A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between
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- Author：Mike Barfield
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Summary
A colourful and comical tour through history from cartoonists Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley。
The hilarious minds behind A Day in the Life of a Poo， a Gnu and You have teamed up once again – this time to give a taste of the daily lives of the people， animals and objects who made history。
Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint mammoths on the walls of a cave， a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and the first woman in space。 And not forgetting the animals of history – from an Egyptian cat （worshipped as a god， of course） to an albatross flying over Rapa Nui and a dog in the trenches of the First World War。
Readers can also discover the stories behind famous constructions， including the Great Wall of China and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre， and delve into the secret diaries of a Viking， Isaac Newton’s cat and the wooden panel that became the Mona Lisa。
With over 90 entries told in the friendly， informative style of Mike Barfield and brought to life by Jess Bradley’s brilliantly funny illustrations， this book will have children learning and laughing as they go。
The hilarious minds behind A Day in the Life of a Poo， a Gnu and You have teamed up once again – this time to give a taste of the daily lives of the people， animals and objects who made history。
Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint mammoths on the walls of a cave， a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and the first woman in space。 And not forgetting the animals of history – from an Egyptian cat （worshipped as a god， of course） to an albatross flying over Rapa Nui and a dog in the trenches of the First World War。
Readers can also discover the stories behind famous constructions， including the Great Wall of China and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre， and delve into the secret diaries of a Viking， Isaac Newton’s cat and the wooden panel that became the Mona Lisa。
With over 90 entries told in the friendly， informative style of Mike Barfield and brought to life by Jess Bradley’s brilliantly funny illustrations， this book will have children learning and laughing as they go。
Reviews
Divya Kaushik
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This is a beautiful history book for children， and even adults alike。 The illustrations make it such an interesting read， especially for kids。 The book doesn't only talk about a Caveman （homo eructus and our ancient history） and a queen， but it also talks about other historical events as well， like Mona Lisa's painting， animals， cultures and literally everything in between。We start from the ancient history， and move slowly towards the events of middle timeline， and then move on towards the moder This is a beautiful history book for children， and even adults alike。 The illustrations make it such an interesting read， especially for kids。 The book doesn't only talk about a Caveman （homo eructus and our ancient history） and a queen， but it also talks about other historical events as well， like Mona Lisa's painting， animals， cultures and literally everything in between。We start from the ancient history， and move slowly towards the events of middle timeline， and then move on towards the modern times。 I love how organised the information was。 Not ashamed to say I learnt a few things myself。 It's been a long time since we read all this and this book was a great reminder of all the historic facts。 There are loads of maps and diagrams that help teach your little one the geographical areas as well。 The way the information is passed on， isn't limited to just simple illustrations， but it also has a funny edge to it which makes it much more fun to read。I'd say its a perfect book for children （and even adults） and has an entertaining way of learning to it。 。。。more
Steph Warren
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*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the authors， Buster Books and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours。 The decision to review and my opinions are my own。*In comic book style， with bright pictures and dialogue bubbles， this history book is perfect for kids to learn without even realising that their entertainment is educational！The ‘day in the life of’ hook is a clever one that isn’t only restricted to people （a caveman， a queen， an astronomer） but also features animals， plants and ina *I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the authors， Buster Books and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours。 The decision to review and my opinions are my own。*In comic book style， with bright pictures and dialogue bubbles， this history book is perfect for kids to learn without even realising that their entertainment is educational！The ‘day in the life of’ hook is a clever one that isn’t only restricted to people （a caveman， a queen， an astronomer） but also features animals， plants and inanimate objects （an Egyptian cat， a dead sheep， a tulip， a bacteria， a wheel， a flask of soup， the letter ‘v’）。 We all loved the clever way that certain items were used to illustrate big moment in history for a different and interesting historical perspective， for example， ‘A night in the life of a star’ leads to information about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad。The information is organised chronologically， rather than geographically， and spans the entire globe。 We found it quite exciting to leap about from Russia to China， to Italy and back again within the space of a few ‘days’ and the map at the front of the book proved an invaluable resource for placing ourselves as we travelled about。The book starts with homo erectus and the neanderthals in Ancient History， and wends its way through the Middle Ages and Modern Times， to end with smart phones， carbon atoms and a glimpse into the future。 Finally， there is a handy glossary of terms at the end， for reference as you’re reading。I was reminded somewhat of the Horrible Histories series， in terms of the fun factor and presentation， but the contents are less… well… horrible！ Which suits Minishine better， as she is a bit of a delicate soul。Minishine’s thoughts （aged 8）: This book has funny pictures and funny， historical words。 It tells you all about what happened in the past， but only the interesting bits。 I like the parts that have animals in， because I love animals and like learning more about them。 I think you should buy it if you like learning about history and all kinds of different stuff。 I never knew that Catherine the Great’s real name wasn’t even Catherine at all！Babybows’ thoughts （aged 5）: I liked it when the caveman hit his thumb with the axe – that was funny！ The pictures are really good， ‘cos all of their belly buttons are crosses。 I want to know more about how Calico Jack got captured， so me and Mummy are going to look it up。 I want to look up all the cool fighty-fighty stuff！Every school needs a load of copies of this book – they are ideal for school project resources， or just for some entertaining private reading for 8+ year olds。 Home educators – or youngsters who just have a general interest in history and the world around us – will find it invaluable too！'If you’ve ever wanted to know how the first wheel was invented， what life was like for a house in Pompeii and what a Galápagos tortoise thought of Charles Darwin， then look no further。'– Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley， A Day in the Life of a Caveman， a Queen and Everything In BetweenReview by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows bloghttps://bookshineandreadbows。wordpres。。。 。。。more
what_emmy_read
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Want to know about lots of different periods of history， told in a funny and informative way？ Well this is the book for you。 A follow up to A Day in the Life of a Poo， Gnu and You。 This book starts with a day in the life of Homo Erectus and ends with a look to the future。 Split into three sections， Ancient History， The Middle Ages and The Modern Age this book is easy to dip in and out of。 We look at some characters you expect in a history book such as an Egyptian Pharaoh， a Viking and a Queen bu Want to know about lots of different periods of history， told in a funny and informative way？ Well this is the book for you。 A follow up to A Day in the Life of a Poo， Gnu and You。 This book starts with a day in the life of Homo Erectus and ends with a look to the future。 Split into three sections， Ancient History， The Middle Ages and The Modern Age this book is easy to dip in and out of。 We look at some characters you expect in a history book such as an Egyptian Pharaoh， a Viking and a Queen but also ones that will make kids laugh at the titles， like A Stick of Chalk -talking about life with Katherine Johnson。 A Severed Head - taking part in the French Revolution and A Dead Sheep who's skin was used to write the Magna Carta on。 The book is made up of brilliantly illustrated comic book style pages that tell us about the day in the life。 Secret Diary entries， newsflash and bigger picture， all that explains topics in slightly more detail and in more depth。 Even though it covers so much history it doesn't shy away from the tougher topics， talking about why 'discovering' countries wasn't great for the people already living there （plus how can you discover a place where people already live） and how white settlers killed many people by bringing diseases and claiming land as their own。 Emmy loved this book， once she finished it the first time she started reading it from the beginning again。 She's definitely learnt from it too as yesterday was linking what she had read in this book to another book she was reading。 👧 This book is so funny I can't even choose which page is the funniest。 The comic strip pages are my favourite and so are the diary pages。 This was a gifted copy in exchange for a review。 。。。more
Lottie （The Disney Bookworm）
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𝘈 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯， 𝘢 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟As well as the love of reading， I also seem to have passed on my love of history to the Mini Bookworm。 He is 8 and I often find myself digging him out of a pile of "Horrible Histories" books just to tuck him in at night！So when I saw the cover and concept of "A Day in the Life of a Caveman， a Queen and Everything Inbetween"， requesting a spot on the book tour was a no brainer。 This GORGEOUS book takes the concept of the illustr 𝘈 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯， 𝘢 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟As well as the love of reading， I also seem to have passed on my love of history to the Mini Bookworm。 He is 8 and I often find myself digging him out of a pile of "Horrible Histories" books just to tuck him in at night！So when I saw the cover and concept of "A Day in the Life of a Caveman， a Queen and Everything Inbetween"， requesting a spot on the book tour was a no brainer。 This GORGEOUS book takes the concept of the illustrations within HH books and totally runs with it。 The comic book style really spoke to the mini bookworm and really kept him engaged for a long period of time。 In fact， when I asked him if he had any negative points for this review he thought for a very long time before finally saying "it just wasn't long enough"。 The topics are presented in one page snippets - it's not going to teach your kids all about one particular subject but， in my opinion， it is going to get them excited to learn more。 As a parent， I also really appreciated the progression of the topics into modern history。 The civil rights page initiated a whole conversation about segregation and racism for example！ Similarly， fossil fuels and global warming are factors that greatly affect our youngsters， but are presented in a really fun way。 Thank you to Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley for creating this wonderful book， and to Love Books Tours for giving the Mini Bookworm and I the opportunity to review it。 As we live in the same county as Mike Barfield the Mini Bookworm did initially want to find him to be his friend， but apparently will settle for adding "A Day in the Life of a Poo， a Gnu and You" to his Christmas list！ 。。。more
Bianca Duthie
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This is a fantastic read for children and adults alike。 It's set as comic strips which my son thinks is brilliant fun。，1 or 2 pages maximum for each event it describes so its short， snappy and grabs your attention telling you the key points and not overwhelming you with information。 The illustrations are superb and really help capture the essence of the time being described。I really loved the variety of stories throughout and think this is a great way to engage people in a bit of history！My son This is a fantastic read for children and adults alike。 It's set as comic strips which my son thinks is brilliant fun。，1 or 2 pages maximum for each event it describes so its short， snappy and grabs your attention telling you the key points and not overwhelming you with information。 The illustrations are superb and really help capture the essence of the time being described。I really loved the variety of stories throughout and think this is a great way to engage people in a bit of history！My son is 11 and is really enjoying it now too。 。。。more
Rachel Tulloch
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As someone who doesn’t know a lot about history， this book is brilliant！ It’s not just useful for children but I think all ages will appreciate the comic book style of A Day in the Life of a Caveman。 BUT…it’s not just about Cavemen。 Oh no！ It’s about the history of everything that came after！ Kings， Queens， animals， plants and artefacts that are important in World History。 This is the kind of book that helps you learn without you even realising。 The brilliant and bright illustrations engage you As someone who doesn’t know a lot about history， this book is brilliant！ It’s not just useful for children but I think all ages will appreciate the comic book style of A Day in the Life of a Caveman。 BUT…it’s not just about Cavemen。 Oh no！ It’s about the history of everything that came after！ Kings， Queens， animals， plants and artefacts that are important in World History。 This is the kind of book that helps you learn without you even realising。 The brilliant and bright illustrations engage you and draw you in to what you are reading。 There’s funny bits， diaries and key facts that keep your attention throughout。 The book is organised in date order， so you get history from all over the world at once and you can see how the world evolved over time to be what we know it today。 Adam and I enjoyed using the map in the book to find the places that we were reading about。 This added component really helped us picture where these historical events were taking place。 I’d definitely recommend this engaging book if you’re looking for something that little bit different！ 。。。more
Tracey Vince
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First off I want to say a big thank you to Lovebooks Tours for allowing me a spot to review A Day in the Life of a Caveman， Queen and Everything in Between and to the Publishers。I did find this book interesting but I kind of was put off by how it was set out。 To me it was all over the place。 Yes you a certain part of history say the Middle Ages but you would have everything thrown together like different countries and inventions。 Instead having the continents as the chapter headings and then hav First off I want to say a big thank you to Lovebooks Tours for allowing me a spot to review A Day in the Life of a Caveman， Queen and Everything in Between and to the Publishers。I did find this book interesting but I kind of was put off by how it was set out。 To me it was all over the place。 Yes you a certain part of history say the Middle Ages but you would have everything thrown together like different countries and inventions。 Instead having the continents as the chapter headings and then have sub chapters of people， inventions etc。 I would of liked to see more diary entries as they were great fun and really made a great read。 I do think that the right audience will love this book and be able to find a lot of interesting facts and having a glossary at the back。 The illustrations suited the book and for all these reasons I am giving A Day in the Life of A Caveman， A Queen and Everything in Between 3 stars 。。。more
Miriam Morgans
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A Day in the Life of a Caveman/ A Queen and Everything in Between。By Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley BlurbDiscover what A Day In The Life was like for the people， animals and objects that made history。 From comics and secret diaries to detailed diagrams and newsflashes， there are tons of things to discover and fantastic facts to learn。 This is such a fun book。My 10 year old daughter loved the comic book style format with the bright illustrations。She also enjoyed the short， snappy facts with the com A Day in the Life of a Caveman/ A Queen and Everything in Between。By Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley BlurbDiscover what A Day In The Life was like for the people， animals and objects that made history。 From comics and secret diaries to detailed diagrams and newsflashes， there are tons of things to discover and fantastic facts to learn。 This is such a fun book。My 10 year old daughter loved the comic book style format with the bright illustrations。She also enjoyed the short， snappy facts with the comical elements throughout！ The story diary accounts of the characters were fab too！🗯 Fun💭 Factual 🗯 Historical💭 Comical 🗯 Bright illustrations 🗯 Comic book styleI think all young children between the age of 7 and 11 would love this historical fact finder。⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from me！ 🤓 。。。more
Staceywh_17
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