LIVE LIKE A HUNTER GATHERER
PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH & FRENCH
Shortlisted: ROYAL SOCIETY YOUNG PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE 2023
Judge and teacher Jennifer Love said: "I was particularly looking for books that encourage the reader to get involved, and this book does just that. From craft projects to recipes, every element of this book is interactive. I used it to plan a week’s worth of lessons in my classroom, and the children loved getting their hands dirty and experiencing life as their ancestors would've lived."
The winner will be announced at an award ceremony in March 2024.
Live Like A Hunter Gatherer also shortlisted/finalist for:
Junior Design Awards, BBD&PA and TEACH PRIMARY BOOK AWARDS in the Best Designed & Illustrated Book for Children 2022 category.
ILLUSTRATIONS & LAYOUT DESIGN BY MIA UNDERWOOD
Published by Button Books, GMC Publishing Group. March 2022.
56 Pages, Hardback.
Available to buy: Amazon Waterstones
Front cover design & illustration
Live Like A Hunter Gatherer’s end papers design & illustration
Stone Age girl - main character in the book
Stone Age Man
Stone Age woman illustration.
Live Like a Hunter Gatherer is an informative and immersive guide to the Stone Age, written by a real-life hunter gatherer!
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 by Mia Underwood. 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.