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Satoshi Kitamura
Stone Age Boy
Walker (32 pages) 9781406303353
Satoshi is a distinctive creator of picture books and here turns his attention to a narrative form of information book. When a boy trips he falls right into the Stone Age where he meets the people and sees the ways in which they live. In a mix of book forms and comic-strip styles he sees the mainstay occupations of hunting and fishing, the domestic details of cooking and living and, the source of the inspiration for the book, how they paint on cave walls. As an attack by a very annoyed bear is launched he wakes up back in his real time. The book deals with a well-liked topic - caves and home-made dens being a crucial part of play - in a novel and inviting manner.