The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth

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While the story was an adventure through a museum at night, I think it was a touch too ridiculous/illogical: Why were the main characters so worried about finding the baby mammoth before 1am but nobody cared that Oscar was out alone in the middle of the night? I was bothered a bit by the initial entry to the museum where the narration said, "Every creature in the place had come to life" and the scene includes an Eskimo/Inuit and an person dressed in Aztec or similar Mesoamerican ritual garb.

The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth - Scramble Storytime The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth - Scramble Storytime

The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth is a rip-roaring adventure filled with incredible facts and beautiful life-the-flaps. It reads a bit more like a textbook with a narrative thinly woven in, rather than the other way around. Night Mayor Franklefink has vanished from the Transylvanian Express - and it's up to you to solve the case! Yes, there is also a medieval knight, but it kind of has a racist overtone in the use of "creature"; why not, "All the displays had come to life", especially since there animate paintings and such, not just animals. But there’s so much to see, explore and discover as a furry ball of energy runs through a whole host of museum galleries.Timothy recruits Oscar to help him find his baby brother before the clock strikes one and the ‘magic hour’ is over. With stunning illustrations from Karl James Mountford, this brilliantly interactive book brings museums to life! Older readers, or those who prefer non-fiction books, will pause to absorb some of the fascinating facts hiding beneath the flaps.

The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth

This book is highly engaging as it's interactive fact flaps will keep children hooked finding information around the book. Each page offers a different section of the museum and facts that link to the area, for example when they enter the underwater world there are lots of flaps under the bright illustrations which give lots of information about different sea creatures. I felt the facts it included were sort of random, or inconsistently included, but I probably would have loved it as a child since I really liked lift-the-flap books. When the visitors have all gone home from The Curious Museum and are fast asleep in their beds it its time for the animals to enjoy themselves and when the clock strikes midnight the museum comes to life…get ready for the magic hour. Chaque double page où il est passé représente une salle : dinosaures, fonds marins, aviation, peinture, etc.

Our inspiration comes from our very own little ones, Isla and Milo, who are our chief toy testers and the driving force behind everything we do. Recommended to young woolly mammoth fans, as well as to those looking for more interactive picture-books. A simple line like, "And you need to get home to get a good night's rest and before your parents notice you are missing" would have covered it. The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have. That's why we take great care in curating a selection of products we know will be loved by parents and children alike.