Toby and the Ice Giants
by Joe Lillington
by Joe Lillington
Published by Flying Eye Books
on September 1, 2015
Genre: Children's Nonfiction, History, Animals
Length: 32 pages
Ages: 5 - 7 years
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Synopsis:
Synopsis:
Join Toby the Bison in this fact-filled adventure as he explores the Ice Age Tundra and meets some of the giants that roamed its icy surface. Ten-thousand years ago, the Earth was in the grips of what paleontologists call the Last Glacial Period, but what you and I have come to know as the Ice Age. The inhabitants of this frozen landscape lived in some of the coldest conditions the earth has ever experienced. But before these giants grew to their great size, they were young and, like Toby, very, very inquisitive.
Our Thoughts:
Join Toby the baby bison on his journey into the past!
Nearly 20,000 years ago, the Earth was in the 'last glacial period' when giant animals roamed, some of which still exist today, like Toby the bison.
On Toby's journey, we run into a bunch of Ice Age animals such as the Woolly Mammoth, a woolly rhino, the Megatherium sloth bear, and even homo sapiens (or humans).
Each animal that Toby encounters includes helpful information as well as a size comparison to help give us an idea of what we'd be facing if we were alive back then! It tells us what their diets consisted of, what their habitats were like, where they lived, and when (if) they died out.
On Toby's journey, we run into a bunch of Ice Age animals such as the Woolly Mammoth, a woolly rhino, the Megatherium sloth bear, and even homo sapiens (or humans).
Each animal that Toby encounters includes helpful information as well as a size comparison to help give us an idea of what we'd be facing if we were alive back then! It tells us what their diets consisted of, what their habitats were like, where they lived, and when (if) they died out.
The front end pages have a full color world map that helps show the regions or continents where they creatures traversed.
We especially loved the size comparison chart that helps us see how we measure up to these creatures from the past.
We especially loved the size comparison chart that helps us see how we measure up to these creatures from the past.
On a personal note, we visited a museum last year that had skeletons and displays of just about every animal listed in this book, including a giant woolly mammoth skeleton, so it was fun to make that connection and share photos that we took there. It made this all the more real for my kiddo!
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