated Reader _c6.5.
526	0		_aReading Counts! _c9.7.
530			_aIssued also in electronic format.
650		0	_aGreat auk _vJuvenile literature. _9263
650		0	_aGreat auk _xEcology. _9264
650		0	_aExtinct birds. _9265
650		1	_aGreat auk. _9266
650		4	_aAccelerated reader. _9267
650		7	_aGreat auk. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00947037 _9266
655		7	_aJuvenile works. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411637 _9268
655		7	_aJuvenile works. _2unknown _9268
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.cornerstonesofscience.org/ _3null
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