The Ice Monster by David Walliams, Tony Ross
Published by HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks on November 6, 2018
ISBN: 000816469X
Pages: 496
Genres: Adventure, Animals, Fantasy
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Ten-year old orphan Elsie stumps authorities as she helps bring the newly discovered wooly mammoth back to life and organizes a trip with a collection of misfits to return it to the North Pole, then must face Queen Victoria upon her return. 

Cockroaches for Breakfast – chapter one’s title, will grab readers’ attention, and they will be quickly drawn into London in 1899. Lots of action and characters add to the adventure. Wide-space lines and font size help younger elementary readers access the story.

Recommended purchase!

Reviewed by Lynn Mayer, Librarian, Old Town Elementary School, Old Town