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tor22's review against another edition
4.0
Using this with my year 3 class in English for our adventure stories topic, linking to the Stone Age!
skylarkochava's review against another edition
3.0
Do not recommend for homeschool/academic use. I had hoped this book would be more historically accurate (minus the time travel bit, which I could live with) and less Eurocentric because it's written by a Japanese man, but the characters look like they're from Harry Potter. He lived and worked in London for decades and this was published in 2007, so that makes sense. A nice book, just not what I would want to use in an academic setting.
kristenremenar's review against another edition
4.0
There aren't many picture books that talk about life back in the pre-metal days. This one does a good job of explaining how people made tools and clothes, how they hunted and lived.
beth_books_123's review against another edition
4.0
17/09/18 Update:
Read this as an introduction to archaeology and archaeological digs. It was a great transition activity from RE to history. They enjoyed it and related it back to our real-life Stone Age Day.
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I can't wait to share this with my class - 4*
I think I prefer this to Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age but I think that book is more appropriate to Y4. I really, really enjoyed this and I think I can get a lot out of the illustrations. I think Stone Age Boy will be a great introduction to the Stone Age so I will read it in the first week and I hope my class enjoy it. It provides a great introductory context. It doesn't have as much detail as Ug but I don't think that's needed as that's not the purpose of the book: this is an introduction to the Stone Age!
Really enjoyable!
Read this as an introduction to archaeology and archaeological digs. It was a great transition activity from RE to history. They enjoyed it and related it back to our real-life Stone Age Day.
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I can't wait to share this with my class - 4*
I think I prefer this to Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age but I think that book is more appropriate to Y4. I really, really enjoyed this and I think I can get a lot out of the illustrations. I think Stone Age Boy will be a great introduction to the Stone Age so I will read it in the first week and I hope my class enjoy it. It provides a great introductory context. It doesn't have as much detail as Ug but I don't think that's needed as that's not the purpose of the book: this is an introduction to the Stone Age!
Really enjoyable!
onceuponareader's review against another edition
4.0
A great way to introduce the topic of the Stone Age to Year 3 children. It gives an overview of what it was like in the stone age and is set through a modern day child's eyes. I would definitely recommend this to all Key Stage 2 teachers.
ellalouise99's review against another edition
5.0
Great book which could be used in KS1 or lower KS2 as a book to base learning around. There are lots of learning opportunities around the book due to the story following factual aspects of the Stone Age. There is one particular page where there is a collage of jobs done in the Stone Age. I have seen this page used to inspire writing as well as alongside teaching of how people lived in the Stone Age. The story also allows for children to rewrite it, changing aspects for example, placing themselves as Om or the Stone Age boy.
louise_charlotte's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this book! Great storyline and wonderful use of historical information.
lucyturnsthepage's review
4.0
Gorgeous illustrations again from Satoshi Kitamura - can easily see myself using this book when covering the Stone Age topic with KS1 pupils. Didn’t find the plot as enjoyable as his other work but it was a really good introductory text to the era. I loved the pages showing the tasks Stone Age people would undertake.
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