Chill out with
Manny the mammoth,
Diego the saber toothed tiger,
Sid the
sloth,
Scrat the scrappy squirrel and other characters from the popular animated film
Ice Age 2: the Meltdown. This essential guidebook gives readers inside information on characters and places seen in the movie. Read fascinating profiles of your favorite sub-zero heroes, from Ellie (“I’m a possum!”) to her daredevil brothers
Crash and
Eddie. Check out super cool facts about prehistoric creatures. For example, according to the book’s Sloth Survival Guide, Sid tries to smell so disgusting that most predators take one sniff and think he’s too rotten to eat. Good news for Sid. Bad news for his friends! The guide features pages of commissioned artwork, like aerial maps of the meltdown journey that show how far Manny and his herd traveled to escape the impending glacial flood. Interesting book for all ages, whether you’ve seen any of the Ice Age movies or not.
Voice Talent in the animated film:
Manny the woolly
mammoth = Ray Romano
Ellie the possum (I mean, mammoth) = Queen Latifah (wanna read about Queen Latifah? Check out my review on her biography at
http://www.shvoong.com/books/biography/1914062-queen-latifah/)
Sid the sloth = John Leguizamo
Diego the tiger = Denis Leary
About the Author Glenn Dakin started off in comics creating bizarre characters like Paris the Man of plaster, and graduated to write superhero comics for Marvel. He has written many children's books including
Finding Nemo: The Essential Guide.