As a primary school teacher, one of my topics is the Stone Age. I really enjoyed this book for its introduction to different periods of the stone age and how things were similar, but different, between the different times. It showed some accurate representations of what they wore, how they talked, how they hunted and how they lived which I feel would be really insightful. The use of illustrations also supported some of these prominent images and I think it would help to support this topic well.

My only issue I had when reading it was that at times there were so many sheot sentences it felt like it didn't flow as well, though this was due to trying to build suspense I am sure.

Really enjoyed my second outing with Scarlet and Thomas into the past. I have previously read the Viking Attack one and loved it.
This one is similar in that Grandad has invented a time machine and they can both travel back to any point in time and they actually travel back to 2 places in this...early Stone Age and late Stone Age. The fact that they are twins and always end up in a slightly different area allows for a lot more historical knowledge to come across too. Through their activities whether it be hunting, travelling with people or moving the stones to Stonehenge, the reader gains lots of historical knowledge about that particular period of time including clothing, food, beliefs, society and customs. This is a good book for Years 3 and 4 upwards as it is easily accessible in terms of short chapters, lots of action and illustrations but is full of learning about history.