Extinctopedia
By Serenella Quarello & Alessio Alcini
$26.99
64 pages • Hardcover • Ages 9–12 • 9.5" x 13" • ISBN: 978-1-63655-072-5
A Smithsonian collaboration—this journey of discovery through the animal kingdom, past and present, provides a call for us to learn more and take steps to save the amazing diversity of our planet.
Every living creature contributes towards the richness and beauty of our planet. Each one has a reason to exist, from the giant panda to the pygmy possum, and if we lose them, it will be forever. Extinctopedia tells a complex story, not just of those who are extinct, but also of those in greatest peril, with explanations of what threatens their survival. It is also a story of hope—for animals who have been rediscovered, hope in the form of newly-discovered animals, and hope that we might hear the warning call and act to preserve the amazing biodiversity of our fragile planet for future generations to come.
Extinctopedia provides a fascinating catalog of life on earth and encourages the reader to find ways of preserving the incredible diversity of species, so we may all thrive and life itself can endure on this amazing and beautiful planet.
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Serenella Quarello
Serenella is a Spanish teacher, a translator and an author of novels and picture books, published in Italy and abroad. She organizes creative workshops for animated reading, creative writing, and literary translation.
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Alessio Alcini
Alessio was born in Abruzzo, Italy in 1993. He studied graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in L’Aquila and illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata. In 2020 his illustrations were selected for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition.