Customer Reviews

Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

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My son received this book as a gift from his first grade teacher for entering a project into the science fair. He enjoys reading this book over and over again. This book has made him think about all the different types of animals and how the envoriment can cause them harm. This book gives the description of the animal, size, location and what may be the cause of their extinction. It not only teaches about the worlds rarest animals but in the back of the book there is a world map of all the locations listed within the book. I believe that this book is great for educating our children on both science and geography. I would recommend this book to any science and animal lover.

I was really surprised by how much impact this one book had on me and my 4 yr old. This book is so simply beautifully illustrated, informative, and eye opening even to adults. Some animals have fewer than 20 left on the earth and will most likely be gone forever. It helps open discussion for young kids about the earth they will inherit and simple things kids can do to help. I will be giving these out as gift to parents with kindergarden and first grader kids.

We love this series... we must own at least 50 of the books, and we would give all of them 4 or 5 stars except this one. It was lacking. Nice if you're just looking for a list of animals and some info about them, but doesn't bring much else to the table.

It's so important to teach kids about conservation--really great to see this excellent book becoming very popular! If you want to follow (or introduce) this book at storytime with a few whimsical "pourquoi poems" about endangered animals (tiger, axolotl, sea turtle, etc.), please consider our Kindle book ONCE UPON A TIGER (short nonfiction notes in the back matter). Once Upon A Tiger: New Beginnings for Endangered Animals

This book teaches kids what impact people have had on the world we share with other living creatures. It is a topic that needs more attention in schools. Many children aren't even aware of this concept although we are way ahead of the rest of the world. Fortunately, in the United States we have better conservation efforts than other nations such as example of the bald eagle.