Endangered and Threatened Species

Scientists estimate there are 10 to 30 million plant and animal species on the planet, most of them unidentified. Each year as many as 50,000 species disappear.* Project WILD’s activity “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” looks at extinction by exploring endangered species. To make this activity more Iowa related, use the list of animals and plants that are classified as endangered, threatened, or rare in Iowa.

* Source Minnesota Public Radio

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Book List
Grades PreK-2
Amos, J. 1995. Animals in Danger. Steck-Vaughn.
Charman, A. 1996. I Wonder Why the Dodo Is Dead and Other Questions about Extinct and Endangered Animals. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Dobson, D. 1997. Can We Save Them? Endangered Species. Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
Fowler, A. 2000. It Could Still Be Endangered. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Herschell, M. 1995. Animals in Danger. Steck-Vaughn.
Jenkins, S. 2006. Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals. HarperCollins Publishers.
Martin, Jr., B. 2006. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.
Mason, P. 1999. Return of the Osprey. Harbour Publishing Company, Limited.
Mastin, C.O. 1997. North American Endangered Species. Grasshopper Books.
McLimans, D. 2006. Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet. Walker & Company.
McNulty, F. 1996. Endangered Animals. Scholastic, Inc.
Reading, R.P. 2000. Endangered Animals: A Reference Guide to Conflicting Issues. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated.
Taylor, D. 1992. Endangered Grassland Animals. Crabtree Publishing Company.
Taylor, D. 1992. Endangered Wetland Animals. Crabtree Publishing Company.
Wright, A. 1993. Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species. Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.

Grades 3-5
Arnold, C. 1985. Saving the Peregrine Falcon. Lerner Publishing Group.
Bright, M. 2002. Endangered and Extinct Animals of the Mountains, Deserts, and Grasslands. Millbrook Press, Inc.
Chinery, M. 2004. Animals in Danger. Anness Publishing, Ltd.
DK Publishing. 2005. Animals Like Us. DK Publishing, Inc.
Facklam, M. 1990. And Then There Was One: The Mysteries of Extinction. Little, Brown & Company.
Field, N. 1990. Discovering Endangered Species. Dog-Eared Publications.
Horton, C. 1995. Endangered Bears. Benchmark Books.
Jackson, D.M. 2000. The Wildlife Detectives: How Forensic Scientists Fight Crimes Against Nature. Houghton Mifflin Company.
McKay, G. and K. McGhee. 2006. National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals. National Geographic Society.
Priebe, M. 2000. The Peregrine Falcon: Endangered No More. Mindfull Publishing.
Radley, G. and J. Sherlock. 2001. Grasslands and Deserts. Lerner Publishing Group.
Somervill, B.A. 2004. Animal Survivors of the Wetlands. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Ward, A. 2004. Pocket Factfiles: Endangered Animals. Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated.
Wolkomir, J.R. 1992. Junkyard Bandicoots and Other Tales of the World's Endangered Species. John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Grades 6-8
Benson, S. 2003. Endangered Species. Gale Research, Incorporated.
Escoto, D. 2006. Going, Going, Gone Volume One: A Collection of Poems on Endangered Species of the Western Hemisphere. Xlibris Corporation.
Greive, B.T. and M. Iwago. 2003. Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of A Fragile Planet. Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Hickman, P. 2006. Birds of Prey Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife. Firefly Books, Limited.
Hoose, P. 2004. The Race to Save the Lord God Bird. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Kalman, B. 2006. Endangered Bats. Crabtree Publishing Company.
McClung, R.M. 1994. Lost Wild America: The Story of Our Extinct and Vanishing Wildlife. Linnet Books.
Penny, M. 2002. Endangered Species: Our Impact on the Planet. Raintree Publishers.
Pollock, S.T. 1993. Atlas of Endangered Animals. Facts on File, Incorporated.
Souza, D.M. 2003. Endangered Plants. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Swinburne, S.R. 2001. Once A Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Grades 9-12
Burton, J.A. 1998. Atlas of Endangered Species. Macmillan Library Reference.
Gaughen, S. 2005. Endangered Species. Thomson Gale.
Gessner, D. 2002. Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder. Random House Publishing Group.
Minnich, M. 1993. Vanishing Species: The Wildlife Art of Laura Regan. CEDCO Publishing.
Reading, R.P. 2000. Endangered Animals: A Reference Guide to Conflicting Issues. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated.
Roberts, R. 1998. Endangered Species. Thomson Gale.
Tate, M. 2006. Going, Going, Gone: Animals on the Brink of Extinction and How to Turn the Tide. Think Books.
Vergoth, K. 1999. Endangered Species. Scholastic Library Publishing.