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The Ice Monster

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The Ice Monster by David Walliams, and Tony Ross

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By David Walliams, and and, Tony Ross

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From No. 1 bestselling children’s author David Walliams comes his biggest and most epic adventure! Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross.

This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth… Read all about it! Read all about it! ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC! When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster – a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole – she’s determined to discover more… A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime – from London to the heart of the Arctic! Heroes come in all different shapes and sizes in David Walliams’ biggest and most epic adventure yet!

Reviews

02 Aug 2025

It’s a great book for kids who enjoy funny stories and big adventures.
The book was exciting, funny, and full of adventure. I liked how Elsie helped the mammoth and made new friends.Elsie, because she is brave, clever, and always tries to do what’s right.

01 Aug 2025

I did enjoy this book and it taught me a lot about the past as it was set a long time ago. It was really interesting to read about woolly mammoths and it was super exciting that one had been found and brought back to the UK. Elsie, the orphan, was very intrigued to find out more about the woolly mammoth and it was really heartwarming when she made friends with Dotty, the museum cleaner. The plan with the professor was very funny and long winded but it ended up with the woolly mammoth coming back to life! It was really fun to read about their plans to get her back home to the North Pole to her family.

28 Jul 2025

It was all about a girl named Elsie who was poor

25 Jul 2025

My favourite part was when Woolly didn’t have to die.

14 Jul 2025

Amazing detail

09 Jul 2025

The best one yet! I loved the mammoth, Woolly.

23 May 2025

love DW

01 Oct 2024

Great and funny read

03 Sep 2024

I rated this book a 5* rating because of the thrilling scenes that the book has in it. I espicially love the part of where the mammoth finds his family at the end of the story because it has a happy ending and also when the swat team bash open the door with a battering ram and rammed into the proffessor.

03 Sep 2024

Loved this book! I like all David Walliams as his books are really funny and exciting. I thought Elsie was really brave and I want to be like her.

01 Sep 2024

It was brilliant, I really want to go to London now and visit the history museum and see Buckingham palace and the Thames. I looked forward to bedtime every night Elsie, was so cool. Dotty was funny when she was talking to the queen. Titch was good too I like that he got recognised for his hard work at the end. Definitely one of my favourites this summer.

30 Aug 2024

It was really good, the book transported me into that time period

24 Aug 2024

Very fascinating and fantasy

22 Aug 2024

I loved this book since it really got my attention and I think that it would be a great book for others to read

22 Aug 2024

I loved this book since it really got my attention and I think that it would be a great book for others to read

22 Aug 2024

I loved this book since it really got my attention and I think that it would be a great book for others to read

22 Aug 2024

I liked the book because Woolly (the mammoth) always saved the day!

18 Aug 2024

Very good and intriguing but sad at times.

16 Aug 2024

How did the wooly mammoth survive and how tough was the ice

12 Aug 2024

Adventurous, comical, sometimes sad but overall quite exciting!

12 Aug 2024

This book was fabulous! It was all about a young girl Who finds a Woolly mammoth in a block of Ice and when the mammoth breaks free from the ice people try to kill it.

I would recommend this book to other people who like olden day animals like dinosaurs and sabertooth tigers/Ice age period.

03 Aug 2024

I really enjoy how David Walliams describes characters.

26 Jul 2024

I liked all the ups and downs in the story and my favorite characters were Elsie and Dotty...... especially as Dotty was dramatic!

21 Jul 2024

I liked the mammoth and the story line it was really good

20 Jul 2024

This is an amazing book, my favourite part is when the mammoth is back home.In conclusion I recommend it to anyone who likes adventure books

17 Jul 2024

Was amazed of how the ending was just unthinkable. Loved it!

17 Jul 2024

Was amazed of how the ending was just unthinkable. Loved it!

17 Jul 2024

Was amazed of how the ending was just unthinkable. Loved it!

17 Jul 2024

Was amazed of how the ending was just unthinkable. Loved it!

16 Jul 2024

Wasn’t a very big fan of this book because I found it a bit slow, and quite blocky.

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