Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species

by Alexandra Wright, Marshall Peck III (Illustrator)

This intriguing book introduces children to the fascinating lives and challenges of endangered species from the unique perspective of an 11-year-old author. The book helps readers learn about endangered species as the first step toward saving them.

Genres: Animals, Picture Books, Childrens, Science, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Emma Cisar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this educational, yet fun, children's book. This book presented many types of facts through fun descriptions and illustrations. For example, each section about each animal gave facts about the animal, where the animal lives, and why it is becoming extinct. This creates fascination and interest to each animal category while also sharing information about how they are becoming extinct. This would be a great book to teach kids about animals, their habitats, daily lives, and how we can change the way we live to protect these species. An overall fantastic book about many topics.

[Ari]

yet another book about endangered animals. The book start out with the question "Will we miss them?" and goes into detail about what the book is about. It is about the amazing animals that are disappearing from the earth and how they are becoming extinct. This book is the first step into learning more about endangered animals and how we can save those that are on the brink of extinction. At the end of the story there is a map of where you could find all the the animals that were discussed in the book if they were still here today.

[SaraKat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has different endangered species on each page with a short bit of info about their lives and reasons they are declining. The species information is a little outdated since the book was published in 1992, but it is a good starting point for kids. The pictures are okay and the end message that species should be saved because they are part of a big web of life is a good one.

[Collin Duax]

This book is about missing animals as they become scarce or hunters want to kill them. It teaches people how to love the animals.

[Peacegal · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this is an older title, its full-page illustrations remain bright, colorful, and appealing, and the subject matter is still relevant (unfortunately).

I was pleased that the text didn’t shy away from citing hunting and the fur trade as threats to endangered animals. Bluster from the trophy hunting fraternity and fur industry have caused some more modern authors to tiptoe around this (taxidermy) elephant in the room.

[Malbadeen]

I haven't actually read this, but I'll bet if you open it the answer is "no" we wont and then it goes on to talk about an altenate world where we rely on robots and vampires for meeting all of the needs of our ecosystem.
I bet that!

[Sally]

Just saw this on Reading Rainbow and the illustrations looked wonderful.

[Shauna Hamm-graves · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think the book will be about animal