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Stone age / author, Klint Janulis ; consultant, James Dilley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: DK findout!Publisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2017Edition: First American editionDescription: 64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781465457509
  • 146545750X
  • 9781536401325
  • 1536401323
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What is the Stone Age? -- Meet a Stone Age human -- Where did they live? -- Ice Age -- Stone tools -- On the hunt -- Stone Age animals -- Mammoths -- Making tools -- Forest foods -- Shelter -- Fire -- A day in the life -- Taming wolves -- Stone Age clothes -- How to survive the Stone Age -- Beliefs -- Cave painting -- Caves of the world -- Stone Age detective -- Meet the expert -- First farmers -- Stone Age village -- Arts and crafts -- Bronze Age -- Iron Age -- Today's hunter-gatherers -- Stone Age facts and figures.
Summary: Provides information on the Stone Age, describing people's daily lives and survival practices during this time, and includes a timeline and quiz.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 930.12 J35 Available 33111008607448
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 930.12 J35 Available 33111008762417
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 930.12 J35 Available 33111007796333
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This fun, fact-filled book for kids ages 6-9 is the ultimate guide to the Stone Age, during which humankind took its first steps. Entertaining and educating young readers through a combination of close-up images, quirky trivia facts, quiz questions, and fascinating tidbits, it's the perfect book for any kid who is curious about early human history.

How did people survive during the Stone Age? What innovative tool did they refer to as a "thunderstone"? How big could woolly mammoths grow? Find out the answers to these questions and more in DKfindout! Stone Age , which features photographs of ancient artifacts and relics, as well as illustrations and maps depicting how early humans hunted, communicated, and migrated across continents. Readers will learn about the three main periods of the Stone Age--the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic--and the key developments of each era, from the creation of stone tools and weapons to the start of modern agriculture. DKfindout! Stone Age illuminates this important stage in our species' past, providing kids with plenty of interesting details to pore over.

Vetted by educational consultants, the DKfindout! series drives kids ages 6-9 to become experts on more than 30 of their favorite STEM- and history-related subjects, whether Vikings, volcanoes, or robots. This series covers the subjects that kids really want to learn about--ones that have a direct impact on the world around them, like climate change, space exploration, and rapidly evolving technology--making learning fun through amazing images, stimulating quizzes, and cutting-edge information. The DKfindout! series is one that kids will want to turn to again and again.

Provides information on the Stone Age, describing people's daily lives and survival practices during this time, and includes a timeline and quiz.

Includes index.

What is the Stone Age? -- Meet a Stone Age human -- Where did they live? -- Ice Age -- Stone tools -- On the hunt -- Stone Age animals -- Mammoths -- Making tools -- Forest foods -- Shelter -- Fire -- A day in the life -- Taming wolves -- Stone Age clothes -- How to survive the Stone Age -- Beliefs -- Cave painting -- Caves of the world -- Stone Age detective -- Meet the expert -- First farmers -- Stone Age village -- Arts and crafts -- Bronze Age -- Iron Age -- Today's hunter-gatherers -- Stone Age facts and figures.

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