Atlas các động vật nổi danh đã tuyệt chủng

by Radek Malý, Pavel Dvorský (Illustrator), Jiiří Grbavčic (Illustrator)

Cuốn sách này sẽ tái hiện 41 người hùng của thiên nhiên cho bạn đọc 8-15 tuổi.

Hãy dành cho hành tinh xanh này những suy tư nghiêm túc, việc đó nằm trong tay bạn!

Nhân loại hiện đang sống trong sự kiện tuyệt chủng diện rộng lần thứ sáu trong lịch sử Trái Đất. Không chỉ tác động lên môi trường và sự tiến hóa của hành tinh, sự tuyệt chủng của các loài động vật cũng ảnh hưởng đến chúng ta - bất chấp lời tuyên bố đầy tự hào của loài người rằng chúng ta là chúa tể của tạo hóa.

Trong cuốn sách này, nhà thơ nổi tiếng Radek Malý đã làm sáng tỏ thực tế đáng báo động này bằng cách kể những câu chuyện về một số loài đã tuyệt chủng và nguyên nhân dẫn tới sự tuyệt diệt đáng buồn.

Cuốn này có nhiều minh họa toàn trang tuyệt đẹp của nghệ sĩ tài năng Jiří Grbavčic và hình vẽ chi tiết của họa sĩ minh họa khoa học nổi tiếng Pavel Dvorský.

Genres: Animals, Nonfiction, Childrens, Biology, Science

87 pages, Hardcover

First published May 23, 2019

Reviews

[Alicia Bayer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations and informative text. Malý takes you on a deep dive about a wide range of extinct creatures, with lots of information.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book via Net Galley.

[Literary Redhead · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cried when I read this beautifully illustrated account of 41 species and their heartbreaking demise. How could these gorgeous creatures, including the Zanzibar leopard and the Chinese river dolphin, no longer exist and what can the world do to prevent another species from being added to the list? Geared to readers aged 9 to 17, but an important reminder for adults too of the fragility of life. Out March 22.

Thanks to the author, Publisher Spotlight, Albatros Media, and NetGalley for the ARC; opinions are mine.

#AtlasofExtinctAnimals #NetGalley

[Theediscerning · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five out of five is the only response to a book that does exactly what it wants to do, and does it better than expected. Check the artwork – the standard is of the "how does this man ever not have a commission" quality, giving great and realistic poses to the critters concerned, and putting just as much care into the background detail as the fur and feathers that are the prime subject. He gets every verso page, while the recto is for the text – although that too is illustrated in a more scientific manner. Here we learn of many extinct animals, some of which chances are you've not heard of, unless you have a specialist knowledge in what man has slaughtered. Steller's sea cow was a huge galumphing bulge of meat and oil, and never left its partner when s/he was shot. Giant tortoises from several places were so docile and low-maintenance they were even packed up to live on board ship as a living larder. Here are birds bludgeoned with the last ever egg just trampled on, species hunted for game or exterminated deliberately, and here is Tibbles the cat putting paid to a cute, dusky-looking wren.

Of course, just while some people argue we're trying to keep the cuter animals alive that are endangered today (hello, giant panda), nobody was lookist in determining what should get killed off – and much of the time it wasn't really deliberate, although mahoosive eagles I'd never heard of were soon despatched from New Zealand. What surprised me was the fact that even if these beasts survived somewhat to the world of science, we still have so little proof of what they were like – the quagga is not exactly everywhere, even stuffed or skeletally. Elsewhere it could be said there are few surprises in this volume, but the quality of it is still undeniable.

[Kailey (Luminous Libro) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book lists information about particular species that have now tragically gone extinct. I really like the design of this book; on one side there is a full-page illustration of the animal, and on the other side a page of text detailing in what type of habitat the animal lived, its main characteristics, and what it ate, and finally how it went extinct. There is even a little map, showing where the animal used to live.

I am absolutely in awe of the gorgeous illustrations in this book! The art is colorful and each animal is depicted in the setting of their natural habitat. You really get a sense of the majesty of these beautiful animals. Every little detail of feather and fur is so clear that you could almost imagine the creatures are about to jump off the page!

As always, I take issue with a scientific book that presents a scientific theory as if it were a fact. This book talks about origin theories as if they were supported by empirical fact, which they are not. It's such a disappointment and it is not honest. I wish there were better integrity in the writing.

This book would be a great resource for anyone writing a paper about extinct animals, or just for anyone who is curious about the world and who loves to learn!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, this was equally great and disappointing. While the artwork for every entry in this atlas is breathtakingly beautiful and the texts informative yet compact, I was nevertheless very disappointed that nearly half the animals were birds, while there was not one of the multiple subspecies of tiger or lion included. Also only one type of fish and just three oceanic mammals.
As an ocean enthusiast that seems quite lacking to me! But alas, I wanted to be surprised by all the animals and did not check in detail which ones would be included.

At least the animal that started my fascination with the extinction of animals was included - the baiji/ Chinese river dolphin. And I am still sad about that one seemingly going extinct :(

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Atlas of Extinct Animals is a colorful and sobering nonfiction look at animal species which have become extinct as a result of human activity. Originally released in Czech in 2019 this English language edition is due out 29th March 2021 from Albatross. It's fully illustrated in color, 88 pages and will be available in hardcover format.

There are 41 species included here: from the auroch (ca. 1627) to the Zanzibar leopard (1996). Each of the entries contains name and zoological (Latin) nomenclature, date of extinction where known, range, habitat, and other information about how and why they disappeared. The species detailed include the expected long distant mammoth which elicit a pang of regret, through to vividly gut-punch immediate sadness over recently departed species such as the Pyrenean ibex (2000) and river dolphin (2007).

I remember many of these animals from Mark Cawardine and Douglas Adams' sobering Last Chance to See , and it's just awful that so many of them are now, sadly, not just going, but gone .

Five stars. The illustrations are detailed and very well rendered and they add a lot to the book. This would be a good selection for public or school library or for any young reader aged ca 9-12 years.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

[Deviant Quill Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

https://www.deviantquill.com/post/atl...

A splendid book about the species that no longer populate our planet. Humans had a direct impact on destroying the habitats of some of them, or hunting others to extinction, and this atlas comes as a cry for caution. By looking at what our planet has lost we might start to pay more attention to the species that are close to extinction. Every animal gets two pages, with a beautiful full-page illustration on the left, and its history with some detailed anatomical drawings on the right. The information is simple enough to be read by a child, but I found it very eye-opening and full of details I didn't know, so it's perfectly suited for adults as well.

It's a high-quality encyclopedia with much love and care put into it.

Review copy provided by Ingram @ Edelweiss+

[Doreen · Rating 4 out of 5]

5/4/2022 Full review tk at TheFrumiousConsortium.net.

5/5/2022 God, what a depressing book. And I don't say that as a bad thing necessarily, tho I certainly wouldn't recommend this for anyone in need of an emotional pick-me-up. And while this is a decidedly sad volume -- what self-respecting book covering the often needless extinction of entire species wouldn't be? -- it also carries a throughline of hope, as deftly written by poet Radek Malý.

Covering the life and death of forty-one different species, this is a well-researched volume of popular science that ranges the world and showcases both well and lesser-known exterminations. It's also remarkably even-handed, even when it's remarkably clear that the number one cause of species extinction is the, often malicious, encroachment of humans. It's both saddening and infuriating to read how certain species, such as the Steller's Sea Cow and the Great Auk, died from humanity's sheer bloodthirstiness, even after other humans had worked so valiantly to stop the unnecessary slaughters.

Of course, not every extinction was necessarily our fault, or even wholly unwelcome. Am I going to lose any sleep over the loss of a species of swarming locust? Incredibly doubtful. But the display of biodiversity here, with interesting anecdotes and historical information, is both breath-taking and sobering, showing the negative and positive impacts of human encroachment, civilization and science over the past several millennia in a way that encourages readers to grieve less and do more. Science, in fact, is where the book places a lot of its hopes, briefly detailing the ongoing efforts to revive several of these species ahead of a possible reintroduction to the wild.

There are two visual artists at work in these illustrated pages. Jiří Grbavčic is the artist responsible for the full page spreads depicting each creature in its natural environment. The colors in particular are vivid and eye-catching, tho these full-page illustrations as a whole seem occasionally less accurate to me than the works of Pavel Dvorský, whose sketches are included inline with the text.

While this book is ostensibly aimed at thoughtful children, it's also a very accessible read for adults wanting to learn more about these vanished species. I certainly learned a lot more about the world than I knew before, which is always a good thing with books like these. More importantly, it reaffirmed my commitment to conservation and to doing right by the environment.

Atlas of Extinct Animals by Radek Malý, illustrated by Jiří Grbavčic & Pavel Dvorský was published April 26 2022 by Albatros Media and is available from all good booksellers, including Bookshop!

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A companion to the other large, colorful atlas of living things that are in danger of disappearing--Atlas of Endangered Animals--this one focuses on magnificent creatures that no longer walk the earth. The book is a 3.5 for me, and I was, by turns, absolutely mesmerized and absolutely appalled and depressed by its contents. Not because of any errors in fact, but instead, as I read each entry and thought about the ravages of humans and the many mistakes we've made in eradicating various species, out of pride or ignorance or a sense of superiority or need for survival, I felt incredibly sad and bereft because none of the 41 creatures featured on these pages will most likely ever be seen again. While some of these losses were beyond the control of humans, others were not. One look at the colorful, full-page depiction of each of these creatures on the book's left-hand pages serves as reminder of what has been lost. Some of these such as the Dodo, the Passenger Pigeon, , the Thylacine, and the Wooly Mammoth, are species with which I was familiar, but others such as the Pink-headed Duck, the Japanese Wolf, and the Pyrenean Ibex intrigued me and made me wish that they still existed. The author's passion for this subject is evident in the text, which might be a lot of material for most middle-grade readers to handle, but if read in small bites, it is easy to digest. Each species is treated to a discussion of its habitat, origins, favorite foods, and then an explanation of what happened to the creatures. There is a map showing where the species lived as well as sketches of its skull, skeleton, close-ups of various body parts, and related species found in modern times. With its sumptuous artwork, careful delineation of these animals' demise and fingers fully pointed at us, the book leaves readers with a sense of responsibility and longing for what is now long gone. This would be a great addition to a science classroom library, most likely to inspire youngsters to be better stewards than their predecessors.

[Cami · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Atlas of Extinct Animals" is a sobering yet immersive read. The majority of animals featured in this book went extinct at least in part due to human intervention, and it's painful to read stories about that. Oftentimes, we know the names of the humans who killed the endlings of each species, and I can't help but wonder why. Did people brag about it, and if so, why? What is there to be proud of in such a needlessly cruel and violent action?

Still, I'm glad that I read this book, because it taught me about animals who now only live on through our memories. There were some species that I didn't realize were extinct, such as the passenger pigeon, or if I knew that they were extinct, I didn't fully understand why. Each entry has beautiful illustrations, and I love how some of them contrast the extinct species with extant ones or add a human to the page for a size comparison. Many entries prompted me to do my own research, hoping to understand why the bluebuck's coat color never preserved postmortem or why some marsupials have pouches regardless of their gender.

I also watched the now-colored video footage of a thylacine, which was bittersweet. Although I'm glad that we have this record of them, I wish we had more than that. I wish they hadn't gone extinct—and not just because they're so darn cute. I wonder where future cloning efforts will lead, as well as other methods of reintroducing extinct species back to Earth. Are Rau's quagga actually quagga? How do we even measure that? And what's the use of revitalizing extinct species when there are so many endangered animals we should focus on saving first? Additionally, shouldn't we address the climate crisis before we bring back animals that might not be able to cope with the widespread global changes? There is much to think about.

[Critter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a beautiful book that provides good and interesting information on extinct animals. When it comes to the debate of the color of the feathers of the Haast's eagle, I can't help but wonder if it is caused by the differences in color perception across cultures. The Māori were the people who witnessed this eagle, but the Europeans who questioned them about it never witnessed it. Something to note is these groups might have experienced different culture perceptions which would lead to the confusion over the color of the feathers. This perception of color has sparked a lot of debate among anthropologists and it's a very fascinating phenomenon. I have added a link to an interesting article discussing this at the end of my review for anyone who might be interested in this topic. I can't speak for the differences in color perceptions between the Māori and Europeans, but I'm interested if this has played a part in the confusion of the Haast's eagle's feather colors. Otherwise, this book has included a ton of interesting information on current research being done on extinct animals. It also tells the stories of how people have negatively impacted and aided in the speeding up of the extinction of several of the animals featured in this book, but it also talks about how people are also trying to slow down and prevent the extinction of endangered animals.

https://www.sapiens.org/language/colo...

I would like to thank Albatross Media for providing me with an ARC.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

A highly informative, no-nonsense reference text that provides insights into a variety of 41 extinct animals. Dates of extinction, scientific illustration, currently living reference animal for size comparisons, scientific name, common names, map of regional locations, and historic accounts are included. Causes for extinction are listed, where possible, based off current information. A superb resource for middle grade and high school students researching climate, ecological, and human impacts on fauna.

[Kim Wilch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This oversized book is FULL of extinct animals. It’s too late for these species - and trust me, there are some pretty awesome animals in this book. It breaks my heart.

Each animal has a 2-page spread; one is a full-size illustration of the animal (think 9x13 inches), and the other showcases the common name, scientific name, illustrations of the animal, and the region it called home. Read on for comprehensive and intriguing information about that animal.

What an amazing addition to a library - be it your child’s, the school, or your city!

[Emilee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cannot get enough of the illustrations in this book. The cover is captivating with its embossed areas, gold accents and earth tones. The illustrations are very angular and geometric. It's a beautiful to create a landscape in an artistic way. The tender story does a really good job talking about dying and how that person's body might still be Here but their soul isn't. I highly recommend this book.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous book, more for older kids, teens, and adults. The artwork is phenomenal and the information seems solid and well presented.

I read a digital ARC, I hope the font is larger in the physical books!

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful book. It is a bit mature for K, but I will be able to edit while reading. The book is unflinching in its look at the reality of what people have done to the earth. Recommended.