Toby and the Ice Giants

Join Toby the Bison in this fact-filled adventure as he explores the Ice Age Tundra and meets some of the giants that roamed its icy surface.

Ten-thousand years ago, the Earth was in the grips of what Paleontologists call the Last Glacial Period, but what you and I have come to know as the Ice Age. The inhabitants?of this frozen landscape lived in some of the coldest conditions the earth has ever experienced. But before these giants grew to their great size, they were young and, like Toby, very, very inquisitive.

Toby and the Ice Giants is a wonderfully illustrated story that delivers digestible facts about the Earth's historic inhabitants. Share in Toby's lively curiosity, experience the danger of the polar climes and meet some larger-than-life characters on the way.

“"Young viewers will marvel at the succession of massive ruminants and predators, which Lillington renders in watercolors with reasonable accuracy, if anthropomorphic facial expressions." -Kirkus Reviews”

Lillington’s cartoons bring a retro Golden Books charm to the prehistoric setting, while sidebars offer details about each animal’s diet, habitat, and more. It’s an appealing introduction to eight bygone species and one (ours) that’s "Still Going!"
—Publisher’s Weekly

Young viewers will marvel at the succession of massive ruminants and predators, which Lillington renders in watercolors with reasonable accuracy, if anthropomorphic facial expressions.
—Kirkus Reviews

No page, not even the endpapers, is wasted in this appealing and informative visit to prehistory
—Wall Street Journal


Lillington’s cartoons bring a retro Golden Books charm to the prehistoric setting, while sidebars offer details about each animal’s diet, habitat, and more. It’s an appealing introduction to eight bygone species and one (ours) that’s "Still Going!"
—Publisher’s Weekly

Young viewers will marvel at the succession of massive ruminants and predators, which Lillington renders in watercolors with reasonable accuracy, if anthropomorphic facial expressions.
—Kirkus Reviews

No page, not even the endpapers, is wasted in this appealing and informative visit to prehistory
—Wall Street Journal

Joe Lillington was born in London and studied his BA in illustration at Falmouth University, Cornwall. His work has been shown at his Falmouth University degree show, Light Grey Art Lab shows and Just Us collective show in Summer 2014 and his first book, Toby and the Ice Giants, was recently shortlisted for the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize. He has worked for clients including Flying Eye Books, The New York Times, The Corporation of London, Aquila Magazine and Oxford University Press.

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