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The Ice Monster

The Ice Monster

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  • Author：David Walliams
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Summary

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


This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10，000-year-old mammoth…



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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！

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Reviews

Arrash Mazdai ，

New Words Learnt - 0Book Cover - 3/5A monster size for a David Walliams book， I nonetheless found the setting and story charming， and like always there were a lot of LOL moments。 I think the multitude of 'antagonists' helped the story keep a light-heartedness about it， （view spoiler）[ but I'm sorry the climax was just too dramatic even for DW。 The mammoth dying to a bullet wound to her heart only to be brought back to life AGAIN using the same method as before。 Mate， do blood loss and and bullet New Words Learnt - 0Book Cover - 3/5A monster size for a David Walliams book， I nonetheless found the setting and story charming， and like always there were a lot of LOL moments。 I think the multitude of 'antagonists' helped the story keep a light-heartedness about it， （view spoiler）[ but I'm sorry the climax was just too dramatic even for DW。 The mammoth dying to a bullet wound to her heart only to be brought back to life AGAIN using the same method as before。 Mate， do blood loss and and bullet hole in the heart mean nothing？ And then Elsie the girl dies as the mammoth is brought life， only then for the mammoth to resuscitate her using her trunk。 WHAT？！ Cheap way to get children to cry。 （hide spoiler）] because this could have very easily have been another Ratburger where it would've just been depressing all the time。 As it is though， I had a lot of fun reading this。 。。。more

Maarit ，

Ehkä hiukkasen liian pitkäksi venytetty， joskin mielenkiintoinen tarina。 Äänitehosteita olisi tekstin lomassa myös voinut olla hiukkasen vähemmän， ne tekivät lukemisesta paikoin työlästä。 Kuvitukset kiinnostavia ja hyvin tarinaan liittyviä。 Teoksen neljään osaan jakaminen tuntui ehkä hieman turhalta， muttei toisaalta kauheasti vaikuttanut lukemiseen。 3 tähteä。

Rebecca Kate ，

AmazingAbsolutely amazing story。 Loved every minute of it。 Elsie was a good character and dotty definitely lived up to her name。 Just a nice fun book。

S。M ，

I know this is harsh but like if I was reading this at a younger age I would love it more but because I'm not that's why I think I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have。 I know this is harsh but like if I was reading this at a younger age I would love it more but because I'm not that's why I think I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have。 。。。more

Emel Muzac ，

Çocuklara okumaca。。。

George Clever ，

What an amazing book， David never fails to intrigue me， got to read

jamey ，

this was such a shame， David Walliams never fails to exceed my expectations。 sadly this book just couldn’t ingage me at all。 i found it boring and more sinister than his usually funny， goofy and silly books。 this has to be one star。 disappointing。 :（

Claudia ，

I ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOVED reading Ice Monster。 Multiple times shocking things happen and it practically turns the page for you。

Matti Karjalainen ，

Lontoo vuonna 1899。 Elsie-niminen tyttö pakenee kamalasta orpokodista。 Eräänä päivänä hän kohtaa Luonnonhistorialliseen museoon tuodun villamammutin， joka onnistutaan herättämään henkiin salamaniskulla。 Villis-nimen saava otus herättää vaan ikävää kiinnostusta niin kahjoakin kahjomman tiedemiehen kuin kaiken eteensä osuvan suurriistanmetsästäjän keskuudessa。 Niinpä Elsien ja hänen ystäviensä ei auta muuta kuin lähteä mammutin kanssa pakomatkalle kohti Pohjoisnapaa。David Walliamsin "Jäätynyt jätt Lontoo vuonna 1899。 Elsie-niminen tyttö pakenee kamalasta orpokodista。 Eräänä päivänä hän kohtaa Luonnonhistorialliseen museoon tuodun villamammutin， joka onnistutaan herättämään henkiin salamaniskulla。 Villis-nimen saava otus herättää vaan ikävää kiinnostusta niin kahjoakin kahjomman tiedemiehen kuin kaiken eteensä osuvan suurriistanmetsästäjän keskuudessa。 Niinpä Elsien ja hänen ystäviensä ei auta muuta kuin lähteä mammutin kanssa pakomatkalle kohti Pohjoisnapaa。David Walliamsin "Jäätynyt jättiläinen" （Tammi， 2021） jatkaa tasoltaan vähän vaihtelevien lastenromaanien sarjaa。 Ei tämä mielestäni Pojan ja mekon tai edes Gangsterimummin tasolle yltänyt， vaikka samanlaista huumorin ja liikuttavuuden yhdistelmää haettiin。 Kuoleman käsitteleminen oli aika heppoista。 Lisäksi tässä oli omaan makuuni liikaa kakkavitsejä ja onomatopoeettisia ääniefektejä。 HUU！ LÄPS！ JUU-HUU！ BUBUM！ TUMPS！Sivuja kirjassa on huimat 477， mutta heikomman lukijan ei kannata säikähtää。 Tony Rossin kuvitus on isossa roolissa， ja fonttikokokin on suurenlainen。Vaikka kirjassa tavataan kuningatar Viktoria ja muutamia muitakin oikeasti eläneitä henkilöitä， on maailma enemmän tai vähemmän vaihtoehtohistoriallinen。 Lopusta löytyvässä liitteessä anakronismeja kyllä selitellään， mutta minusta on vähän löysää kirjoittamista sijoittaa tarinaan HMS Victory （oikeasti Portsmouthissa） tai zeppeliini （keksittiin myöhemmin）。 Lapsia tuskin moinen vaivaa。 。。。more

ellie ，

Not my favourite but I did enjoy this book。 I’m pretty sure I got this for Christmas in 2019 and read it in mid 2020。 I’m not going to lie it took me a while to get into but I ended up finishing this with a smile。I really like Elsie she’s a charismatic， cool， funny， curious and fun character and her love for the mammoth warms my heart。Not much else to say， it’s a good read just not my favourite。 Can be kinda intense which is super cool。

Thalia S。A。 ，

Quite a nice book， but not as great as all of the other David Walliams books。The story is a good one， but the reason I don't like it that much is because there are a lot of characters in the story。 All of them have introductions， but then they don't get included in the story much， for example the Sticky Fingers Gang， where each of the gang members get introduced one by one， but I feel there is too many of them and they don't get included a lot at all。But the storyline is interesting。 I liked how Quite a nice book， but not as great as all of the other David Walliams books。The story is a good one， but the reason I don't like it that much is because there are a lot of characters in the story。 All of them have introductions， but then they don't get included in the story much， for example the Sticky Fingers Gang， where each of the gang members get introduced one by one， but I feel there is too many of them and they don't get included a lot at all。But the storyline is interesting。 I liked how Elsie has to trust the professor （who is not as trustworthy as you think he may be） and I like Dotty with her funny personality。 Wooly the mammoth is funny when she goes on 'skates' as well。It wasn't bad。 I do prefer the other Walliams books but overall， I did like it。 。。。more

Hemant Kalychurn ，

FabulousSuch a fantastic story and so very English。 Great imagination and such a great ending。 Perfect for all children especially those who want a taste of English life in the Victorian period。

mommy Alsinyo shinta ，

I think this is a really adventurous book and there are lots of ships involved in the middle and the ending part of the book but what really suprised me was and i don’t just mean ordinarily i mean extremely was the accending order between living in a orphanage and eating bugs to suddenly living in the bucking ham palace that’s just a miracle so dreamy。 Everything was just so mind blowing。 And this book is such a page-turner （Alsinyo 10yo）

Mary ，

A fun book for kids （and adults） to read and enjoy。 It has:orphaned girlwooly mammoththe articVictorian Englandfriendsand heroes。How can it not be good？David Walliams is a great writer who makes reading fun and is not too heavy on teaching life lessons。The life lessons are just there。I really enjoyed this book。

Lexie :） ，

I really liked this book。 The 500 pages of the book were filled with mystery，jokes and love。 I recommend it for native english speakers with the age between 8 and 12 and for bilingual people with the age 10 to 14。 The book in a way is about belonging， finding your way in a difficult and unpredictable world， it's about family and fighting for what you believe is right and honorable。 I really liked this book。 The 500 pages of the book were filled with mystery，jokes and love。 I recommend it for native english speakers with the age between 8 and 12 and for bilingual people with the age 10 to 14。 The book in a way is about belonging， finding your way in a difficult and unpredictable world， it's about family and fighting for what you believe is right and honorable。 。。。more

Grace ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I have this book at home！

Libby Gregory ，

This book was just ok， it was instesnting about the mammoth and all and how our main character got the mammoth back to where she belonged。 Liked how it ended as well。。

Vwow ，

It was really good。

farhana ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 i got this book because i used to love reading david williams's books when i was younger。 i remember adoring his books evident to the 5 or more books i got of his。 when i found the ice monster and realized it was written by him， i got excited！to start off， i completely forgot about the amount of illustrations in his books。 they fill lots of the pages and they really helped me imagine the characters and the scenarios vividly。 great job to tony ross！now， i have to comment on the characters:- first i got this book because i used to love reading david williams's books when i was younger。 i remember adoring his books evident to the 5 or more books i got of his。 when i found the ice monster and realized it was written by him， i got excited！to start off， i completely forgot about the amount of illustrations in his books。 they fill lots of the pages and they really helped me imagine the characters and the scenarios vividly。 great job to tony ross！now， i have to comment on the characters:- first off， elsie， the main character。 for majority of the book， i didn't like her。 maybe it's just me growing out of my childhood， but her character is reckless， quite inconsiderate and disrespectful。 she does whatever she likes to get whatever she wants！ for instance， ESPECIALLY in the natural history museum， the stuff she did really made my brows rise。 climbing up people， jumping on a tree， jumping atop the queen's carriage， trespassing， hitting policemen， destroying roof tiles， smashing windows， crashing into glass displays and damaging so。 much。 property。 （even when dotty crashed into the windows， doing the same thing as elsie， with the handkerchief balloon， that didn't annoy me。） OK it was funny reading the ridiculous things she did but because of her actions， it made me start to dislike her。 she did all that to see the woolly mammoth as if she's obliged to see it。 like ？？ - however， as i was approaching the end of the book， a few things made me consider my dislike towards elsie。 of course， she's a great friend to woolly and did the things she did to save her and protect her。 i applaud her for that。 it did make me go :（ bc i knew she was lonely and only just wanted a company。 next， i liked the part where she rejected the medal from the queen and instead requested the queen to help orphans like her。 that part made me smile。 it showed that she was caring towards others despite the treatment towards ig 'bad' characters。 the ending was really nice。 i loved seeing the orphans together with the others enjoy a feast for the celebration of a new year。 i especially liked the part when the queen bonded with elsie。 - other than that， i liked dotty， titch， the admiral and maybe a few other characters bc at least they were tolerable enough。 - now， how's lady buckshot literally not in jail？ i would hope she gets thrown in there， what with all the shooting she did and endangering the lives of many people。 - i was confused why the sticky fingers gang hopped onto the idea of stealing 1000 handkerchieves just like that without getting anything in return。 maybe elsie's storytelling was that good and it played a role as payment to them。 to be honest， when i was reading the book， i didn't know what to expect。 so as things progressed， it made me question what all this was about。 they revive the long dead woolly mammoth then what？ i soon realized the objective， as it was their mission to get woolly to the north pole。 idk abt u but the north pole part really reminded me of the movie 'brother bear' with the ancestors showing up and the northern lights， etc。 what really caught me off guard was the amount of poop jokes。 blasting the military people with a mammoth's poo？？ okay。。。 i'll pretend that that isn't disgusting。 ok idk overall it was alright。 good for laughs and adventure！ i enjoyed their escapade on the hms victory 。。。more

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Sareli ，

Es la primera vez que leo a este autor， la lectura es entretenida definitivamente para niños， pero junto con las ilustraciones y la parte cómica de las cosas que pasan se hace muy divertido este libro en particular está ambientado en Londres de 1899 durante el reinado de la reina Victoria， lo que más me gustó del libro pero puede ser porque ya soy un adulto es que al final del libro te habla un poco más del lugar de algunos personajes y de algunos lugares en la vida real creo que puede ser muy i Es la primera vez que leo a este autor， la lectura es entretenida definitivamente para niños， pero junto con las ilustraciones y la parte cómica de las cosas que pasan se hace muy divertido este libro en particular está ambientado en Londres de 1899 durante el reinado de la reina Victoria， lo que más me gustó del libro pero puede ser porque ya soy un adulto es que al final del libro te habla un poco más del lugar de algunos personajes y de algunos lugares en la vida real creo que puede ser muy interesante para un niño saber que el barco usado en la historia si existió y que aún está en algún lugar y poder verlo con sus ojos。 。。。more

Daniel Milford ，

Ikke så bra til å være en isbok， men artig med en barnebokvariant。

Alice English ，

This book is so good， loved it so much。 The ending was a bit sad though。

Hrdaya ，

Best of all。

Yisel ，

3。75/5⭐

Mila ，

Elsie is an orphan living on the streets of old Victorian London when the big news on the street is the discovery of an ice monster。 Only it doesn’t look like a monster to Elsie but an adorable hairy baby elephant who’s also lost， alone， and in need of some love。 Despite the monster being dead for thousands of years Elsie longs to meet him so she sneaks into the Natural History Museum to do so。 While hiding she meets Dottie the cleaning lady and the Professor who claims he can bring the monster Elsie is an orphan living on the streets of old Victorian London when the big news on the street is the discovery of an ice monster。 Only it doesn’t look like a monster to Elsie but an adorable hairy baby elephant who’s also lost， alone， and in need of some love。 Despite the monster being dead for thousands of years Elsie longs to meet him so she sneaks into the Natural History Museum to do so。 While hiding she meets Dottie the cleaning lady and the Professor who claims he can bring the monster back to life。 Once reanimated， poor Woolly is seen as a prize to many so Elsie decides to embark on the adventure of a lifetime to safely return him home to the North Pole。With every “Hoo！” the Ice Monster melted my heart。 A story of a kind lonely young girl and a Woolly Mammoth， it felt like it was written just for me。 Being such a fan of the creature at times reading got pretty emotional especially when he was placed in danger。 Despite all the obvious humour David’s books have such a huge amount of heart that never ceases to amaze or catch me off guard。This story is quite engaging with fast paced action， lots of laughs， and imaginative adventure。 The typography is fun and the illustrations by Tony Ross a dream。 I would highly recommend this title or any other of David Walliams fantastic books to anyone looking for a bit of fun。 It would also be fantastic for reluctant readers to help ease them into thicker novels and show them books are a blast 。。。more

Mairéad ，

3。5/5 This fanciful， adventure story has a good balance of heart and humour throughout and is sure to keep younger readers intrigued and entertained right to the end。 A great longer option for more confident， independent readers （aged 7-11） this book also offers some opportunities for discussion in a classroom setting particularly in the areas of history， geography and science。 As a teacher I really liked the inclusion of the afterword which offers factual information about wolly mammoths and th 3。5/5 This fanciful， adventure story has a good balance of heart and humour throughout and is sure to keep younger readers intrigued and entertained right to the end。 A great longer option for more confident， independent readers （aged 7-11） this book also offers some opportunities for discussion in a classroom setting particularly in the areas of history， geography and science。 As a teacher I really liked the inclusion of the afterword which offers factual information about wolly mammoths and the time period in which this story is set - I think it's great to explicitly teach children about the use of creative licence in fiction and highlight the importance of fact checking what we read， this additional section is the perfect springboard for that kind of lesson。 。。。more

Anschen Conradie ，

#dieysmonster - David Walliams#ProteaElsie is ‘n jong weeskind in 1899 in London。 Sy vlug uit die kinderhuis， Huis Gespuis， waar die wrede huismoeder， Mev。 Curdle， die kwaai tannie wat se vratte se vratte vratte het， die septer swaai。 En die besem。 En die vuiste。 Elsie het gelukkig ‘n voordeel wat haar help ontsnap: twee klimmende aapvoete。 Sy is buite die Natuurhistoriese Museum toe ‘n wonderlike fonds afgelaai word: ‘n wollerige mammoet wat eeue gelede in ‘n blok ys vasgevries het。 Elsie is va #dieysmonster - David Walliams#ProteaElsie is ‘n jong weeskind in 1899 in London。 Sy vlug uit die kinderhuis， Huis Gespuis， waar die wrede huismoeder， Mev。 Curdle， die kwaai tannie wat se vratte se vratte vratte het， die septer swaai。 En die besem。 En die vuiste。 Elsie het gelukkig ‘n voordeel wat haar help ontsnap: twee klimmende aapvoete。 Sy is buite die Natuurhistoriese Museum toe ‘n wonderlike fonds afgelaai word: ‘n wollerige mammoet wat eeue gelede in ‘n blok ys vasgevries het。 Elsie is vasbeslote om Wollie （soos sy die mammoet noem） van naby te besigtig en word bygestaan in haar grootse avontuur deur verskeie onwaarskynlike helde: die museum se skoonmaker， Dottie， haar geliefde Tiekie， die kortste soldaat wat nog ooit in die Britse weermag gedien het en verskeie pensioenarisse vanuit die Chelsea Koninklike Hospitaal。 Dis ‘n monster van ‘n boek （net onder die 500 bladsye） maar dit lees eintlik baie vinnig （amper soos ‘n strokiesverhaal） te danke aan die komiese illustrasies deur Tony Ross en die verbeeldingryke wisseling in fontgrootte en -tipe。 Iemand wat van die trappe afval， se doefgeluide word bv。 al groter gedruk soos wat die stomme knaap nader en nader aan die leser aangerol kom。 Hierdie tegnieke dra by tot ‘n interaktiewe leeservaring wat geluide， tempo en selfs reuke betref。 Waarskuwing: boudbomme word as wapens aangewend ！ Die skrywer is tans die grootste Britse kinderboekouteur wat die afgelope dekades gedebuteer het; daar is reeds meer as 25 miljoen eksemplare van die boeke in meer as 53 tale verkoop。 Die humor herinner sterk aan ons eie Jaco Jacobs en sal deur jonk en oud geniet word。 ‘n Bonus is ‘n feite-afdeling agterin die boek; daar word interessante feite en geskiedenis verskaf oor mammoete; die Natuurhistoriese Museum; die Chelsea Koninklike Hospitaal; oorlogstenks; die Zeppelin; die HMS Victory en Argonaut en Koningin Victoria en haar Indiese klerk， Abdul Karim。Die boek is perfek vir trae jong lesers en verdien 5 sterre van #Uitdieperdsebek。 。。。more

Annemarie brown ，

Loved reading it with my son

Dominic ，

This book is absolutely brilliant！ Its the right mix of emotion and humor， mixed with some suspense and its just the right mix！ Would definitely recommend for anyone， especially under 16！

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