Bringing the Great Auk back to life!
Hello. Welcome to Aukid’s digital home, the Auk-ward Company’s website. My books are designed to be enjoyed whilst stimulating curiosity in extinct birds and enabling you, the readers, to learn more about them. My interest in the Great Auk was started by my father when I was small and I feel privileged to be able to pass this on. The Great Auk became extinct before any of us were born and, therefore, remains a bird of complete mystery. Or does it?…
Best Wishes
Julia
One of a series of fictional stories designed to re-ignite the interest for, and imagination of, extinct animals. Told from the animal’s (Aukid’s) point of view – it will teach and inspire all who read the book and will leave them wishing that the Great Auks had never become extinct.
Here is a book that is completely interactive. Read a few pages and then draw some pictures or write your own alternative story. Be in charge of Aukid and Park’s adventures or write your own story using your own characters. For all the budding authors out there – let your imagination take over! Both books …
It’s National Poetry Day today. Check out this poem about the demise of the Great Auk by Ogden Nash: https://allpoetry.com/A-Caution-To-Everybody
It’s National Read a Book Day today. To celebrate this, you can order any book from my website for £6 each until 12pm on Sunday. Have a good weekend of reading!