What Was the Ice Age?
Paperback – Illustrated, October 10, 2017
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · October 10, 2017
A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.
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- Who it’s for
- Travel into an Ice Age shaped by vast glaciers, changing landscapes, and remarkable survivors.
- Themes
- Ice Age climate and glaciers, Prehistoric animals, Human evolution
- Genres
- Prehistoric Times, Dinosaurs & Prehistory, Weather & Storms
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A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive. Go back 20,000 years ago to a time of much colder global temperatures when glaciers and extensive sheets of ice covered much of our planet.
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As these sheets traveled, they caused enormous changes in the Earth's landscape and climate, leading to the evolution of creatures such as giant armadillos, saber-toothed cats, and woolly mammoths as well as club-wielding Neanderthals and later the cleverer modern humans. Nico Medina re-creates this harsh ancient world in a vivid and easy-to-read narrative.
A Colder World
Travel into an Ice Age shaped by vast glaciers, changing landscapes, and remarkable survivors.
Come here for
- A glimpse of woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and giant armadillos
- How ice reshaped the planet’s landscapes and climate
Expect
- A vivid, easy-to-read narrative of a harsh ancient world
- Neanderthals and modern humans among the Ice Age’s survivors
Where it sits
| Dinosaurs & Prehistory | 83% |
|---|---|
| Prehistoric Times | 79% |
| Weather & Storms | 13% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Dinosaurs & Prehistory
- Prehistoric Times
- Weather & Storms
- Authors
- Nico Medina
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- October 10, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Ice Age climate and glaciers · Prehistoric animals · Human evolution
- Reading lane
- Dinosaurs & Prehistory