The Ice Monster

A wild and wintry sensation by funny genius David Walliams. We’re off to the North Pole! Grab your scarf and mittens! ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC! The newspaper headlines are blaring. Read all about it! Read all about it! But what will happen when a curious orphan meets the 10,000-year-old mammoth? It’s an incredible story – and it’s right here! Elsie lives on the streets of Victorian London. She’s read about the Ice Monster: a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole. But when Elsie meets the mammoth, it sparks the adventure of a lifetime – from London to the heart of the Arctic!

  • David Walliams’s biggest and most epic adventure yet
  • A snowy, heartwarming tale of heroism and discovery
  • Bursting with lovely pictures by top artist Tony Ross
  • A magical read with a dazzling wintry Arctic setting

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  • loved it

    amazing story heart warming I loved this book and I loved the amazing characters especially the resilient Elsie and woolly the mammoth

    21 March 2019

  • loved it

    I love this book one of David walliams best yet!

    2 February 2019

  • loved it

    I loved it because it was really nice 👍 at the end of the 18th century and they got the mammoth 🐘 back home 🏠.⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️💩💩💩👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🎱🎱🎱🎱🏈🏈🏈

    29 January 2019

  • loved it

    Almost made me cry. Amazing book, keep it up David

    15 December 2018

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    David Walliams

    Comedian and writer David Walliams is one of Britain’s bestselling children’s authors

    Awards

    David Walliams has twice won Children’s Book of the Year at the National Book Awards, for Ratburger and The Demon Dentist, along with many regional prizes including the Sheffield, Doncaster, Stockport and Lincolnshire Young People’s Book Awards.

  • Tony Ross

    Multi-award-winning Tony Ross has become one of the best-known creators of original and traditional picture books and his work has been published all over the world. As well as his own books, he has illustrated books for authors such as Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin.

    Awards

    Tony Ross has won a number of awards for illustration, including the Dutch Silver Paintbrush Award for the best illustrations by a foreign artist.

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