Children's books for Easter for 5-8-year-olds - gallery

Title from Wellington's Gecko Press featured - From pirates to Olympic dogs, the pick of Easter reads for 5-8-year-olds

Julia Eccleshare - guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 April 2012 

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Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals by Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt, published by Gecko Press, (Bounce in UK) 

A feast of fact and fiction, this collection of creatures from around the world who have not survived into modern times is utterly fascinating. The stories of how they lived and, sadly, how they became extinct are thought provoking; without preaching, the book raises awareness of the need to conserve all species that have survived. Some, such as the Woolly Mammoth, the Auk and the Dodo are familiar, but many others, including the rather terrifying Giant Beaver and the engagingly long-beaked Echidna, a giant Australian creature which flourished before people settled in Australia, are less well known. The role of humans in all of these stories is largely dishonourable; from what they learn here, readers can become responsible. (7+)