Wild and Woolly Mammoths - Hardcover

Aliki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060262761 ISBN 13: 9780060262761

Publisher: Collins, 1996

Synopsis

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. "This revision of a popular title provides a fascinating glimpse of wooly mammoths and the cave dwellers who hunted them." -- "School Library Journal"

About this title

About the Author:

With more than 60 fiction and nonfiction titles for children to her credit, Aliki has been delighting her many fans since her first book was published in 1960. Born in New Jersey, she now lives in New York City.

Aliki's books for young readers include the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out titles Digging Up Dinosaurs, Fossils Tell of Long Ago, My Feet, and My Hands. Other nonfiction books by Aliki include How a Book Is Made, Mummies Made in Egypt, My Visit to the Aquarium, My Visit to the Dinosaurs, My Visit to the Zoo, Wild and Woolly Mammoths, and William Shakespeare & the Globe.

Synopsis:

A journey into the prehistoric world of the woolly mammoth describes the physical characteristics that enabled them to survive during the Ice Age and explains how Stone Age humans used the mammoths for food, tools, and shelter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0060262761
• ISBN 13: 9780060262761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 32