author: Cheryl Bardoe
Kids love dinosaurs,and stories of large creatures such as Mammoths. The book has accomplished an unusual feat -- it is scientific AND entertaining. Not dry at all -- full of photographs and illustrations.
Mammoths and mastodons roamed the earth for more than a million years, and then suddenly went extinct. Mastodons were a bit smaller than Mammoths and had a different plant diet. Questions remain: What was everyday life like for these cousins of the modern elephant? Why did they disappear? Profusely illustrated, the book features photographs of archaeological digs, scientists at work in the field and in labs.
Baby Mammoth discovered
It includes the fascinating account of the discovery in 2007 of a 42,000 year-old baby woolly mammoth in Siberia. She has been named "Lyuba". The 4-foot gray-and-brown carcass, was discovered by a reindeer herder. She has tiny tusks, eyelids, and even patches of fur. She fell into a pool of mud when she was only a month old and quickly suffocated. The mud and acid preserved her.
(Lyuba is on loan from Russia to Chicago Museum)
Fascinating subject and beautifully designed book!!
*Note: this book was provided by the publisher to Vaboomer for review.
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