(2) K-3 In 1940 France, four young men discovered an extensive cave with six hundred prehistoric paintings. McCully's own handsome paintings vary from crisply defined characters and events above ground to dark, impressionistic scenes within the cave. An appended note cites the "varying versions" of events that McCully drew on for her "fictional re-creation." An excellent introduction to this extraordinary site. Bib.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2010

(3) 4-6 Frozen in Time series. Patent plumbs the historical mysteries of a dinosaur bone bed in Montana, the prehistoric artwork found in a French cave, and "Oetzi," the five-thousand-year-old mummy uncovered in the Alps. Illustrations of varying quality and clear color photos accompany the texts, which discuss the circumstances of each find, explain how scientists have investigated these discoveries, and make conjectures on what is still unknown. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta