The Mammoth Academy

The Mammoth Academy #1

by Neal Layton

Oscar and his sister, Arabella, are starting their first year at the Mammoth Academy. Oscar isn’t fond of schoolwork, but he loves learning outdoor sports and becoming best friends with Fox. Things are going wonderfully, until the cook’s oranges are stolen and Oscar spots some MYSTERIOUS TRACKS. Whatever made the MYSTERIOUS TRACKS has only two feet. Could it be those wild and dangerous animals called humans ?

Genres: Childrens, Humor, Chapter Books, Juvenile

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Neal Layton is the illustrator of POOP, EXTREME ANIMALS, WHAT's EATING YOU, and JUST THE RIGHT SIZE, all written by Nicola Davies. Neal Layton lives in Portsmouth, England.

Reviews

[Superstine · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Clara Hollands · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought the book was okay. I feel that it was a little to young for me in the sense that there were pictures throughout the whole book.

[Kirjapallo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kirja oli ihan hauska, mutta vähänkö minua pisti silmään kaikenlaiset epäloogisuudet: siis että jääkaudella on appelsiineja, banaaneja ja upottavia soita...? Ja kelkassa piti olla pyörät, vaikka sillä lasketeltiin (nähtävästi) lähinnä lumessa? Ja ihmiset... olivat tietysti pukeutuneet kuin klassiset luolamiehet.

Jep jep, olen tosikko. ;) Mutta siis muuten ihan kiva ja helppolukuinen ja hauska. Luin tämän nyt toisen kerran, muistin virkistykseksi.

[Eloise Sunshine · Rating 3 out of 5]

No see raamat oli veits veider ja täis kummalisi vasturääkivusi, aga 7-aastasele lugemiseks täpselt sobiv (ilmselt seetõttu on see ka 1. klassi lugemikus sees ühe hea soovitusena). Lapsele igatahes väga meeldis ja tema arvas, et piltide ja tekstide vahekord oli täitsa normis.

Mõned aspektid, mis mind panid kukalt kratsima:
- kui kõikjal on paks lumi, siis miks nad kelgule rattad alla panid mäest alla sõitmiseks?
- kui koopainimesed rääkisid ainult "urr, urr", siis miks olid nende koolis sõnadega tekstid seina peal?
- mitmed küsitavused, kuidas mammutid oma töntsakate käppadega tindiga kirjutavad ja veel paljusid muid asju teevad...
...aga ilmselt ma olen lihtalt ülemõtlev täiskasvanud, et sellised asjad mus loogikavastaselt karjuma hakkavad. Lapsed ilmselt võtavad loos olevaid tingimusi nii, nagu need on ega juurdle rohkem pikemalt :P

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- Kas karvane mammut suudab hüpata mäest kõrgemale?
- Jah, sest mäed ei oska hüpata!

[John Naylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first in a series.

This felt a little confusing in terms of what age group it is aimed at. It seems to contain elements associated with new readers but also the type of gross-out humour associated with young readers. I feel the mix didn't quite work and it would possibly fail to amuse both groups.

The humour itself had more misses than hits for me. The characters also were less defined than I feel they could have been. Despite this I am interested to know where the series went in the sequels.

[Hanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tämä oli jännä kirja... se oli tavallaan kiva mutta se oli jotenkin kökösti kirjoitettu. Pidin asetelmasta missä luolaihmiset olivat pahoja ja mammutit pelkäsivät näitä. Idea oli hauska ja kuva olivat jopa rosoisuudessaan ihan ok. Mutta jotenkin alkoi välillä tuntua että oliko tarina hieman kyseenalainen joistain kohdista.

Tämä kirja ei myöskään lopulta päätynyt vinkkaukseen vaikka idea sinänsä oli ihan hyvä.

[Evie · Rating 5 out of 5]

An easy read :)

[Jack Buckley · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a cwolity book

[lee cowell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny

[Bella Searle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The cave men had such funny faces and it’s such a amazing book!

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cute. My class loved it.

[Iman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this. It was hilarious.

[Kristy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This darling book about two woolly mammoths and their first days at school warmed my little heart. Though more about Oscar than Arabella, this story only has room for two heroes and Arabella is too clean, responsible, and caught up in making new friends to realize that dangerous HUMANS!!! are lurking around the academy. With the help of sticky Fox, Oscar manages to outwit, outsmart, and outlast the grunting buffoons. Yeah for mammoths and the sloth, who also makes an appearance.

[Farrah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This thing can't decide what it wants to do. You have the fantasy aspect of woolly mammoths attending primary school, the adventure of animal vs. man, the science of inventing the skateboard, and the mystery of the Orange Stealer. That said, the stinky fox ended up being the only story line providing consistency, plot structure, logical chronology, and a refreshing sense of closure. This book sucked.

[Eva Mitnick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Straightforward stepping-stone about starting school and making friends - except the students are mammoths and rabbits and giant sloths and such. The tone is dry and funny, very British, and the plentiful drawings feature very blobby, hairy animals with school caps perched on their shapeless heads.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son, if he sees this listing will insist that I change this to 5 stars, but I found the story a little too reliant on gross-out humor. That said, T has never been so willing to sit still for a book that doesn't completely rely on pictures to tell the story. We will seek out the sequel.

[Reetta Saine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hiukan Kapteeni Kalsarimaista menoa suoraan kivikaudelta.

Ei kirjallisen maailman puheenaihe, mutta kohtuullisen mukava tarina kakkosten vinkkauksiin. Kolmostenkin. Ihmiset, nuo mammuttikunnan pahimmat viholliset, saavat tuta haisevan ketun koston...

Kuvitus ensiluokkaista!

[Arja-täti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hauska kirjanen. Sopii hyvin vinkkausreppuun, kun siellä puhutaan jo hirviöiden koulun käynnistä jne. Sopivan vähän tekstiä yhdellä sivulla, menee siis vähemmän lukevallekin.

Kiitos vinkistä anti!

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son has given this book 4 stars and has chosen the next in the series for us to read next. It was a nice, fun story, my only criticism is how utterly lame the supposed jokes were on pages 45 & 46. Not even amusing for a child!

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

very cute, funny, fast read. a step above "magic treehouse," good 2nd-3rd grade boy book

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hilarious. I would buy this book for my library. Great for early readers through maybe fourth grade.

[Sps · Rating 3 out of 5]

Charmingly hyper third-grade book with Quentin Blake-esque drawings galore. Give this to Roald Dahl and Cressida Cowell fans: there are plenty of cavemen, bogs, body odor, and friendly mammoths.

[Tnb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny

[Ra Bakry · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a long time, my 6 wants me to read this book again as bedtime story.

This funny and interesting book give him a lot laughs, even the jokes at 44-45 has amused him.

[Diana S · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars!

[madziar · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Akademia Mamutów. Przygoda w krainie Mamutów" to opowieść o włochatych mamutach, którym się nudzi i tęsknią za nową przygodą. Spotkają zgraję prehistorycznych ludzi...

[Hillvan]

880L

[Ms. Manz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was pretty silly, and I liked the illustrations.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting. Harry Potter meets Ice Age. The Mammoth Academy is like Hogwarts in a way.

[Jennifer B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mammoths good, humans bad.