A children's book written by David Walliams. It follows the story of a child named Elsie that brings a woolly mammoth back to life.
Tropes present in this book:
- A Boy and His X: A girl and her mammoth.
- Chekhov's Gunman:
- Lady Buckshot appears only once in the beginning, but she becomes a threat to the protagonists in the end.
- Private "Titch" Thomas is only mentioned once in the beginning, but he helps the protagonists in the middle of the story.
- The Ditz: Dotty.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: Exaggerated. The book is about a woolly mammoth stuck in the Victorian era.
- Interspecies Friendship: Elsie and Woolly.
- "It" Is Dehumanizing: Elsie insists on the mammoth being referred to with female pronouns.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: Dotty
- Mad Scientist: The professor.
- Orphanage of Fear: The orphanage that Elsie grew up in. The owner hit kids regularly and they were forced to eat cockroaches for breakfast.
- Toilet Humor: Much of the humor in the story comes from farts, poop and pee.
- You Monster!: What Elsie says to the professor.
