The Last Basselope is a children's book by Berkeley Breathed published in 1992.University of Chicago Press, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Volume 46 (1992), p. 141.M. Keith Booker, Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas (2014), p. 916. The 32 page story depicts Breathed's Outland characters, led by Opus the Penguin,Gale Group, Something about the Author, Volume 86 (1996), p. 27. hunting the last remaining specimen of a purportedly fierce beast called a Basselope.David Martin, Elementary Science Methods: A Constructivist Approach (2008), p. 435. Once found, the beast—named Rosebud—turns out to be friendly and harmless.
The book has been recommended as a resource with which to teach about the concept of endangered species and extinction.
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External links Berkeley Breathed's website