The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

This nonfiction account follows the Great Auk, a flightless bird resembling a penguin that once lived in the icy North Atlantic. For hundreds of thousands of years, the birds floated on the waves, dove for fish, and climbed rocky shores to mate and hatch chicks. They were once abundant in northern Atlantic waters, but human hunting, egg collecting, and climate change led to their extinction. The book traces the rise and disappearance of a bird whose life was tied to cold seas and rocky breeding grounds.