How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth: A Picture Book

by Michelle Robinson, Kate Hindley (Illustrator)

Overview

Things can get a bit messy when you try to wash a woolly mammoth. Follow this step-by-step guide to successfully clean up your hairy friend. Be forewarned! A mammoth's tummy is terribly tickly.

Young readers and parents alike will appreciate this hilarious bath time adventure from Michelle Robinson and Kate Hindley.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466864009
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	01/21/2014
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	36 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Michelle Robinson is a picture book author and a native of Gloucestershire, UK where she spent her childhood roaming the countryside, observing ladybugs and ruminating on the finer qualities of cows. Her previous works include Goodnight Tractor, Ding Dong Gorilla!, and What to Do If an Elephant Stands on Your Foot. She lives in Frome, UK with her family.

Kate Hindley is a children's book illustrator, currently living and working in Worcestershire, UK. Her first picture book illustrations appeared in The Great Snortle Hunt. She likes doodling, and pea and ham soup.

Before she started writing funny stories for children, Michelle Robinson wrote copy and devised websites for some of the world's biggest brands. She always dreamed of becoming an author like her hero, Roald Dahl. She shares his birthday and his love of chocolate, but she is much, much shorter. Michelle lives in Bristol with her husband and young son.

Editorial Reviews

Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations show an eye for detail; a plethora of humorous bath products preceding the title page include "tusk whitener," "antibacterial hoof wash," and a generous tube of "elbow grease." The procedural text keeps the pages turning and contrasts nicely with the winsome illustrations. Youngsters will enjoy this lighthearted tale, especially the very last step: 'Throw in the towel and SNUGGLE!'” —School Library Journal

“It's an adorable bath time adventure, starring an expressive hairy giant and a sweet sprite of a child, who smartly wears a raincoat throughout. Share as a laugh-out-loud warm-up to any kid's own scrub-a-dub routine.” —Booklist

“It's a madcap story of pet care with sweetness at its core.” —Publishers Weekly

“Robinson, in what is her first book for children, strikes just the right 'in on the joke' tone.” —The New York Times on 'What To Do If An Elephant Stands On Your Foot'

“When the ending suggests that the story is starting over, listeners will be happy to hear it again.?” —Kirkus Reviews on 'What To Do If An Elephant Stands On Your Foot'

From the Publisher

2013-11-13
Step-by-step advice for tackling the task of mammoth hygiene. Moving to a very different pachyderm from the one in her previous title, What to Do If an Elephant Stands on Your Foot, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds (2012), Robinson instructs readers in the best ways to give your average everyday mammoth a bath. Taking cues from instructional guides, Hindley depicts diagrams of properly filled baths, figures that show how to get one's mammoth into the bathtub and even an array of possible soapy hairstyles. A misstep involving soap and large eyes leads to a very dirty mammoth escapee. So dirty, in fact, that the raincoat-clad heroine ends up taking a bath with him, much to the mutual contentment of the two. The art lifts what might otherwise have been an average outing with a delightfully expressive mammoth (he may not speak a word, but his eyebrows alone convey volumes). Lined ledger paper stands in perfectly for bathroom tiles, and even the rubber ducky is an interesting character to follow. With its combination of understated text and witty art, this book will leave most readers hankering (read: begging, pleading) for a prehistoric pet of their very own. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews