A prehistoric Neanderthal family arrives at their new home, a cave, after a long journey. But their young boy's imagination is seized by the beauty and promise of the valley below, and he sets out to explore all that the valley has to offer along, with his place in it. This wild, prehistoric world is full of beauty and wonder, including big and little hairies (woolly mammoths). But across a river, the boy spots another boy, a Homo sapiens. He's dressed differently, but so much else is the same. The two share a moment of recognition before the stranger and his family depart, leaving a lasting impression on the Neanderthal boy -- one that will have effects reaching throughout history.

This picture book, sparingly written and expansively illustrated, imagines an encounter between Homo sapiens and our Neanderthal cousins based on the expanding understanding of prehistoric peoples. It will inspire young readers to see the beauty in discovery and the natural wonders of the prehistoric world as well as our shared humanity.

Includes back matter with information about prehistoric life and Neanderthals as well as a bibliography.

This historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old Chumash boy and his family who become captives in a California Spanish mission sometime more than 200 years ago. This is historical fiction based entirely on historical fact that reveals the devastating impact the missions had on California Native peoples. Written for fourth, fifth and sixth graders, the story ends on a hopeful note as a small group of Native children are able to escape their captors and begin a journey to join other Native escapees in a remote mountain village. As mandated by the California Department of Education, every 4th grader is taught the Mission Unit, which perpetuates the idyllic mission myth that glorifies the priests, denigrates California Indians and fails to mention that Indians were actually treated as slaves held captive by a Spanish colonial institution. The manuscript has been reviewed and approved by the Director of the Santa Ynez Chumash Culture Department and a member of the California American Indian Education Oversight Committee. It has the endorsement of a fourth grade teacher in California who has shared the story with her class and a local librarian who is excited about sharing the story with elementary age children through the library. It has also been endorsed by the local library branch manager and a former professor of Anthropology within the University of California system.

Kip the cave boy bounds along the trail home with a sack of warm and tasty Woolly Rhino ribs. If he could only get rid of pesky Paleowolf, who follows him, hoping for a taste of those delicious ribs!

But Paleowolf's presence turns out to be useful: His warnings save Kip from the Cave Bear, the Mighty Mammoth, and the frightening Saber-Toothed Cat. So Kip offers to share his food--if Paleowolf will use his keen nose, fine ears, and sharp eyes to keep Kip from being eaten up.

With a bark and a wag of his tail, Paleowolf agrees to this bargain, and Kip christens his new friend Dog.

In this exciting tale of adventure in prehistoric times, Jan Brett creates a spectacular Ice Age landscape populated with the massive animals of the time and bordered with images inspired by cave paintings and Ice Age artifacts. She convincingly portrays the growth of the warm bond between man and animal that must, long, long ago, have resulted in the first domesticated dog.

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, seeking shelter, and slowly becoming more like the people we are today.

As far back as 40,000 years ago (and maybe even earlier) people began drawing pictures on cave walls. And a bit later, they carved images onto stones. Some pictures are of humans, usually drawn as stick figures, but most are of animals. We don't know their purpose, though in some cases, evidence seems to suggest they were used for storytelling. But when we look at these pictures, we can't help but admire the extraordinary talent of the first artists. They aren't just scratches on the wall. They are great art.

In this book of few words, we follow a young girl who notices everything that happens around her as her people search for a cave to shelter for the winter. And we can believe that she feels the absolute necessity to draw what she has seen and to tell stories.

Afterward, Everything was Different features:

• Backmatter explaining what we know--and don't know--about cave drawings.
• Stunning black and white illustrations of life during the Pleistocene.

Kilik, Tuhuy and the rest of the members of this Chumash Indian family step into the Gold Rush Era and the early years of California statehood before returning to their ancient home in the lands of their ancestors.

A new gripping Bronze Age story from Wendy Orr, internationally acclaimed author of Dragonfly Song and Swallow's Dance

Clio can't remember a time when she didn't share a bond with the mare Grey Girl. On the whole island of Crete, she and her Trojan-born father are the only people who raise and ride horses--and she couldn't live without it. Between the freedom of the pasture and the safety of her grandmother Leira's pottery studio, Clio has always had everything she needed.

Then an accident stole Clio's ability to ride, or even to walk without a crutch. The weather changed and summers grew drier. Now raiders are preying on nearby towns. As anxiety builds, a terrible pronouncement is issued by the palace: at the spring festival, a girl between the ages of twelve and fourteen will be chosen to save the town from disaster. She will be sacrificed as an offering to the mother goddess.

In Cuckoo's Flight, internationally bestselling author Wendy Orr returns to the Bronze-Age setting of her critically acclaimed novels Dragonfly Song and Swallow's Dance. With her signature blend of striking prose and emotionally taut verse, she immerses readers in a thrilling coming-of-age story as Clio battles the political power of the palace and her own feelings of inadequacy to save her town, her horses, and perhaps even herself.

Mega-chomp Stink wants to make the find of the century. He's on a dig, dig, digging quest in his backyard to find a tooth from a saber-toothed cat, otherwise known as a Smilodon. Why not? Two kids in Michigan found a mastodon bone in a backyard stream, and a girl in Great Britain found a pterosaur bone. It could happen But Judy thinks the chances of finding a saber-toothed anything in the Moody backyard are one in a gazillion million. Will Stink make a discovery before their whole backyard caves in? Just right for newly independent readers, this latest story from Megan McDonald is sure to leave Moody fans with smiles as wide as a Smilodon's.

Mo is a little girl who lives with her family in the Stone Age, and her main task is to keep an eye on baby Babba - a fast crawler. Up on the hill she has a secret den of her own and one day she hears something odd, a 'Yip' coming from a bush. It's a small wild beast.

Mo knows that wild beasts are dangerous, but this one is in trouble, with a thorn in its paw. Brave Mo takes out the thorn and the little beast becomes her friend. But Mo's family are horrified by the strange creature. They scare it away and in the excitement baby Babba disappears.

Then they hear a Woof! Woof! Oh no! But it's not what they think - Mo's friend is defending Babba from a hungry lynx. From then on the whole Stone Age family has a new friend, and they decide to call it - DOG.

This story is inspired by the astonishing recent discoveries in the famous Chauvet Cave in France's Ardèche department. The footprint of a young child has been discovered, with what is believed to be the paw-print of a dog beside it. They are from 26,000 years ago.

It's a great adventure for Max and Luke. Take the magic of reading and learning, stir in a little curiosity, and get some help from your friends along the way, and you're ready to go on the best adventure. The real secret is in the name. The RIGHT HERE series holds the clue. The book is fiction but almost all parts of the story can be true. Open the pages and see if you can use your super powers to help Luke and Max find the real answers. The most special part is that it all starts at their house, goes to their school, then their library, and every single thing happens around their everyday neighborhood, park, and lakes.

Get started, now. Just read, please. Good times are waiting.

The Ghost Warriors (Book 1): An action-packed prehistoric adventure, in which coming of age is the difference between life and death. When a brutal warlord abducts their friend Hanna, thirteen-year-old Tioga and his best friend Kopi decide to take matters into their own hands and rescue her. But their plan spins out of control and triggers an attack on their own village. Their survival, and their tribe's existence, depends on their wilderness skills, their cunning brand of ghost warfare, and bravery that they didn't know they possessed. [Fiction based on real life events. Reading age: 10 - 18]],

The Ghost Warriors (Book 2): Battle for the Emperor's Skull is now available too!

Reviews for Book 1:
Tippins' debut blend of ancient history and action will fascinate his target audience and offer adults a refreshing literary excursion... A tale with riveting characters and an operatic plot. - Featured Kirkus Review, August 2021
I love and admire both of these books. Glad to see the rest of the world is agreeing! - Rick Sebak, PBS TV personality
An exciting coming-of-age adventure novel... in the tradition of James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Louis Stevenson and J.R.R. Tolkien... Highly recommended. - Alex McCullough, Yale University graduate and literary critic
Five Stars... Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn Meet the Stone Age - Eric Carter, author of Innate
10/10... What an excellent book... I can't wait for the sequel! - John Yosaitis, M.D.
Excellent... Really enjoyed this light hearted spooky coming of age story. - Helen Haddow, in the U.K.
Great story of the past... Very much enjoyed from start to finish. - author Jim Woscochlo
Read this book... you won't be disappointed. - William Danforth (The Love Handles)

This historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old Chumash boy and his family who become captives in a California Spanish mission sometime more than 200 years ago. This is historical fiction based entirely on historical fact that reveals the devastating impact the missions had on California Native peoples. Written for fourth, fifth and sixth graders, the story ends on a hopeful note as a small group of Native children are able to escape their captors and begin a journey to join other Native escapees in a remote mountain village. As mandated by the California Department of Education, every 4th grader is taught the Mission Unit, which perpetuates the idyllic mission myth that glorifies the priests, denigrates California Indians and fails to mention that Indians were actually treated as slaves held captive by a Spanish colonial institution. The manuscript has been reviewed and approved by the Director of the Santa Ynez Chumash Culture Department and a member of the California American Indian Education Oversight Committee. It has the endorsement of a fourth grade teacher in California who has shared the story with her class and a local librarian who is excited about sharing the story with elementary age children through the library. It has also been endorsed by the local library branch manager and a former professor of Anthropology within the University of California system.

Lil' Grok Meets The Korgs is an epic tale of adventure based on Mark Sisson's best-seller, The Primal Blueprint. Lil' Grok is a cave boy digging life in the stone ageuntil a saber-toothed tiger gives chase. Grok descends into a magical cave, and is propelled thousands of years into the future! Luckily, he's scooped up by an archeologist named Mr. Korg who's digging for artifacts in the middle of a bustling city park. He takes Lil' Grok home to meet the ultra-modern, hashtagging, pizza-loving, dessert-scarfing Korg family. Unfortunately, Lil' Grok doesn't seem to fit in at the Korgs, or anywhere else in modern life. He squats to eat with his hands right on the table! He doesn't wear shoeshe crawls like a bearjumps like a catand starts food fights at school! And what kind of kid is allergic to pizza?! But when a tiger escapes from the zoo, it's Lil' Grok who's the hero, and the Korgs have to adapt or get dropped. Grok shows the Korgs, and the entire town, that being a nimble, jungle-wise cave boy has its perks. Kick off your shoes, relax into a squat, and introduce your favorite young reader into the world of Lil' Grok and the Korgs. This hilarious journey might just end primally ever after-and deliver some important life lessons along the way. A perfect gift for hunters and gatherers of all ages, Lil' Grok Meets The Korgs shows us how to trek through the modern world in our ancestor's footsteps so that we can lead happier, healthier, lives. Designed for hunter-gatherers ages 4-8.

In the beginning, many, many years ago, there were two tribes. Dom was a boy from the hunting tribe, and Va was a girl from the farming tribe. The two tribes fought, but that couldn't stop Dom and Va from falling in love.

In the midst of battle, Dom escapes and takes Va with him. Together, they journey across the stark landscape of eons past, learning about the harsh and aggressive world around them even as they learn more about the creative and peaceful feelings within themselves.

In the Beginning includes the prequel short story In the Beginning and the novel Dom and Va, and marks a captivating departure from John Christopher's other, futuristic work: this is a tale of the distant past, and of a beginning that represents the conflicts inherent in human nature--and the dark and light in all of us.

Mega-chomp Stink wants to make the find of the century. He's on a dig, dig, digging quest in his backyard to find a tooth from a saber-toothed cat, otherwise known as a Smilodon. Why not? Two kids in Michigan found a mastodon bone in a backyard stream, and a girl in Great Britain found a pterosaur bone. It could happen But Judy thinks the chances of finding a saber-toothed anything in the Moody backyard are one in a gazillion million. Will Stink make a discovery before their whole backyard caves in? Just right for newly independent readers, this latest story from Megan McDonald is sure to leave Moody fans with smiles as wide as a Smilodon's.

Jump inside Book One of The Magic Bookcase series, the latest in Scottish History for young readers

Maggie thinks Granda might be pulling her leg when he reveals that the huge bookcase sitting in his living room is, in fact, magical.

Not until they lay one of its books open on the carpet and jump inside does she start to believe - and then their adventure begins

Join Maggie and Granda as they take a step inside Scotland's history to meet some of its first inhabitants, making a life for themselves after the last Ice Age.

They'll have to watch their step, however, because it won't be easy explaining their presence to people who still use stone tools and make their living from the land...

Whilst safety may not be guaranteed, one thing is for sure: Maggie is about to embark on the most hands-on history lessons any kid has ever had