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UG

UG

BOY GENIUS OF THE STONE AGE AND HIS SEARCH FOR SOFT TROUSERS.
Children's BooksHistorical Fiction
Pages
32
Published
2001
Language
English

Synopsis

Ug, a young cave boy, lives in a prehistoric world where everything is made of stone. He longs for softer clothes, more comfortable food, and inventions that will make life a little easier. Follow Ug's humorous attempts to introduce modern conveniences to his Stone Age family, often with chaotic and funny results.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

FunnyLightheartedWhimsical

Genres

Children's Books Historical Fiction

About the author

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Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, to parents Ernest Redvers Briggs (1900–1971), a milkman, and Ethel Bowyer (1895–1971), a former lady's maid-turned-housewife, who married in 1930. His other known relatives are: an adoptive paternal grandmother (his father's step-mother), his maternal grandparents, and two maternal uncles who died during childhood. He attended Rutlish School, at that time a grammar school, pursued cartooning from an early age and, despite his father's attempts to...