Orq is a cave boy and he loves his pet wooly mammoth, Woma.  This mother does not.  He sheds, stinks, and is not housebroken.  Orq decides to teach Woma tricks to endear him to Mom.  Things to not go well and Mom is unimpressed.  One day, Orq is playing mighty hunter, only to find he was also being hunted – by a saber-tooth tiger!  Woma comes to the rescue and Mom gratefully welcomes Woma into the cave.  Elliott’s humorous, sparse cave talk is wonderfully paired with Nichols’s large, simple, lightly colored pencil drawings.  Orq’s love for Woma is shown by big red hearts.  Emotions are comically expressive.  In the background, a family of prehistoric birds share Orq’s love of Woma and add another dimension to this funny, enjoyable story.