Children of the Past: Archeology and the Lives of Kids

Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray Public Library, Gray, Me, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 19, 2017

Review

Many books have been written about the lives of peoples of the past. Lois Huey has taken this theme and looked at the lives of children. She begins with the cave roamers. The hand and foot prints found in and around caves dating back 20,000 years ago, belonged to the children of the time. She brings the reader through the ages, looking at how children lived and played 20,000 years ago, the hunter-gatherers of 8,000 years ago, the farmer kids of 1,000 years ago and the children of Fort Moss dating back 250 years ago.She shows the reader that children have made an imprint on history. The book is set to impart information. It is done in a way that keeps the reader wanting to continue. Photographs, diagrams, maps support the text and add visual information. Huey has let the reader slip back in time to see how their peers lived. This is an excellent book for a unit on history, archeology, even art.

Overall Book Score: excellent