Mammoths on the Move

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Join a pack of woolly mammoths as they trek south for the winter, braving fierce storms, deadly predators, and raging rivers while making their slow journey across the gorgeous unspoiled lands of this continent until finally they reach their goal.

With the same jouncy and joyous rhythms of her youngest picture book texts, Lisa Wheeler introduces readers to one of the most awesome beasts to ever walk the earth: the massive, hairy--legendary--wonderful woolly mammoth!

This factually based book includes an author's note.

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Wolly Bully.......2007-01-11

A real charmer for kids who love animals or dinosaurs. Lisa Wheeler did a wonderful job of simplifying the story of migrating mammoths and managed to rhyme the whole book too! This book has 3 factors that make it a true winner of a kids book...1-it rhyimes, 2-it has a prehistoric setting, 3- the artwork is fantastic. I can't say enough about Cyrus's illustrations. They 'pop' right off the pages of this wonderful book.

"They're massive, they're hairy... they're legendary!".......2006-04-05

This wonderful book is the perfect blend of author and illustrator, as the mammoths of 14,000 years ago begin their "treacherous trek south for the winter". During this journey, they will face every obstacle, from raging rivers to terrible storms and the random attacks of predators watching for their unprotected calves. These woolly mammoths are impressive, huge and hairy, long curved tusks protruding, a herd of giants on the move to find a better source of food as the cold send them marching to the south. So the trek begins, each page vivid and dramatic, the text rhymed as the mammoths face their trials: "Rivers ran across their path/ but mammoths didn't mind a bath./ They raised their snorkel-trunks up high/ and swam with noses to the sky." Mile after mile they encounter the elements, the ice, the rivers, the predators lying in wait, each new illustration bringing a new trail to overcome.

The back flyleaf reveals that the illustrator set the mood for his winter's task, setting the temperature in his studio on low and bundling himself in layers of "warm, woolly sweaters", recreating the theme of the mammoth's journey. His experiment was a resounding success, an eerie chill seeping from the pages, the lumbering animals covered in heavy layers of snow, as they stare unblinking at the frozen landscape yet ahead. Combining text and image, this is a fascinating view of the world centuries ago, stimulating young minds with the grandeur of nature, the prehistoric mammals and the vast wilderness they inhabited. Luan Gaines/ 2006.

Osteology for the Archaeologist: American Mastadon and the Woolly Mammoth; North American Birds: Skulls and Mandibles; North American Birds: Postcranial Skeletons (Papers of the Peabody Museum)

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Osteology for the Archaeologist: American Mastadon and the Woolly Mammoth; North American Birds: Skulls and Mandibles; North American Birds: Postcranial Skeletons (Papers of the Peabody Museum)
Stanley J. Olsen
Manufacturer: Peabody Museum Press
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Binding: Paperback

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This comparative analysis aids the fieldworker in identifying fossil proboscidean bones from early man sites. It also describes the skulls, mandibles, and posteranial skeletons of forty families of birds frequently found in archaeological excavations in the United States.

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This Mammoth is a Little Shaggy
Not great, but entertaining
nothing deep, but it is a fun quick read
Pulled Together Very Well
Mammoth

Mammoth
John Varley
Manufacturer: Ace Hardcover
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Never afraid of risks, award-winning author John Varley took readers and critics by storm with his previous novel, Red Thunder. Now, Varley takes another leap into the great unknown with Mammoth...

In a barren province of Canada, a mammoth hunter has made the discovery of a lifetime: an intact frozen wooly mammoth. But what he finds during the painstaking process of excavating the huge creature boggles the mind. Huddled next to the mammoth is the mummified body of a Stone Age man around 12,000 years old. And he is wearing a wristwatch.

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This Mammoth is a Little Shaggy.......2007-07-23

Although an enjoyable 'pot-boiler'-type adventure story, this novel is not really up to Varley's standards. The characters are too extraordinary: the world's richest man, the world's most beautiful actress, the world's best mathematician and a circus performer who also happens to be the leading expert on elephants. The concept of time travel is not fully worked out: the paradoxes are left unexplored, the mechanism is left unexplained, and the chunk of earth sent time-traveling changes size with each occurrence. The plot has some pleasant twists but also a fair amount of gaping holes (which I won't describe -- those who have already read it will know what they are).

In short, I enjoyed the journey but there were a few too many places along the trail where the reader's attention is drawn away from the story being told. Because this is John Varley, I expected a bit more.

Not great, but entertaining .......2007-07-20

"Mammoth" reminded me a little too much of "Timeline" and "Jurassic Park" in places, but it was an enjoyable read nevertheless: perfect for a rainy day!

nothing deep, but it is a fun quick read.......2007-06-29

Mammoth by John Varley tells the story of a multibillionaire who has interesting hobbies. One day he decides he would like to bring mammoths back into the world. Teams are sent to the Arctic to find mammoth carcasses frozen into the ice, with the idea of recovering good enough genetic material that a mammoth or mammoth/elephant hybrid embryo can be implanted into an elephant womb and be brought to term. But one of the teams finds a mammoth frozen with two humans - and one of the humans is wearing a wrist watch and they have a briefcase...the billionaire will have his hobby and then some...while I normally do not enjoy time travel books very much, this one was actually a lot of fun!!

Besides the rich man, the book also centers around a veteranarian/elephant trainer, a mathmatician who tries to figure out the time travel machine, and a cute baby mammoth named Fuzzy (whose story arc pulls the whole novel together).

Nothing particularly deep, but I thought it was a quick and fun read. And as I read it, I kept thinking about what a cool movie it would be.

Pulled Together Very Well .......2007-04-29

I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. I've been a Varley fan since the 80's and only have felt that Golden Globe didn't deliver. This was a very satisfying novel. I especially liked the way things evolved toward the ending and was pleasantly surprised how the last 20-30 pages became real "what happens next" page turners. Please don't read any summaries of the story, just start on page one and read it through to the end without any book critic's review spoiling the story-line for you.

Mammoth.......2007-03-09

Not really adult science fiction...Story line was good when the author stuck to it...too many lenghty pages on side issues to the characters...would have been better as a short story...

Wild and Woolly Mammoths: Revised Edition (Trophy Picture Books)

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Mahnomen, Minnesota Third Graders
beautiful illustrations, clear text
Akiki Does It Again !

Wild and Woolly Mammoths: Revised Edition (Trophy Picture Books)

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ASIN: 0064461793

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Did you know...

that wooly mammoths were plant eaters?
that they lived during the Ice Age, protected by their thick coats and layers of fat?
that their bones were used to make shelters, jewelry and even musical instruments?

Follow Aliki back thousands of years, to the time of the wooly mammoths--the ancestors of today's modern elephants. Learn about how they lived, what they ate and how they struggled to survival against their greatest enemy--humans. And find out what the wooly mammoth can teach us about the world we live in today.

Travel back thousands of years to explore the exciting world of woolly mammoths. Learn how they lived, what they ate, and how they struggled to survive against their greatest enemy—humans.
This revised edition includes text revisions and bold new illustrations, which bring new life to this backlist classic.

`A fascinating glimpse of woolly mammoths and the cave dwellers who hunted them.' — Starred Review/School Library Journal

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Mahnomen, Minnesota Third Graders .......2006-04-19

This book was very interesting. Our class read this together. We learned that mammoths are extinct and that hunters used their bones and furs to survive. Aliki has a lot of talent for writing and illustrating. We recommend this book and his book called "Fossils".

beautiful illustrations, clear text.......2003-08-28

This book encompasses man as hunter, diversity of species, extinction, scientific inquiry --while being firmly grounded and tangible. The phrases are broken up on the page the same way that I pace the story when I read aloud. The explanations and transitions are clear and logical (except the second page which abruptly mentions the dinosaurs and then bounces back to the Ice Age again.) Wonderful book for curious minds.

Akiki Does It Again !.......2000-03-30

As an elementary school teacher, I am always on the "look out" for books that will enthrall my students. Aliki never disappoints. Wild and Wooly Mammoths is an intersting and enjoyable book. My students loved the beautiful illustrations and the easy to read format. The book is packed with fascinating facts and details. My students looked forward to reading time and asked to read other books by Aliki. We bought class sets of Mummies Made in Egypt and also The Medieval Feast. Children simply love these books and the wonderful illustrations. All my students voted Wild and Wooly Mammoths as a class favorite. I recommend this book for all elementary students.

Uncovering the Mysterious Woolly Mammoth

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Uncovering the Mysterious Woolly Mammoth
Michael Oard , and Beverly Oard
Manufacturer: Master Books; imprint
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ASIN: 0890515085
Release Date: 2007-05-31

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Woolly mammoths have fascinated adults and children alike for decades. How did so many get preserved in ice, why did they go extinct, and how did they live? These are questions that many have asked, and the answers given are usually in line with an evolutionary world view. But is this the only answer? Is there a better explanation for the evidences found in the remains of these unique creatures? What is a believer in the young age of the earth to do when confronted with these questions? Author Mike Oard gives answers to these questions for young readers. He also gives fascinating facts about these hairy, elephant-like creatures, in this sequel to Life in the Great Ice Age. Oard tells the story of how they disappeared from the earth as a result of entrapment in the ice and snow that resulted from the flood of Noah's day. Complete with beautiful, full-color illustrations from award-winning painter Bill Looney (illustrator, The True Story of Noah's Ark), this book fills an important niche within the scientific community.

America's Horrible Histories #01: Who Are You Calling A Woolly Mammoth (America's Funny But True History)

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Horrible Histories
Who Are You Calling A Woolly Mammoth
Who Are You Calling A Woolly Mammoth?

America's Horrible Histories #01: Who Are You Calling A Woolly Mammoth (America's Funny But True History)
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Some people think that North America¹s history began when Columbus sailed over in 1492. The first volume in the tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred history series says that estimate¹s a bit off, by about 250 million years! With tons of facts, lots of laughs, and plenty of funky illustrations, author Liz Levy takes readers on a roller coaster ride through the age of the dinosaurs, the great ice ages, and, finally, to the appearance of the first humans.

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Ew........2004-05-12

Terry Deary writes the original Horrible Histories. They're interesting, witty, and even educational. Kids and adults alike read them for fun! Read them.

Elizabeth Levy's "American Horrible Histories", however, are dull, unfunny, and while they are "educational", I can't see anyone reading them for fun. It reads like a text book.

Horrible Histories.......2002-04-21

This books are wonderful. They make learning history fun and cool. It combines jokes, historical facts and funny information in a great easy-to-read package. My 4th grader loves the whole series. Both reluctant readers and history lovers will enjoy the breezy way history is told in these books. Ideal for 3rd-5th graders and even middle school students. Great as gifts or for a classroom. Too bad all history books aren't this fun!

Who Are You Calling A Woolly Mammoth.......2002-02-01

I think that my book was funnier than anything else. I mean it's about history and all but it was even funnier. It makes you not want to stop because you want to see what's next. I think that the autor wants it so you learn and have fun at the same time. Some other books were all talking and no fun if you know what I mean. There's a little story teller on every page; he tells jokes about the things you've just read. I liked this book and I hope you do to thanks.

Who Are You Calling A Woolly Mammoth?.......2002-01-31

This book teaches you about Prehistoric times and how creatures survived. The book also has some humor. There is almost a comic on every page, and most of them are funny. It's a way to learn and have fun at the same time. Inconclusion, I write this because it's a great book to learn from and get a few laughs along with it.

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Gail Herman
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A Woolly Mammoth Journey
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A great woolly mammoth leads her family across rivers, plains, and glacial ridges on an annual migration to familiar feeding grounds. On the way, a new calf is born and learns to eat, to walk, and eventually to play with the other young mammoths. As the seasons pass, the mammoths prepare for the long winter. Transporting readers back in time, and packed with information, this story follows one herd of these remarkable beasts on their incredible cross-country trek. Though this journey happened more than 12,000 years ago, the book's descriptive text and dramatic paintings bring the great creatures to life for today's readers.

Frozen in Time: The Woolly Mammoth, the Ice Age, and the Bible

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Multiple Mysteries Mastered
Single Ice Age Theory won't stay frozen

Frozen in Time: The Woolly Mammoth, the Ice Age, and the Bible
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The Ice Age is one of the most difficult eras in geological history for a uniformitarian (those who believe the earth evolved by "slow processes over millions of years") scientist to explain, simply because long ages of evolution cannot explain it. Many mysterious questions about the Ice Age arise:

What would cause the summer temperatures of the northern United States and Europe to plummet over 50 degrees Fahrenheit? What was the source of the abnormal amount of moisture necessary for heavy snow? What caused the cold summer temperatures and heavy snowfall to persist for hundreds of years? Why did mammoths become extinct, not only in Siberia, but also across the earth, and at the same time as many other large mammals? How could they still have partially decayed food in their stomachs?

Author Michael Oard gives plausible explanations of the seemingly unsolvable mysteries about the Ice Age and the woolly mammoths in this intriguing new book. Many other Ice Age topics are explained including super ice age floods, ice cores, man in the ice age, and the number of ice ages.

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Multiple Mysteries Mastered.......2006-09-21

Every once in a long while a book comes along which clearly and concisely explains scientific mysteries which have been swept under the proverbial rug because of the current definition of science (only naturalistic causes for the existence of everthing are allowed to be considered). Frozen in Time is such a book.

Far from ignoring the scientific data, this author uses current weather models and superb logic to show exactly how an ice age would have formed as a direct result of a worldwide flood. This solves the major long standing mystery surrounding the demise of the Woolly Mammoths. An extremely thought provoking book which should be a standard text in any college classroom on earth history - but sadly won't because it destroys the assumptions of, and evidence for, a hugely old earth.

Get this book if you'd like a glimpse at the truth.

Single Ice Age Theory won't stay frozen.......2005-09-10

In this book, young earth creationist Michael Oard (known as Mr. Ice Age) presents his one Ice Age theory (caused by the Flood). He fails to take all the effects of his theory into account, making it unworkable. He feeds his Ice Age with massive amounts of volcanics, but he does not consider that a byproduct of volcanic activity is carbon dioxide. In reality, instead of causing an Ice Age, Noah and his family would have been roasted alive.
This is just one problem of many. As is usual in young earth books, the young earth reader is supposed to accept the words of this "expert" without question. If one is willing to look beneath the surface, insurmountable problems arise.

Fossil Detective: Woolly Mammoth (Fossil Detective)

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Fossil Detective: Woolly Mammoth (Fossil Detective)
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Building the new wing at the high school stops when woolly mammoth bones are discovered at the construction site. A pair of "fossil detectives," archaeologists from the university, arrives to supervise the recovery of the bones. By piecing together clues, and the bones, the detectives form and test theories about how this mammoth died. While they follow the arguments and the evidence, young readers dig out mammoth "bones" of their own and assemble a woolly mammoth skeleton! This exciting kit includes 16 fossilized bones embedded in rock material, excavation tools, a tray of “created” fossils, a 40-page book, historical timelines, a pictorial glossary, and a peek-through window on the cover.

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