The first book in the Large Encyclopedias series presents animals that once walked the Earth but have vanished due to the actions of humankind.ampampamp10In Atlas of Extinct Animals awardwinning poet Radek Malampampamp253yacute tells the stories of fortyone extinct species and studies the causes of their sad demise. The largeformat in Atlas of Extinct Animals is supplemented with beautifully expressive fullpage illustrations by gifted artist Jiri Grbavcic and detailed pictures by renowned scientific illustrator Pavel Dvorsky.ampampamp10The gorgeous detailed depictions and descriptions of species and their eventual extinction serves as a reminder and a warning of how much life has already disappeared from the Earth. The atlas also shows that species continue to disappear.