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Ice Age Sabertooth: The Most Ferocious Cat That Ever Lived [Hardcover]

Barbara Hehner (Author), Mark Hallett (Illustrator)
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April 9, 2002 7 and up2 and up
The Ice Age Sabertooth kept its most formidable weapon right in its mouth—a pair of enormous curved teeth with serrated edges like steak knives, as long and as sharp as the teeth of a Tyrannosaurus rex! It was one of the fiercest cats to ever live. And because so many sabertooth cats died in the asphalt pools of what is now known as Rancho La Brea in Los Angeles, scientists know more about them than any other prehistoric cat. Ice Age Sabertooth tells the story of these ferocious predators—how they lived, hunted, and killed their prey, and what they may have looked like.

In this second book in the Ice Age Animals series, stunning illustrations by acclaimed artist Mark Hallett, full-color photographs, fascinating maps, and informative diagrams bring the fierce sabertooth cat—and the world it lived in—to life.


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Grade 5-7-A companion volume to Hehner's Ice Age Mammoth (Crown, 2001). Equally handsome, with dramatic illustrations re-creating the Pleistocene landscape and its inhabitants in North America, it will be welcomed by readers for its own sake as well as by young report writers. The informative text presents what is known about these big cats from their fossilized remains, and discusses what paleontologists surmise about their outward appearance, behavior, and hunting techniques. Focusing mainly on Smilodon fatalis, the author mentions other sabertooth cats and the American lion (not to be confused with the puma). Opening with a fictional scene at what are now called the La Brea tar pits, the text includes information boxes, a map, and a look at the feline evolutionary "tree." The text is occasionally superimposed on the illustrations, making for some difficulty in reading. This book will be well received by ardent fans of large predators and lovers of prehistoric fauna.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Gr. 5-9. "Ferocious" is the word for this extra-large-size picture book in the Ice Age Animals series, which includes double-page, full color illustrations by the artist who helped create the dinosaurs for Spielberg's Jurassic Park. The dramatic pictures grab attention and the detailed, straightforward text fills in the astonishing facts. Hehner begins with the story of the Rancho La Brea site in southern California, where paleontologists have discovered the bones of sabertooths that lived during the last ice age, then talks about how the fossils were discovered as well as what they can reveal about the sabertooth and other extinct animals. What causes an ice age? Why did the sabertooth need killer teeth? Why did the animal become extinct? The questions are incisive, and the answers are still very open, making this exciting science for reports and further research. A glossary, a brief bibliography, and notation of two Web sites are appended. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers (April 9, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0375813284
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375813283
  • Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,250,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A simply fascinating and compelling nonfiction book, April 13, 2002
This review is from: Ice Age Sabertooth: The Most Ferocious Cat That Ever Lived (Hardcover)
Superbly written by Barbara Hehner, Ice Age Sabertooth is both an educational and highly entertaining picturebook for practiced young readers. It goes into amazing detail about these powerful and deadly long-toothed predators of the ice age, their habitats, their prey, the probable causes of their extinction, and their surviving feline relatives. Splendid, glorious, dramatic full-color illustrations by Mark Hallett enhance this picturebook presentation of a great and ancient member of the cat family. Ice Age Sabertooth is a simply fascinating and compelling nonfiction book certain to captivate youthful minds and imaginations!
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2.0 out of 5 stars kid's book, September 20, 2011
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Some of the illustrations are pretty good, it contains pictures too, but the text is aimed for kids, so keep that in mind if you're looking for something a little more deep.
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The powerful cat crouched in a clump of sage, the plants' fragrance masking his own musky scent. Read the first page
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North America, Rancho La Brea, South America
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