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Vanishing treasures : a bestiary of extraordinary endangered creatures / Katherine Rundell ; with illustrations by Talya Baldwin.
"A tour of the natural world's most awe-inspiring animals currently facing extinction"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385550826 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 208 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain as The Golden Mole by Faber & Faber Ltd, in 2022"-- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The wombat -- The Greenland shark -- The giraffe -- The swift -- The lemur -- The hermit crab -- The seal -- The bear -- The narwhal -- The crow -- The hare -- The wolf -- The hedgehog -- The elephant -- The seahorse -- The pangolin -- The stork -- The spider -- The bat -- The tuna -- The golden mole -- The human. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Endangered species. Extinct animals. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 591.68 Run | 31681010397305 | NONFIC | Available | - |
KATHERINE RUNDELL is a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford. She is the author of Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and Why You Should Read Childrenâs Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise. Her multi-award-winning novels for children have been translated into more than forty languages and sold over two million copies worldwide. She has written for, among others, the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Review of Books, and the New York Times, about books, the natural world and night climbing.
