"Gone but not forgotten wonders of the world."
Having already proved their worth by winning the Blue Peter Book Award and the Royal Society Young People’s Book prize, this talented duo has produced a third highly attractive information book.
Featuring their characteristic cartoon style illustrations and pun filled irreverent humour, this is a text that is perfectly suited to attracting readers, who will surprise themselves by how many interesting facts they will acquire on the way. The history of the world is full of mysteries waiting to be solved and this highly entertaining book charts a fascinating course through ancient civilisations, extinct animals, lost treasures, technologies and missing historical figures, while also highlighting modern counterparts to the ancient wonders and pointing out what has survived against the odds.
This juxtaposition makes the text interesting for science and technology topics as well as for history. Having opened with the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, which have all disappeared, the book concludes with seven natural wonders of the world which we must all do our best to ensure do not similarly disappear!
There is also a challenging picture quiz to help readers remember what they have read and a page to record your own personal wonders. Bound to be a popular and valued addition to class and home libraries and an information book that will be read with great pleasure.
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From the missing pages of the Library of Alexandria to the whereabouts of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, The World's Last Mammoth and other Missing Marvels is a treasure trove of mysterious and long-gone things: absent animals, bygone buildings, missing monarchs, past palaces and more... But all is NOT lost - along the way you'll also find the survivors and modern marvels of things gone by.
Explore the lost splendour of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, ponder the fate of historical figures like Cleopatra or Genghis Khan and unravel the mystery behind Amelia Earhart's disappearance. And while we may no longer have dinosaurs, we have fascinating fossils to ogle at instead. We can call the Dodo's closet-living relative, the Nicobar Pigeon, and even though the dancing plague of 1518 is long gone, dance trends like Gangnam style still spread like wildfire today.
This book is a thrilling exploration of things long gone but never forgotten. Be warned - you may find yourself getting lost in laughter along the way!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The World's Last Mammoth and Other Missing Marvels and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
The World's Last Mammoth and Other Missing Marvels features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Dinosaurs, History, The Natural World, People / Places, Wildlife, Graphic Novels & Comics, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
The World's Last Mammoth and Other Missing Marvels is available in Paperback
The World's Last Mammoth and Other Missing Marvels was written by Mike Barfield and published by Templar Books an imprint of Bonnier Books UK
The World's Last Mammoth and Other Missing Marvels has 93 pages
£9.89
