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24 Hours in the Stone Age

Lan Cook author Laurent Kling illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Usborne Publishing Ltd

Publishing:12th Mar '26

£8.99

This title is due to be published on 12th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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A lively comic which brings the Stone Age to life like never before.

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.

- Told in a lively comic book style
- Perfect for school projects
- Written with consultation from leading experimental archaeologist, Dr. James Dilley

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

  • Short-listed for Blue Peter Book Awards 2022 (UK)
  • Long-listed for North Somerset Teachers' Book Award 2021 (UK)

ISBN: 9781836046646

Dimensions: 254mm x 195mm x 13mm

Weight: 480g

64 pages