A wild and wintry sensation by funny genius David Walliams. We’re off to the North Pole! Grab your scarf and mittens! ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC! The newspaper headlines are blaring. Read all about it! Read all about it! But what will happen when a curious orphan meets the 10,000-year-old mammoth? It’s an incredible story – and it’s right here! Elsie lives on the streets of Victorian London. She’s read about the Ice Monster: a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole. But when Elsie meets the mammoth, it sparks the adventure of a lifetime – from London to the heart of the Arctic!

David Walliams’s biggest and most epic adventure yet

A snowy, heartwarming tale of heroism and discovery

Bursting with lovely pictures by top artist Tony Ross

A magical read with a dazzling wintry Arctic setting

Product Details

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780008164690

Publisher

HarperCollins Children's Books

Date published

June 7th, 2018

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.3; Middle years; 6.0 points

Other details

448 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

David Walliams

David Walliams is a comedian, writer and actor and is best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the hugely popular sketch show Little Britain, and as a star judge on Britain’s Got Talent.

David is also well known for his charitable work for Sports Relief, part of Comic Relief. He took up swimming in his youth because he was overweight, and has subsequently completed long distance swims of the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and the River Thames, raising millions of pounds for charity!

In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake. He has gone on to take the children’s literary world by storm, dominating sales charts and twice winning the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year. His books have now been translated into 40+ languages, and also include picture books illustrated by Tony Ross.

Tony Ross

Multi-award-winning Tony Ross has become one of the best-known creators of original and traditional picture books and his work has been published all over the world. As well as his own books, he has illustrated books for authors such as Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin.

Reviews

Wasim
on 18 January 2019

The ice Monter

i love it

What kids think

sticky2009
on 21 March 2019

amazing story heart warming I loved this book and I loved the amazing characters especially the resilient Elsie and woolly the mammoth

5out of 5
Ilovebooks4life
on 2 February 2019

I love this book one of David walliams best yet!

5out of 5
Ethanmessi
on 29 January 2019

I loved it because it was really nice 👍 at the end of the 18th century and they got the mammoth 🐘 back home 🏠.⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️💩💩💩👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🎱🎱🎱🎱🏈🏈🏈

5out of 5
Ivysaur75
on 15 December 2018

Almost made me cry. Amazing book, keep it up David

5out of 5

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