When Mammoths Walked the Earth - Hardcover

Arnold, Caroline; Caple, Laurie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618096337 ISBN 13: 9780618096336

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2002

Synopsis

A meticulously researched, clear, and accessible book describes the physical characteristics, known habits, and fossil sites of mammoths--prehistoric animals closely related to the elephant.

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About the Author

Caroline Arnold always loved books, but as a child she never thought of writing as a career. Born in Pittsburgh, she grew up in Minneapolis and studied art at Grinnell College and the University of Iowa. "It was only after my children were born that I became acquainted with children's books and it occurred to me that I could use my training to become a children's book illustrator. I soon realized that I needed a text to go with the pictures, and the more I wrote, the more I realized that I liked writing as much as or more than drawing. I've always been fascinated by the natural world and love to go to the parks and museums. Perhaps that is why so many of my books are about scientific topics." Arnold is now the award-winning author of more than 100 books for children. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, a neuroscientist, and teaches writing at UCLA Extension.

Laurie Caple is the illustrator of Giant Shark and Dinosaurs with Feathers, both by Caroline Arnold She lives in northern Wisconsin.

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5-After a brief explanation of the Ice Age, the team that created Giant Shark (2000) and Dinosaurs with Feathers (2001, both Clarion) introduces the various mammoths and their relatives and then describes some of the most important fossil finds and what scientists have learned from them. Arnold doesn't shy away from the difficult names and vocabulary required by this topic, but her clear explanations aid readers in understanding the time period, the relationships among the various species, and the scientific processes involved in studying fossils. Caple's watercolors are realistic, detailed, and surprisingly beautiful. A soft sunset behind a row of traveling mastodons, the hint of a stand of evergreens glimpsed through snow and mist, the glow of torchlight on the face of a prehistoric painter all draw readers into the mystery of these lost animals and the humans who saw them. An index makes this a useful research tool, but fans of prehistoric mammals will read the book cover to cover. Barbara Hehner's Ice Age Mammoth (Crown, 2001) covers some similar information but focuses on the discovery of the Jarkov mammoth.
Ellen Heath, Orchard School, Ridgewood, NJ
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0618096337
• ISBN 13: 9780618096336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40