Live Like a Hunter Gatherer
Discovering the Secrets of the Stone Age
Naomi Walmsley author Mia Underwood illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Button Books
Published:7th Mar '22
Should be back in stock very soon
If you imagined that all Stone Age people lived in caves, were not very clever, not very clean and said “Ugg” a lot, then think again. Marking the start of all human history, the Stone Age lasted around 3.5 million years (the last part of that was only 71 grandparents ago!). Delve into that incredible time with this book packed full of amazing facts, information, crafts, storytelling and myth debunking to find out what it was really like to live as a hunter gatherer.
Many of our Stone Age ancestors’ everyday needs were similar to ours – how to keep warm, where to sleep and what to eat and drink. We find out how they met those needs, what a typical day was like, what medicine they used and even how they had fun – all brought to life with beautifully detailed illustrations. Dotted through the book are step-by-step craft activities and recipes that give you first-hand experience of some vital Stone Age skills – making a Mesolithic shelter, fat lamps, a digging stick, creating cave art, making a bow and arrow and a fishing hook are just a few.
A fictional tribe member pops up throughout the book to tell us about her life, describing the sights, sounds, smells and emotions she experiences. The safety of a warm cave with flickering firelight and other tribe members nearby, the gnawing feeling of hunger when food is scarce and the excited relief when a deer is hunted.
…features lots of activities, from building a shelter to creating cave art, which will allow you to go back in time and live like a hunter gatherer.
* The Week Junior Science + Nature magazine *When a non-fiction title about surviving the Stone Age is written by a bushcraft and Stone Age skills expert, you know it is going to be good. Live Like a Hunter Gatherer is a beautifully illustrated guide to this prehistoric period packed full of facts and information about survival, medicine and what a typical day was like. ... Live Like a Hunter Gatherer is an essential information source for every KS2 class learning about the Stone Age. It would make an excellent KS2 Guided Reading group text.
-- Laura Ovenden * Just Imagine *interesting facts that takes you back all the way to Stone Age…
* @the_treasure_outdoors *Live Like a Hunter Gatherer is our kind of nonfiction…A fascinating, accessible read for independent readers of around 8 years +.
* @busy_busy_learning *This would be fantastic for any child or class interested in or studying the Stone Age.
* @mancunian_mum *It’s full of facts, myths, storytelling and crafts that you can try too! As well as being fascinating, this book makes you appreciate what you have such as a roof over your head, easily accessible food and running fresh tap water!
* @homeplaylearn *An intriguing, gently educative resource for home and primary school users.
* Red Reading Hub *this non-fiction book is informative and practical. ... The illustrations by @miaunderwood.illustration are rich and enticing. I love the backgrounds on the pages and the endpapers are sublime!
* @bookishwaytopl- Short-listed for Junior Design Awards 2022 (UK)
- Short-listed for British Book Design and Production Awards 2022 (UK)
- Short-listed for Teach Primary Book Awards 2022 (UK)
- Short-listed for Young People's Book Prize 2023 (UK)
ISBN: 9781787081208
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
56 pages