The Caves of the Great Hunters

by Hans Baumann, Isabel & Florence McHugh (Translators)

A nonfiction account of four boys and their dog who went exploring in France one day and found the Lascaux Cave, with many cave paintings.

159 pages, Hardback

First published January 1, 1953

Reviews

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fictionalized account of the discovery of the ice age paintings in the caves at Lascaux by a group of school-age boys. Couched within the story are the details of other discoveries of cave art by young people. Content-wise, this was very interesting to my daughter, and she loved it up until the characters started telling stories about other discoveries. The "story within a story" structure was confusing to her, and I found it awkward and hard-to-follow myself. For my other kids, I'll probably save this book until 5th or 6th grade even if they also have a strong interest in cavemen.

[Cathy W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didn’t expect it would be such a good read. Also has beautiful drawings of the cave paintings. Really enjoyed.

[Tanner Ungruhn · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Caves of the Great Hunters is a very in depth book. The book involves a group of boys that find a cave of early man, or cave man. It is kind of boring. It is not that hard to read, but it has some confusing parts in it. I don't really like this book because it talks boring like art and things like that.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

A true story. Very enjoyable.

[Michele]

Read Aloud for history to introduce prehistoric art