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The Stone Age News
Read all about the happenings and events during the Stone Age in this creative historical study designed as a newspaper, complete with interviews, advertisements, editorial features, and more. Reprint.
32 pages, Paperback
First published June 8, 1998
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Fiona Macdonald
623 books43 followersFiona Macdonald studied history at Cambridge University and at the University of East Anglia. She has taught in schools, adult education and university, and is the author of numerous books for children on historical topics.
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January 2, 2022
I like this book
January 12, 2025
Another light hearted history read from this series. Great format for some of the histories of the World.
May 27, 2016
Iessa Ramadan
May 26,2016
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The Stone Age News reading review
The Stone Age News by Fiona MacDonald. The book is about the Stone Age people where they lived and how did they survive, and also what tools they use to hunt. The Stone Age took place in 8000 B.C. where there's no write back then. It took place in many countries around the world. For example, the Neanderthal they were found in western Europe to central and northern Asia and the middle east.
The main idea of the book is to learn about the Stone Age people, how did they survive. What kind of tools they use to hunt, what clothes they use to wear when it's winter and summer. The food they eat was mammoth meats and they like to grow there own food. They always like to travel in groups because they think they will have a better chance on surviving.
The two of most important characters are the Neanderthal and cro-magnon people. They had the same tools but the cro-magnon people had better weapons. They both lived in caves but they were from different countries. For example, the Neanderthal people are from western Europe to central and northern Asia and the middle east. On the other hand the cro-magnon people where from Southern France and Germany. The Neanderthal people were a powerful built but the the cro-magnon people know how to draw and paint at the caves walls. Also, They both know how to control fire.
One surprising detail that I learn is that they couldn't live in one place, they have to keep moving all the time to hunt there food and gathering plants because when they hunt animals the animals run away and they have to go after them. The author did really well on providing the reader with all the evidences and it made me feel like I was living between them. I recommend this book to the audience because it shows how people use to live back then. I would give this book a 3.5 because it provides the reader with all the evidence and showed how they really lived.
May 26,2016
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The Stone Age News reading review
The Stone Age News by Fiona MacDonald. The book is about the Stone Age people where they lived and how did they survive, and also what tools they use to hunt. The Stone Age took place in 8000 B.C. where there's no write back then. It took place in many countries around the world. For example, the Neanderthal they were found in western Europe to central and northern Asia and the middle east.
The main idea of the book is to learn about the Stone Age people, how did they survive. What kind of tools they use to hunt, what clothes they use to wear when it's winter and summer. The food they eat was mammoth meats and they like to grow there own food. They always like to travel in groups because they think they will have a better chance on surviving.
The two of most important characters are the Neanderthal and cro-magnon people. They had the same tools but the cro-magnon people had better weapons. They both lived in caves but they were from different countries. For example, the Neanderthal people are from western Europe to central and northern Asia and the middle east. On the other hand the cro-magnon people where from Southern France and Germany. The Neanderthal people were a powerful built but the the cro-magnon people know how to draw and paint at the caves walls. Also, They both know how to control fire.
One surprising detail that I learn is that they couldn't live in one place, they have to keep moving all the time to hunt there food and gathering plants because when they hunt animals the animals run away and they have to go after them. The author did really well on providing the reader with all the evidences and it made me feel like I was living between them. I recommend this book to the audience because it shows how people use to live back then. I would give this book a 3.5 because it provides the reader with all the evidence and showed how they really lived.
April 26, 2011
I liked this book because it uses a newspaper format to present the inventions, lifestyles, climate changes, and progress in hunting and farming of the Stone Age. The book Stone Age News tells readers about how cavemen lived their life during the Stone Age. The Stone Age News also lets the reader know about the types of tools and equipment cavemen used and adapted for living.
July 27, 2011
looks as facts and information and places it a newsprint format to explain the life and times of the stone age.
July 5, 2013
Explore early man through this book which is organized in a newspaper format.
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