MAMMOTHS ON THE MOVE
illustrated by Kurt Cyrus
Harcourt, Inc.
ISBN: 015204700X
2008 Abilene Mockingbird Award Nominee!
2007/2008 Florida Reading Association Book Award Nominee!
2007/2008 Armadillo Reader's Choice Selection!
MAMMOTHS ON THE MOVE was named a 2006 Parents Choice Recommended Award!!
Lisa and Fiction, her woolly mammoth puppet.
I came in from a walk, Fall 2005, to find that the postman had delivered my mammoth tooth. It's an actual tooth from a baby mammoth dated back to the Pleistocene era.
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Reviews:
*Starred
Review* With mountainous dignity, mammoths lumber across wide
prehistoric landscapes as Wheeler traces their ancient annual round in verse:
"Come colder days, those mammoth herds/migrated south, just like the birds./
Their menu had to be improved,/ so mammoths packed their trunks and moved."
Limning heavy tusks and each shaggy lock in strong lines and rich golden hues,
Cyrus views the page-filling pachyderms from low angles, capturing a sense of
their massive presence as they loom over small trees, plod through snow storms,
gather in a defensive circle at the sight of a saber-toothed tiger and paddle,
trunks up, across deep water. (Wheeler notes at the outset that scientists
extrapolate mammoth behavior from watching modern elephants.) Young audiences
will be riveted by this compelling introduction, and rightly tempted to echo the
awed refrain: "Big and
bulky,/ huge and hulky,/ wide and woolly mammoths!"
© Kirkus
Buoyant language and vivid artwork depict the excitement of the migration of
Massive, hairy,/legendary woolly mammoths. The words flow smoothly, providing
interesting bits of information about the animals within the rhymed framework.
. .This successful mixture of rhyme, facts, and illustration,
applied to a fascinating subject, will make this picture book a popular choice.©
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