Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Awards 2022 Best Books with Facts
Travel 20,000 years back in time to visit the Stone Age for a day, with Auri, a young cave-dweller, as your friendly guide. Auri is curious about everything and along with her wolf, Bones she guides you through homes, fishing and foraging for food, making a fire to cave painting and Stone Age treasures. With brilliant illustrations by Russell Punter, edited by Ruth Brocklehurst with the help of experimental archeologist Dr James Dilly, this is a beautifully presented and informative guide to all things Stone Age.
Join a young cave-dweller for a day as she goes hunting, makes her own stone tools and creates amazing cave art. Learn all about the dangers of life in the Stone Age, what makes a good shelter and what edible plants can be gathered in the wild.
Chapters in this book include: - A new day - Stone-Age homes - Fishing for breakfast - Back home - A guide to foraged food - Making fire - Preparing to go hunting - Hunting ritual - Tracking lessons - A guide to dangerous animals - The hunt - Flintknapping - Dinnertime - Spare time - A guide to cave painting - Making plans - In the night - Stone-Age treasures
With a helpful glossary and index at the back, and colour, adventure and discovery on every page, there could be no better introduction to life in the Stone Age. - Lancashire Evening Post
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About Lan Cook
Laurent Kling started his career as an illustrator in the 2000s. He works mainly for young people, where he is called upon to make historic or scientific subjects more fun, and his clients have included Bayard, Fleurus, Milan and Larousse Actes Sud. He has also had comic books published in Canada by Editions de la Pasteque.
