WOOLLY
MAMMOTH
by Harold T. Rober
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Names: Rober, Harold T.
Title: Woolly mammoth / by Harold T. Rober.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2017] | Series: Bumba booksDinosaurs and prehistoric beasts |
Audience: Grade K3. | Audience: Age 48. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016019653 (print) | LCCN 2016019821 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512426441 (lb : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781512429183 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512427387 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Woolly mammothJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QE882.P8 R63 2017 (print) | LCC QE882.P8 (ebook) | DDC 569/.67dc23
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1 VP 12/31/16
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Table of
Contents
Long
Woolly Fur
Woolly mammoth was a mammal.
It lived thousands of years ago.
It is extinct.
Woolly mammoth was big.
It was the size of an elephant.
Woolly mammoths body
was as big as an elephant.
But its ears were smaller.
Its tail was smaller too.
Woolly mammoths lived
in cold places.
Their bodies were covered in fur.
Fur helped woolly mammoths
stay warm.
Woolly mammoth had
two big tusks.
Sometimes it used these
tusks to fight.
It used them to dig
for food too.
Do you think
woolly mammoth
used its tusks for
anything else?
Woolly mammoth had a long trunk.
It could pick things up with its trunk.
Woolly mammoth ate almost
all day long.
It ate plants.
It did not eat meat.
Why do you
think woolly
mammoth ate
all day?
Early people hunted
woolly mammoth.
They ate its meat.
Woolly mammoths
lived in big groups.
This helped them
stay safe.
Why do you
think living
in groups
was safer?
Parts of a
Woolly Mammoth
fur
trunk
tusks
Picture Glossary
extinct
no longer alive
mammal
a warm- blooded
animal with fur
trunk
a long nose
tusks
long teeth
that stick out
of the mouth
Index
early people,
ears,
elephant,
fight,
food,
fur,
groups,
mammal,
plants,
size,
tail,
trunk,
tusks,
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