Have you ever wondered what life was like for the Woolly Mammoth? It was very hard! These kings of the elephant race faced the harsh Ice Age climate and the threat of natural predators – none more terrifying than Man and his merciless spear. Includes an illustrated fact strip giving more information on how we know about the lives of mammoths today, taken from the very latest mammoth findings.
Mick Manning and Brita Granström have won many awards for their picture information books, including the Smarties Silver Award and the English Association Award. Their books for Frances Lincoln include The Beatles, Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life, What Mr Darwin Saw, Tail-End Charlie, Taff in the WAAF, The Secrets of Stonehenge, Dino-Dinners, Woolly Mammoth, the Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Viking Longship, Pharaoh's Egypt and Greek Hero, and Nature Adventures. They have four sons, and divide their time between the North of England and Brita's homeland of Sweden.