'The Amazing Alphabet Book of the Last Dodo Bird' is an alphabet book with 31 unique artistic illustrations (watercolor, acrylic, colored pencils and ink). The original artwork is painted on (18 in x 24 in) Arches Watercolor Paper. The narrator, the Dodo Bird, takes readers on a surrealistic, whimsical, A to Z journey through the animal kingdom. Each letter is represented by a myriad of animals, reptiles, and insects. The sophisticated storytelling is fact-filled as well as playful, and suitable for readers of all ages to promote imaginative thoughts and word power.

Learn about the five-eyed Opabinia and the Four-toed Horse. Speculate about the life of the Jamaican Long-tongued Bat. Discover the fate of the beautiful Quagga. But don't look for any dinosaurs in this book. There aren't any! Millions of creatures other than dinosaurs are now extinct. In true alphabet book tradition, the author has found twenty-six of the most extraordinary past-inhabitants of the Earth. Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello team up to provide exciting, accurate text and illustrations filled with unusual and amusing insight that will satisfy fans of all ages.

Sandra and William Markle describe the animals that once roamed the Earth but are now extinct, paying tribute to each animal through the letters of the alphabet. Creatures of all types and sizes have continued to vanish from Earth at an alarming rate. Paying tribute to the animals that have become extinct, science teacher and writer Sandra Markle, alongside her husband, William, have put together an alphabet book of twenty-six animals that no longer roam the plains or swim in the seas. Along the way, little readers will learn the alphabet as they meet the elephant bird from Madagascar, the Barbary lion that was once captured by the Romans for their sports arenas, and the Xerces blue butterfly, which disappeared from California in 1941. Beautifully illustrated by Felipe Davalos’ paintings, Gone Forever brings awareness to the stunning animals as they appeared before they disappeared.

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