Stone Age Farmers Beside the Sea: Scotland's Prehistoric Village of Skara Brae

by Caroline Arnold

Book Overview

This description of the Stone Age settlement preserved in the sand dunes of Scotland's Orkney Islands includes how it was discovered and what it reveals about life in prehistoric times. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395776015
• ISBN13: 9780395776018
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Nicely-done intro for young readers.

Caroline Arnold, Stone Age Farmers by the Sea (Clarion, 1997) Stone Age Farmers by the Sea, aimed at a young market, is an interesting introduction and overview to the Orkney archaeological site of Skara Brae. While it's hard to call any sixty-four page profusely-illustrated book comprehensive, Stone Age Farmers by the Sea pauses to consider a number of introductory things that many more advanced-age books ignore, perhaps because those books assume the reader already knows a good bit about Skara Brae. Arnold, by not falling into that trap, comes up with a book that can be enjoyed by young and old novices to Skara Brae alike. *** ½

Good Young Person's Book--Short for the $$

I didn't realize this was a young persons title when I added it to my wish list. After receiving it as a gift, I was at first disappointed. But once I opened it and started reading, almost all was OK. The book is well-written, even if it is targeted for the 8-12 crowd and the pictures are great! The only negative is the $ for such a short book. It's less than 50 pages, but it is nicely printed and bound. I'll enjoy it now and my kids will in a few years when they are older.