about the book
Orq is a cave boy.
When Orq encounters a baby woolly mammoth, he decides she will make a perfect pet and takes her home to the cave he shares with his mommy. He names the mammoth Woma and l-o-o-o-v-e-s her so much!
His skeptical mother isn’t impressed and, as time passes, is downright unhappy as Woma grows and grows. Soon the beast is a massive furry creature with huge curved tusks. What’s more, Woma sheds something fierce, stinks terribly, and isn’t house trained. E-e-e-e-w!
Orq tries to get his pet back into his mother’s good graces by teaching Woma tricks. But when Orq commands Woma to speak, her trumpeting blast knocks Orq’s mother right off her feet! Mother permanently bans Woma from the cave! That’s all right, they’ll play outside.
Out on an adventure, Orq and Woma are spotted by a very hungry sabertooth tiger. Sabertooth tigers l-o-o-o-v-e to eat little cave boys! Luckily Woma is nearby. Will Orq end up the sabertooth tiger’s lunch or will Woma prove to Orq’s mother that she has at least one good quality?
Even more important, will Woma ever be allowed back into the cave again?
about the author
David Elliott was raised in a small farm town in Ohio. The town’s one claim to fame was that it had the first concrete street in America. To this day, David thinks it is hilarious that on the town’s centennial birthday, they named their beauty pageant queen “Miss Concrete Street.” David sees humor everywhere; unfortunately it tends to get him into a lot of trouble! His very first book was banned in America.
David wanted to be an opera singer; one of those huge guys whose booming voices rattle the windows. So he went off to study classical voice at a music conservatory. There was just one problem—he wasn’t a very good singer!
Still he worked as a singer for a while in Mexico, was an English teacher in Libya, a cucumber-washer in Greece, and a popsicle stick maker in Israel. Luckily none of those jobs worked out very well either. Instead, he became an author of children’s books. This is one job he is excellent at. He believes humor is a very serious business!
David lives in Warner, New Hampshire, with his wife and a three-footed Dandie Dinmont terrier who doesn’t shed, doesn’t smell, and is housetrained—unlike a certain pet woolly mammoth.
Sources:
Author biography: Amazon
Author biography: JRank
Author video: On making picture books
Book trailer: This Orq. (He Cave Boy)
Also by David Elliott:
This Orq. (He Say Ugh!). Boyds Mills Press. 2015.
Nobody’s Perfect. Candlewick Press. 2015.
On the Wing. Candlewick Press. 2014.
In the Sea. Candlewick Press. 2012.
In the Wild. Candlewick Press. 2010.
Finn Throws a Fit! Candlewick Press. 2009.
What the Grizzly Knows. Candlewick Press. 2008.
Knitty Kitty. Candlewick Press. 2008.
On the Farm. Candlewick Press. 2008.
One Little Chicken : A Counting Book. Holiday House. 2007.
And Here’s to You! Candlewick Press. 2004.
about the illustrator
Lori has been illustrating since second grade, when her poster for the Humane Society took first place. Her mother was an art teacher, so there was always an abundance of art supplies for her to experiment with.
Lori never had a formal art class until she went to The Art Institute of Pittsburgh for college. She was an illustrator for a newspaper for a time, as well as a designer and art director in the world of magazines.
When she had her two daughters, she quit her day job to stay at home. They would read children’s books every day. Luckily their public library can be seen from their driveway. They check out at least 40 books a week. All those books got her interested in writing and illustrating her own books.
At the 2014 SCBWI New York Winter conference, she won the conference portfolio award after two years of being the runner up.
Lori still gets excited every time she sees a frog.
Sources:
Author website
Author interview : Kidlit 411
Author video interview: Busy Librarian
Also by Lori Nichols:
This Orq. (He Say Ugh!) by David Elliott. Boyds Mills Press. 2015.
No, No, Kitten! by Shelley Moore Thomas. Boyds Mills Press. 2015.
Maple & Willow Apart. Nancy Paulsen Books. 2015.
Maple & Willow Together. Nancy Paulsen Books. 2014.
Maple. Nancy Paulsen Books. 2014.
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