The Boy of the Painted Cave, Justin Denzel
The Boy of the Painted Cave, Justin Denzel
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The Boy of the Painted Cave

Author: Justin Denzel

Narrator: Joshua Swanson

Unabridged: 4 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/21/2018

Synopsis

Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true secret of the hunt.

About The Author

Justin Denzel has been intrigued with history and caves for many years. As a young man he worked at the American Museum of Natural History, where he studied prehistoric cultures. Later, while training for the Army in the days before World War II, he explored the mammoth underground caves of Tennessee.Mr. Denzel's first professional writing experience came in Alaska, where he wrote and edited a periodical, The Alaskan. During World War II he wrote for Nature magazine and for Stars and Stripes.Mr. Denzel is the author of many books for young readers, including the well-loved Boy of the Painted Cave, published in 1988 by Philomel. He lives in Clifton, New Jersey, with his wife, Josephine.copyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christina on December 29, 2015

This is a wonderful story about a boy living in the prehistoric era who wants to be a cave painter despite the fact that he is lame and this would make him unable to be a Chosen One. My kids and I (age 9) are doing a prehistory unit for our homeschooling, and both my kids and I eagerly looked forwar......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on April 08, 2013

It was cool yo......more

Goodreads review by Lily on December 10, 2017

pretty good boring at some times and did not always make sense but when it did it was good and kept me hooked.......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on October 17, 2022

This another book I read to my 6th grade ELA/SS classes. It’s not easy to find a book for 11 and 12 year olds set in prehistoric times, so this one fits the bill. My students love it and we finish by doing our own cave paintings. Pretty fun!......more

Goodreads review by Rena on June 02, 2016

Better than the entire series of Jean Auel's M. Earth's Children series combined. To be fair, Denzel's book came out 8 years after The Clan of the Cave Bear and 6 years after The Valley of Horses but he stuck more to the everyday struggles of a young cave man rather than the everynight sexcapades th......more

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