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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
Gr 5-7 Mammoths tend to get a lot of press, while their mastodon cousins accumulate footnotes, so it's nice to see mastodon getting second-banana billing in this attractive look at Ice Age favorites. Bardoe begins with the discovery of a marvelously preserved infant mammoth in Northern Siberia and goes on to discuss anatomy (comparing mastodon tusks and teeth, for example) and to postulate on probable Proboscidan behaviors based on fossil finds...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Drawing on scientific examinations of bones and preserved specimens and comparisons to modern elephants, Bardoe presents thes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on May 1, 2010
A fact-filled investigation into a fascinating branch of environmental science. The exciting beginning, detailing the discovery of a mammoth frozen forty thousand years ago, will draw readers in imme...Log In or Sign Up to Read More