Gone is Gone: Wildlife Under Threat

by Isabelle Groc, Jane Goodall (Foreword by)

Overview

Gone is Gone looks at why species become endangered, how scientists are learning about endangered wildlife, what people are doing to conserve species and ways young people can help.



The book is richly illustrated with unique photos that Isabelle has taken over many years of observing endangered species in the field alongside the people who work to conserve them. Throughout, the author shares enchanting encounters and personal field stories: watching narwhals socialize in the Canadian Arctic, getting close to a Laysan albatross raising chicks on a remote Hawaiian island, spotting a rhinoceros on safari and even swimming with sea lions in the Galápagos Islands.



Gone is Gone will inform, intrigue and inspire readers to take small steps toward big changes for endangered species around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459816855
Publisher:	Orca Book Publishers
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Series:	Orca Wild , #2
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.68(d)
Lexile:	1130L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Isabelle Groc is a writer, wildlife photographer, filmmaker and speaker who focuses on environmental issues, wildlife natural history and conservation, endangered species and the changing relationships between people and their environments. Her stories and photographs have appeared in numerous publications, and her wildlife films have been shown in communities and festivals around the world. She lives in Vancouver.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

WILDLIFE UNDER THREAT

• The Sixth Mass Extinction
• Gone Is Gone
• The Red List: Measuring Risk
• Life on the Edge
• Why Do Species Become Endangered?
• Facing the Threat of Extinction

UNDERSTANDING ENDANGERED SPECIES

• Research in the Field
• Ask the Locals!
• Small Boats, Big Oceans
• From Field Research to Advocacy

SAVING ENDANGERED SPECIES

• Why Save Species?
• Habitat First
• Law and Enforcement for Wildlife in Danger
• Captive Breeding for Species on the Brink
• Fighting the Invaders
• The Last Chance

ENDANGERED SPECIES IN YOUR BACKYARD

• Habitat for Wildlife
• Become a Citizen Scientist
• Reduce Your Impact on the Environment
• Be a Voice for the Voiceless
• Go Outside and Enjoy Nature
• Looking to the Future: Don’t Give Up!

Glossary
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index

Editorial Reviews

Animals won’t survive unless people care. I wish this book was available when I started my career in wildlife conservation. It’s got all the information you need to understand the dangers animals face, and how people work to fix those problems so that wild animals can survive. Such people are called conservationists. After reading this excellent book that explains what animals need and what conservationists do, you just might decide to be a conservationist yourself. I hope so. Animals need you.

Carl Safina

You don’t need to be a child to read this fascinating, informative and personal book about the unique and beautiful wild creatures with whom we share the earth.

I, a child no longer, have read it twice, following Isabelle as she traveled far and wide and sharing her joy, her sadness and her growing fears about the survival of so many irreplaceable species and the decimation of their wild homes. I share her belief in the animal as an individual.

Everyone should read this book. And I mean everyone. If you have never thought or cared about the survival of wildlife, large and small, I believe you will care after you read this book. I beg you to care—before it is really too late.

Virginia McKenna

The passion of this author for the subject emanates off every page… Recommended.

School Library Connection

Notable...a solid and appealing addition to endangered species literature.

Booklist

Personal, beautifully designed to provide as much interest as possible, and hopeful to those willing to take a stand and make a difference in their own communities.

Sal's Fiction Addiction

In addition to the fabulous facts and writing are the colorful graphics…Text is conveyed in a manner that will not only inform, but excite and engage readers…This book is highly recommended as a must purchase for any middle school library.

Must Read Literature: K thru YA

A valuable introduction to the international study of endangered species.

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

Notable...a solid and appealing addition to endangered species literature.

Booklist

09/27/2019

Gr 4–7-In this colorful and informative nonfiction title, Groc discusses threats to currently endangered animals. Beginning with an impassioned foreword from Jane Goodall, the book takes the reader on an adventure that remains informational, but still entertaining. Each wildlife encounter introduces an animal that is in danger. These brief yet encompassing passages offer an in-depth understanding of each endangered animal. Readers may take special interest in the section on endangered species in their backyard. This section provides suggestions on how to become a conscientious member of our planet and a steward for endangered species. VERDICT A refreshing look at endangered species. Especially recommended for secondary environmental science classrooms.-Brittany McMahon, Westernport Elementary School, MD

School Library Journal

2019-05-26
Photographs and examples from years of travel and wildlife observation support this introduction to current wildlife threats.

Humans are causing the sixth mass extinction in the animal world, but humans can also be part of the solution asserts Groc in her plea to restore nature's balance. Opening with a depressing chapter of examples of disappearing species, she continues in a more positive vein, explaining how scientists study the issue. She points out possible remedies and concludes with a chapter offering ways readers can be involved. She explains important concepts—extinction, ecosystems, habitat, and climate change—and the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. The bulk of her narrative consists of anecdotes from her own experiences around the world: in old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest; on the Laysan Islands in the Pacific; in Alaska, Namibia, and the Galápagos; and more. Interrupting the narrative are full-page sidebars with stories of specific encounters and organized measures taken to protect wildlife. Words defined in the backmatter glossary are set off typographically within the text. The author/illustrator makes her call for action even more personal by including photos of her own children interacting with the natural world. But she has so many stories. With wave after wave of examples, she almost drowns the message. Nancy Castaldo's Back From the Brink (2018) covers the same territory more succinctly.

An overcrowded if heartfelt testament to a lifetime of concern for the natural world. (resources, acknowledgments, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)

Kirkus Reviews

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