The Long Lost Coelacanth and Other Living Fossils (Let's Read and Find Out Science Book)

By Aliki and Alilki

Book Overview

Describes the Coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for seventy million years until one was discovered in 1938, and other examples of plants and animals known as "living fossils." This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0690504780
• ISBN13: 9780690504781
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell
• Length: 31 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Old but not outdated, very nice children's book

Interestingly enough, although this book was published in 1973, and there has been a lot of coelacanth literature and study since then, including the discovery of a new species and all that, this book is still accurate. The Long Lost Coelacanth is a wonderful children's book, with a few sentences per page or two-page spread, and lots of lightly colored or black-and-white illustrations, including labeled pictures and pronounciation guides. The subject matter is covered in a way that makes you feel the author/illustrator is excited about the topic and wants you to be also. Coelacanths and other ancient things are getting trendy lately, so don't you think this book should be brought back to print? My copy is a hardcover ex-library copy. I don't know if it was available in paperback. I almost think that at the time it may not have been a popular enough topic for the mass market.