SMALL & TALL TALES OF EXTINCT ANIMALS

by Hélène Rajcak & Damien Laverdunt

Translated by Jen Craddock

Gecko Press  March 2012

Hardback RRP $36.99

ISBN: 978-1-877467-90-5

Origin: France

A fascinating journey around the world of extinct animals, combining cartoons with naturalist drawings, and mythology with science.

Did you know there was once a beaver that was two metres long? That the elephant-bird really did exist? And that the dodo once had a life beyond the pages of Alice in Wonderland? Have you heard of the megatherium, the glyptodon or the tratratratra?

Through legend and mythology, anecdotes and scientific facts, the authors tell fascinating stories of the strange animals that disappeared before our time. The book is a tragicomedy, and a mine of information for everyone interested in the animal world.

·        Preface by Cécile Colin and Luc Vives, natural historians at the Museum of Natural History in Paris

·        Beautiful production and illustrations

·        Combines science and mythology

·        Includes two New Zealand examples: the Moa and the Haast eagle

About the authors/illustrators:Damien Laverdunt was born in 1978. He lives and works in Paris as a writer and illustrator and teaches applied arts at the Lycée de Sèvres.

Hélène Rajcak was born in 1981 in Paris. She lives and works in Paris as an illustrator. She studied illustration at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and has  

also trained as a textile designer.

Another stunner from Gecko Press.