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Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age
To the dismay of his parents and friends, a prehistoric boy continually thinks of making things softer, warmer, and nicer, rather than being content in a world of stone.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
October 8th 2002
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
(first published 2001)
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Hail to the forward thinkers who aren't satisfied with the status quo! This is a very clever and humorous book about Ug, a cave boy who is unsatisfied with many aspects of the "stone age", a phrase which is interpreted by Raymond Briggs with great comic effect -- his prehistoric people have stone pants, stone blankets, stone canoes, stone soccer balls, etc. Much to the dismay of his parents, particularly his frowny mother, Ug is constantly asking why things can't be different, and, in his mind,...more
Ug is a young boy, with thoughts way ahead of his time. All Ug wants is soft, warm trousers. Is that so much to ask for? In the stone age, it seems so. Everything that Ug does or says, his parents (especially his mom) think is stupid. Ug tries to create a boat (but fails because he makes it out of stone, until he later realizes that maybe he could use "bits of tree"), he invents the wheel and has thoughts about "the hot", how to "bend the stream", "stop animals from running away" and creating "s...more
i chose this book after seeing it in the library.
this book fits under the category 'a book that teaches you about another time in history'
ug is about a little boy called ug who is sick of everything being based on stones e.g stone trousers, stone beds, stone bouncy balls. he wants to have soft trousers and warm beds but everyone else just mocks him about his ambitions to have a softer, warmer environment but even against the ridiculing of his neighbours he pursues his dream of one day having sof...more
this book fits under the category 'a book that teaches you about another time in history'
ug is about a little boy called ug who is sick of everything being based on stones e.g stone trousers, stone beds, stone bouncy balls. he wants to have soft trousers and warm beds but everyone else just mocks him about his ambitions to have a softer, warmer environment but even against the ridiculing of his neighbours he pursues his dream of one day having sof...more
This comic style book is about a boy ahead of his time.
While this book is listed as for ages 5+ and it looks like a young children's book, I think that older students could appreciate and identify with this book more. As an easy, illustrated read, this book could be used well in a humanities course to model how we read books and respectfully discuss ideas. The reading level is low enough to include special needs or english language learners and the ideas in this book are sophisticated enough to...more
While this book is listed as for ages 5+ and it looks like a young children's book, I think that older students could appreciate and identify with this book more. As an easy, illustrated read, this book could be used well in a humanities course to model how we read books and respectfully discuss ideas. The reading level is low enough to include special needs or english language learners and the ideas in this book are sophisticated enough to...more
A clever idea to have a boy genius in the Stone Age. Ug doesn't like his stone pants and wants nice, comfortable soft ones. Fair enough too. Ug also doesn't like the stone bed he sleeps on, or the stone blanket he sleeps under. And the cold, raw ""dead animal bits"" well they don't seem that appealing either. Somehow though the book falls a bit flat, even the concepts behind it are quite imaginative.
Now you don't have to tell the kids how spoiled they are by comparing their lives to your childhood, you can just share this book with them. Too bad for the sad ending though - otoh I have no idea where the author could have taken the concept that would have been more satisfying.
Maybe a teacher (maybe of 7-8 year-olds) could have the students write or draw their own ending.
Maybe a teacher (maybe of 7-8 year-olds) could have the students write or draw their own ending.
Ug, who lives in the stone age, longs for a pair of soft trousers, and imagines a world where things are nice and soft and warm as opposed to cold and hard and dreary. His curiosity and forward-thinking throw his mom and dad and friend Ag for a loop and in the end all of his ideas (irrigation, cooking and heating using fire, boats, and the wheel) result in nothing but a frustrated grown-up Ug. I read this with my 6-year-old, but I think he might understand it better in a few years. He loved the...more
Another one of those "kid" books that's really for adults! A stone age boy laments living in the stone age because, well, everything is made of stone. His parents are dismayed over him not accepting things as they are. The ending is hilarious and not the expected end of the tale.
I loved the fact that there is always someone who is not content with the way things are and seeks to find a way to make his ideas work and make life better for himself and others. An encouraging book for any child who feels he thinks differently than his friends.
Kind of sad for a picture book that seems at first like it should be funny. I'd say it's more directed at parents than children since it demonstrates a parent's ability to either embrace or squelch a child's creativity.
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Not much of a story here, although I did appreciate the naming of "meat" by its much more proper title, "dead animal bits." I thought it was more than a little odd that Mom spends the entire story running around topless.
This book is just bad. It's storyline is terrible. How can you write a book about a boy who wants things to be soft? The illustartons are dirty, the plotline is terrible and the facts are obvious. This is the only book i remember that i just think 'bad'. Do not reccomend to anyone because this is a terrible.
Should be required reading for all children to ensure they grow up asking the right kind of questions. Brilliant written and fantastic illustration.
This was the first graphic novel I have read. It was cute, but not overwhelmingly amusing.
Stone age boy wants things that are "nice and soft and warm" - much to the consternation of his parents, especially his mother.
Good book but not really suitable for reading to a small child as it's in comic format.
Read this while waiting for the bus. My favorite are the anachranisms.
One of the books listed in "1001 Children's Books"
Really wants warm things, Ug.
Brilliantly witty.
Apr 15, 2013
Misha Rai
marked it as to-read
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Raymond Redvers Briggs is an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist, and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. He is best known for his story "The Snowman", which is shown every Christmas on British television in cartoon form and on the stage as a musical.
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