Glog

by Pippa Goodhart, Nick Maland (Illustrator)

Cave-boy Glog is accidentally left behind when his tribe move to new hunting grounds, and he will have to do the best he can to fend for himself until they find him. Along they way he encounters a ferocious wolf and gathers some new friends - but it's not the same as his old tribe. Will Glog's family come back for him!

64 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2007

About the author

Pippa Goodhart is the author of over a hundred children’s books, including the prize-winning picture book You Choose, and the Winnie the Witch series which she writes under the pen name of Laura Owen. She trained as a teacher and worked for many years in bookselling before becoming a mother and a writer.

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Reviews

[Joanne Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, I guess. Great opening line. Fun theme ties the short stories together. Silliness and adventure I think young readers will like. Well-written. Nicely illustrated.

[Tim Roast · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is book about Glog a caveboy. Glog gets lost from his tribe and ends up alone. However in his loneliness he manages to make new "friends" across three adventures in chapters called "Echo", "Shadow" and "Water Boy". At the end there is of course a happy ending when he gets reunited with his tribe.

The story is clever in the way each chapter has a Glog find a different friend and how they are all related in the type of friend that they are. There is also good imagery across the three chapters with the symbols used in the contents and chapter title pages which Glog also uses in his cave painting that he builds across the story.

The thing I didn't like so much was the caveman speak which I think is hard for kids (and adults) to read and understand. But apart from that the story is clever and the imagery with the cave paintings and the chapter titles works well.

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is quite sad how he gets lost and then his family find him