Mammoths on the move is a non-fiction beginning facts picture book. It is illustrated in watercolor and scratchboard. The watercolor really pulls though in this book, it's beautiful and vibrant hues of blue, whites, and grays blend through nicely with the bold scratchboard. The story told here is about the winter migration that the Mammoths follow south to summertime. I really enjoyed this book for a few reasons. It is a picture book, but also a non-fiction facts book, but more than all of this it is a poetry book too! USE: project on Mammoths, migration, or animal behavior; poetry ( )

I really, really liked this book. As a person who loves to learn about everything, but has a difficult time with books that are just facts, I found this to be especially appealing. Wheeler took facts about mammoths migrating and turned them into a very poetic story. Each page includes a bit of information about mammoths, but gives it to the reader in short passages. The artwork is fantastic, a mixture of scratchboard and watercolor that shows us the details of the mammoths fur and the winter landscape they trudged through. I can't wait to use this someday in a lesson. ( )

Outstanding illustrations make up for the disappointing text, which relies on an unnecessary rhyme scheme to describe these fascinating creatures. Wheeler verges on anthropomorphism at times "The trek was long, but you can bet - no mammoth whined . . . "Are we there yet?" Sheesh. ( )

Done in rhyme we follow a Mammoth migration. It gives interesting tidbits about the lives of Mammoths long ago.

This si a very good poetry book for chidlren to learn about animals and the ice age. This is also interesting becuase children can act out the poems, which would be very fun for them.