STARRED Reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Shelf
Awareness This "beautifully illustrated, nearly wordless book" (New
York Times) set in the dawn of human life imagines how art and
storytelling were born from the power of one young girl's
observation. Once upon a time, during the Pleistocene, somewhere
between two-and-a-half million and ten thousand years ago, small
groups of people traveled their known world, hunting for food,
seeking shelter, and slowly becoming more like the people we are
today. As far back as 40,000 years ago (and maybe even earlier)
people began drawing pictures on cave walls. And a bit later, they
carved images onto stones. Some pictures are of humans, usually
drawn as stick figures, but most are of animals. We don't know
their purpose, though in some cases, evidence seems to suggest they
were used for storytelling. But when we look at these pictures, we
can't help but admire the extraordinary talent of the first
artists. They aren't just scratches on the wall. They are great
art. In this book of few words, we follow a young girl who notices
everything that happens around her as her people search for a cave
to shelter for the winter. And we can believe that she feels the
absolute necessity to draw what she has seen and to tell stories.
Afterward, Everything was Different features: Backmatter explaining
what we know—and don't know—about cave drawings. Stunning black
and white illustrations of life during the Pleistocene. An Aldana
Libros Book, Greystone Kids
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