What Was the Ice Age?

What was...?

by Nico Medina, David Groff (Illustrations)

A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.

Go back 20,000 years ago to a time of much colder global temperatures when glaciers and extensive sheets of ice covered much of our planet. As these sheets traveled, they caused enormous changes in the Earth's landscape and climate, leading to the evolution of creatures such as  giant armadillos, saber-toothed cats, and woolly mammoths as well as club-wielding Neanderthals and later the cleverer modern humans. Nico Medina re-creates this harsh ancient world in a vivid and easy-to-read narrative.

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, History, Middle Grade, Animals, Chapter Books, School

112 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 2017

Reviews

[Janete on hiatus due health issues · Rating 5 out of 5]

Project Learning English by myself through Children's Books. IMHO, this book was very informative and interesting. I didn't know that Earth had had many "Ice Ages". When I read a book in English for the first time, sometimes I look up some phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions on a dictionary. When I re-read it, I look up all the words and expressions I've underlined in the google online dictionary.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good little pocket book filled with information on the ice age. We liked the pages with photos and images very much. To recommend for everyone not just children. I thought I knew a lot about the ice age but I learned a lot of interesting things. Concise but fairly detailed.

[Sarah - All The Book Blog Names Are Taken]

Another good read, I love this series and my daughter loves learning about new things. She was a little disappointed that it wasn't like the movie, because she is four, but she liked finding the animals similar to characters from the movie. These are really great books to share with young readers to give them a good solid foundation of knowledge and facts.

[Jaimie O'Dell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read these because I feel like grown up nonfiction has a lot of extra unnecessary stuff or fluff. This one I found I learned a lot. Have read about 20 books in this series and while I feel odd being 32 and loving these I tell you they make learning super fun.

[itchy · Rating 3 out of 5]

eponymous-ey sentence:
p8: These artists lived during a very cold period of Earth's history: the Ice Age.

The least interesting subject matter thus far. Maybe because this has become a political weapon.

[Kristi Clemow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this one. Wish they had these when I was a kid.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are so addicting!

[Raven Black · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the nice things about a subject and not a person is, while you can contest some facts or you are always adding to the knowledge at hand, a theme like The Ice Age is not necessarily controversial (compared to someone like Walt Disney, Michael Jackson, Helen Keller, or even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.). Therefore, when I was reading this addition to the "Who/What" series I was really reading it and not wondering, "Are they going to mention X?" Or "Will they get into that controversy?"  I learned facts I had no idea about even though this book is aimed at ages 8 to 12 (give or take depending on your reader). The easy to understand language, the time lines, the extras within the book itself brings to life the Ice Ages... yes, there was not just one and if things continue as they should, there will be more. There have been "full blown" eras of ice and "Mini Ice Ages" in contemporary history. There are cave drawings, early carvings and an understanding of the human adaptations and changes. Heck, you might even learn that you're 4% Neanderthal!

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've generally found books in this series to be well researched and full of facts and details that let the reader learn a lot in a short amount of time. What Was the Ice Age? by Nico Medina, like the others I have read was well written and off to a great start, and I was trying to decide between a rating of 4 or 5, until the last chapter that seemed to have been written by a Global Warming enthusiast that presents the idea that, after millions of years of temperature cycling, we humans are about to destroy the planet. This departs from logic and reasoning that had been established in all of the previous chapters. Not recommended unless you skip the last chapter. Then this is a 4-5 star book!

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of great information, but was ruined with author's political diatribe at the end!

[Samantha Duff · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book about the Ice Age is part of a New York Times Bestselling series that is great for kids from ages 7-13. Author Nico Medina made an interesting yet informational book for children that covers all kinds of information about the ice age such as how sheets of ice covered much of the land in Europe and North America during the Ice Age. Also, that camels lived in Canada and hippos lived in England! There are great pictures to accompany the facts. Illustrator David Groff did a great job. I would definitely use this in teaching students about different periods in Earth's history and human evolution. I think this book would be a great edition to any class and I will use it to teach students in the future. This book teaches about glaciers too which can be related to modern day land formations and weather patterns. It shows how Humans that lived during the Ice Age had to adapt to stay alive. My little sister had read this series over and over again and loves the format for learning information.

[Dinah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book overall, but it did display biases. I had to pull up a lot more information regarding the ice ages, temperature fluctuations, the Paris climate accord, also how truly reliable wind and solar energy are, how wind turbines almost killed off the California Condors, then we talked about the climate change policies under Obama and Trump. It’s just good to lay out all the cards on the table. It’s always good to question everything.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series is always informative and with the amount of images, including a few glossy-page inserts in the middle, this one is even more helpful in understanding the science of discovery. Knowing that Agassiz made this famous Ice Age speech makes me want to read the original. Likewise, who wants to go see the cave drawings? I do!

Still am impressed by this series and the learning.

[Eduardo Lemus · Rating 2 out of 5]

To be honest, out of all the books i read from this series, this one wasn't that good. it really wasn't interesting and didn't grab my attention a lot. While there was somethings really fascinating, overall it was boring and i didn't like it. the book just went on and on about things that didn't matter. But if you like history you can get this book.

[Zachary T · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are some very interesting facts in this book! One example, It’s very interesting to know that all of the continents were once together!! They are forever moving apart due to a few reasons! Another interesting fact, there are more animals around today then I knew that were around in the ice age!!

[Ms. Garr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grade 2 or 3 and up (my first grader and I read this together and though he loved it, some of the vocabulary was tough for him); solid, informative literary nonfiction entry in the great WHO HQ series. The illustrations make the history even more appealing and vivid.

[Kellan Francis · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was one of the best books i have read because i learned all of the Animals back in the ice age.The best part was that if you were going anywhere that still had animals from the ice age you should learn about them.

[Natalie Bronchetti · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was very informative. 10/10 would read again. I learned about how people found out about the ice age and different theories about how the ice age started/ended. I liked the illustrations and the photographs. I didn't like when it was over.

[Yasser · Rating 4 out of 5]

We all heard about mammoths. But why they have fur ? Did they live in Antarctica? Actually that what i thought. This book will shock you with many facts that you'll wondering how didn't you know them before.

I enjoyed this book it was informative and really improved my vocabulary.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I normally love the Who HQ series of books, but this was not my favorite. It seems to jump around a lot, like maybe there wasn't enough information to make a whole book about the ice age. Also, I disliked political slant towards the end.

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was good

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't love it.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating.

[Laurel Pate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting to read about history of earth and all the many theories about ice age etc. Hope we can keep Florida and California and not lose it to the Ocean.

[Sabrina]

had more than just the ice age... interesting

[Rainbow Bay Stanley]

2:30 min book review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_mvh...

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books are very fun and interesting. This wasn't my favorite out of the series, but still pretty informative.

[Kaitlin Harrington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed the book nice quick read rather interesting.

[Nagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and informative......

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I look forward to finding these books on the lending apps I use.