For hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive.
- ISBN: 9781554988655
- Author: Thornhill, Jan
- Published: 2016 , Groundwood Books
- Themes: Birds, extinct species
- Descriptors: Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book
- No. of pages: 44