This was such a strange middle grade book. It was sci-fi, fantasy with animal characters.

The woodland animals have jsut found a Galumpus in the creek area of the park and he seems lost, telling them that his home is gone. They find out that he is actually a Wooly Mammoth from the past that has suddenly appeared in the park. Gilly the Possum is trying to help him while Mayer Crawdaddy is mostly scared of all things and says they should leave him be. Gilly tried to get human help by way of a little girl that she has befriended, but then a robot from the future also shows up in the form of the Forest Fire Prevention bear... but green. She is part of the time travel too, the mammoth and the robot were both part of a time-rift and have arrived in the park.

It was all so strange and off-the-wall that it was hard to follow. I thin kthat younger readers might like the concept but also have a lot of questions about why and how, but also what is doing on. It also reads a little like it is a series, although it is not, where the you just jump in and there is little explanation about the characters and their world. The craziness of it all kinda of takes away from that confusion because there is a lot of other wierd stuff that happens. That said, I found it hard to stay focused during my reading. It was fun, but hard to follow. I wanted more explanation, and less jumping around... there was a lot of movement through the town and park withouth much description. ( )

A super fun adventure to share with your family. The cast of characters is so lovable, and the excitement keeps moving to the very end. My family plans to visit Theodore Wirth Park now, in order to come just a little closer to the personalities we met in this book. A great read aloud.

An ARC was provided in exchange for an honest review. This did not influence my thoughts in any way.

This was a cute story about a lost woolly mammoth who meets a group of woodland creatures. I really enjoyed the illustrations. When I requested this book I was under the impression that it was a children's picture book that I could read to my nephew. As this book is almost 400 pages, I'll have to wait a few years to do that. ( )

My kids and I liked the premise and thought we'd like this book (having enjoyed books like Lucy and Andy Neanderthal, Geronimo Stilton Cave Mice, Caveboy Dave, Bolivar, and the Wild Robot). Unfortunately we just couldn't get into it. We didn't relate to the possum (whose point of view it's told from) and somehow despite being action packed the story drags along at a snails pace. The first person writing style also didn't work for us, but that is mostly just a personal preference. The characters are cute, the art is adorable, and the premise is promising, but the writing style just isn't for us. ( )

A rip occurs in the time continuum and a wooly mammoth and a green bear robot are dumped into a forest. Gilly, the possum, tells the tale of how the animals try to return both back to their time. I think the book was written well and I felt the illustrations were endearing. I didn’t feel any connection to the characters so wasn’t too invested in the story. It did remind me a bit of both the Wizard of Oz and Ice Age, with themes of appreciating your friends and family as well as knowing there’s no place like home. ( )