Martin, Rafe

"The jataka tales--stories of the Buddha's past lives (in both human and animal form)--were first said to have been told by the Buddha himself 2,500 years ago. Five hundred and fifty jataka tales comprise part of the oldest Buddhist text, the Pali Canon"--Back cover.

Though his parents explain there have been no mammoths for over 10,000 years, Will goes out in the snow one day, certain he will meet some.

Will loves mammoths. But he is told mammoths no longer exist. This is a story of how imagination can fill the world with wonderful adventures, woolly mammoths, wolves, wild ponies, saber-toothed tigers, and even a prehistoric family.

In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.