Abstract: "Traces of unprecedented animals", "Trail of legends", "Primates of the sea", "And the crocodile has friends", "Where and how?" - these scientific and artistic books of the famous writer-popularizer of the candidate of biological sciences Igor Akimushkin are well known to Soviet readers . Igor Akimushkin also writes a lot for children, he successfully works in film and television. We will never see many animals and birds - six hundred species of animals are now on the verge of complete destruction. If this continues, then soon you will have to do nylon hares, deer, deaf people to introduce people to those who once inhabited the whole earth. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to instill in each person a taste for the knowledge of nature and a sense of personal responsibility for its preservation. and . Akimushkin wrote a very useful and timely book, which will make many people think. In fact, this is the first scientific and artistic book in the Russian language, introducing the broad readership with the tragedy of wild animals.