Mammoth Magic

by Shannon Cartwright and Shelley R. Gill

A young boy overcomes his fear of the dark with the help of his wise grandfather and a woolly friend. An empowering tale filled with Yupik legneds that celebrate the natural world. 36 pages, full color, recycled paper.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934007063
• ISBN13: 9780934007061
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Paws IV Publishing
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Summer at Ashley River

I like this book because it is funny and interesting. I think it is cool that Toebuck taught Andy about the mammoth and their great size. That helped Andy not to be afraid of the dark .

Megan at Ashley River El.

I like this book because it is exciting and tells you about amazing things that happened in the past.I also love the illustrations. It is about a little boy named Andy. He is scared of the dark. His grandfather, Tobuk, invited him to go camping out at night and the next day.Tobuk told Andy about mammoths. So, Tobuk and Andy took their sleeping bags, and Andy was scared. He had a dream about a mammoth. I love this book.

Phillip at Ashley River EL

Mammoth Magic was a very good book because it told the true stories of what Indians would do to kill Mammoths. It also told us that mammoths are extinct animals. It told us about a young boy who was afraid of the dark. He went with his grandfather to check the animal traps. While Andy is out with his grandfather, Toebuck, he dreams he sees a mammoth and rides on his back.The illustrations in that book where very well done. The writing was excellent and all my friends and I loved the story. When the boy wakes up in the morning he is not afraid of the dark and he goes into the shadows which use to scare him and he gets firewood to cook breakfast. I exspeacily liked the story when he was riding on the mammoths back and when he was following the wolves on the mammoths back. My favorite picture in the book was when the mammoth picked him up. Well that is what I liked the most about the book and I would tell you more but I am out of time. Wait before you go I want to tell you my favorite part of the book. It was when he got picked up by the mammoth.

Jay At Ashley River EL

I like this book and illustrations, because it is very interesting about the mammoths. It was cool how tall and big mammoths are. They had very shaggy hair. Andy was scared of the dark until his grandpa Tobuck took him to check traps and had to spend the night out in the dark. Andy was afriad to sleep in the dark. So when he was sleeping he remembered about the story Tobuck told him. When he fell asleep he dreamed about trees chasing him and bumped into a mammoth. Then his grandpa woke up, and conquered being afraid of the dark.

Lauren@ Ashley River El.

I like this book and the illustrations. The illustrations are extremely good because all of the paintings have great detial and are finely tuned. I also like the book because even if it didn't have pictures you would be able to see what is going on in your mind's eye. The best part of the book was when Andy was picked up by the wolly mammoth and also when Andy was able to ride on the mammoth's back.