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內容簡介 萬年長毛象來啦！故事發生在1899年維多利亞時代的英國，流離在街頭的10歲小女孩Elsie，聽聞北極冰原的長毛象在博物館展出的消息，說什麼也要混進去一睹丰采。當Elsie終於和長毛象面對面時，突然有一個偉大的計劃閃入Elsie腦海：她要追隨長毛象，去北極闖一闖！故事人物豐富、來自各階層，逗趣又帶點反諷風格—上至維多利亞女皇，下至髒兮兮的自然歷史博物館清潔員Dotty、看起很違和的又固執的中途之家執行長Curdle太太、曾經很頂尖的輪椅科學家、槍法精準，遠赴非洲射獵獅子、長頸鹿帶回博物館的Lady Buckshot，以及兒童幫派the Sticky Fingers…，會和一路向北冒險的Elsie產生麼火花呢？From No. 1 bestselling children’s author, David Walliams comes his biggest and most epic adventure yet! Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross.This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth…Read all about it! Read all about it!ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC!When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster – a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole – she’s determined to discover more…A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime – from London to the heart of the Arctic!Heroes come in all different shapes and sizes in David Walliams’ biggest and most epic adventure yet!
