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Maroo, a girl of the late Ice Age, must take charge after her father is killed, and lead her little brother, mother, and aged grandmother to the safety of the winter camp before the first blizzards strike.

Join the Binkertons --- twins Josh and Emma and their little sister Libby --- as they return to the Good Times Travel Agency only to find themselves deep-frozen in the Ice Age! First they get lost --- there are no road signs in the Ice Age (no roads, either). Then they're starved and shivering --- Ice Age food is no picnic, and the only shelter is a cave. The Binkertons need to make some friends, fast. Even if they're mammoth, woolly ones ... Adventures in the Ice Age is an engaging mix of ad...

Fascinated with dinosaurs, Patrick invents an imaginary explanation of why they become extinct.

Lil'GrokMeets TheKorgs is an epic tale of adventure based on MarkSisson'sbest-seller, The Primal Blueprint. Lil'Grokis a cave boy digging life in the stone ageuntil a saber-toothed tiger gives chase.Grokdescends into a magical cave, and is propelled thousands of years into the future! Luckily, he's scooped up by an archeologist named Mr.Korgwho's digging for artifacts in the middle of a bustling city park. He takes Lil'Grokhome to meet the ultra-modern,hashtagging, pizza-loving,dessert-scarfingK...

STARRED Reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Shelf Awareness A Best Book of the Year—Kirkus, The Times of London This "beautifully illustrated, nearly wordless book" (New York Times) set in the dawn of human life imagines how art and storytelling were born from the power of one young girl's observation. Once upon a time, during the Pleistocene, somewhere between two-and-a-half million and ten thousand years ago, small groups of people traveled their known world, hunting for food,...

Retells the tale of the Garden of Eden from Eve's point of view, as Serpent teaches her everything from her own name to why she should eat the forbidden fruit, and then leaves her with Adam and the knowledge that her choice has made mankind free.

En esta cuarta entrega de la serie «Crónicas de la Prehistoria» Torak se enfrentará a la encrucijada más difícil de su vida. Continúa la aventura... Torak se enfrenta a la encrucijada más terrible de su vida: los clanes descubren el tatuaje de Devorador de Almas que lleva en el pecho y lo declaran proscrito. En adelante, vagará solo y cualquiera que lo vea podrá darle caza y matarlo. Así, el malévolo plan urdido por Seshru, la hechicera de los Víboras, tiene éxito: Torak se convierte en un par...

Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true secret of the hunt.

Caillou celebrates his birthday with friends and family. Caillou is thrilled: there are games, face painting, a cake and presents. And when his wish comes true, Caillou thinks it is the best birthday ever. This special edition comes with stickers for little readers and their party guests. In this story adapted from an episode of the popular television cartoon, Caillou continues his explorations and gains a greater understanding of the world around him.

Imagine you were born before the invention of drawing, more than thirty thousand years ago.You would live with your whole family in a cave and see woolly mammoths walk by!You might even see images of animals hidden in the shapes of clouds and rocks.You would want to share these pictures with your family, but wouldn't know how.Who would have made the world's first drawing? Would it have been you?In The First Drawing, Caldecott Medal winner Mordicai Gerstein imagines the discovery of drawing...and...

Discover a playful way to learn about dinosaurs! This sturdy board book features bright illustrations and simple text that encourages children to identify friendly dinosaurs and observe what makes each of these prehistoric creatures different: do they walk on two legs, or on four legs? Do they live in groups or alone? Are they covered with feathers or scales? Everything that curious babies want to know about their favorite dinosaurs! The book also features clever die-cuts for interactive fun; w...

"Young readers who think the dinosaurs are all extinct will appreciate this truthful revelation. Well, truth-y, anyway." - Kirkus Reviews “A fantastic storified view of the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, from a genius storyteller and illustrator.” – Read It, Daddy Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct. But are they really? What if we told you that they’re still alive, and that some of them even live among us! You need proof? Well, here is an authentic photo album from a long, long time ago...

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the ablest and most versatile writers of the day. Lang was one of the founders of the study of "Psychical Research," and his other w...