Meet the Megafauna!

Name: Meet the Megafauna!
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781523508600
Price: 49.99 NZD
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Get to Know 20 of the Largest Animals to Ever Roam the Earth

By Gabrielle Balkan

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Meet the Megafauna! is an interactive, large-format children's book featuring gatefolds that bring giant prehistoric creatures to life. It explores the fascinating megafauna of the Pleistocene era, introducing readers to awe-inspiring animals like the giant armored armadillo, the giant sloth, and highlights the three megafauna still roaming today: the African Bush Elephant, Masai Giraffe, and Blue Whale.
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The world's largest animals come to life in this large-format interactive book featuring 20 megafauna, 10 gatefolds, full-colour illustrations and tons of facts! Meet Super Croc, the Giant Teratorn, the Giant Armadillo and more, including the three megafauna still among us today--the blue whale, the African Savannah Elephant, and the Masai Giraffe.

Description

An interactive (complete with gatefolds!), large-format exploration of megafauna, the mostly-extinct class of ginormous animals that thrived during the Pleistocene era after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Meet a giant armored armadillo, a giant sloth, and the three megafauna still found on earth today—African Bush Elephant, Masai Giraffe, and the Blue Whale.

Discover the fascinating world of these incredible creatures in Meet the Megafauna! by Gabrielle Balkan.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781523508600

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 June 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Workman Children's

Illustration: full color illustrations throughout with 10 gatefo

Contributors:

Illustrated by Quang & Lien

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 232.0mm

Height: 308.0mm

Weight: 640g

Pages: 56

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Gabrielle Balkan is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, New York. Her books include the acclaimed atlas, The 50 States, a NCSS notable book, and its follow-up, 50 Cities. She is also the author of Book of Bones and Book of Flight, published by Phaidon.

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