{"product_id":"afterward-everything-was-different-a-tale-from-the-pleistocene","title":"Afterward, Everything Was Different: A Tale from the Pleistocene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the creators of \u003ci\u003eDrawing Outdoors\u003c\/i\u003e, which was praised as \"full of wonder\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e ★) and a \"fanciful intermingling of art, science and nature\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis almost wordless picture book set in the dawn of human life imagines how art and storytelling were born from the power of one young girl's observation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, during the Pleistocene, somewhere between two-and-a-half million and ten thousand years ago, small groups of people traveled their known world, hunting for food, seeking shelter, and slowly becoming more like the people we are today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs far back as 40,000 years ago (and maybe even earlier) people began drawing pictures on cave walls. And a bit later, they carved images onto stones. Some pictures are of humans, usually drawn as stick figures, but most are of animals. We don't know their purpose, though in some cases, evidence seems to suggest they were used for storytelling. But when we look at these pictures, we can't help but admire the extraordinary talent of the first artists. They aren't just scratches on the wall. They are great art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book of few words, we follow a young girl who notices everything that happens around her as her people search for a cave to shelter for the winter. And we can believe that she feels the absolute necessity to draw what she has seen and to tell stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfterward, Everything was Different\u003c\/i\u003e features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackmatter explaining what we know—and don’t know—about cave drawings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStunning black and white illustrations of life during the Pleistocene.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJairo Buitrago \u003c\/b\u003e(author) and \u003cb\u003eRafael Yockteng \u003c\/b\u003e(illustrator) have collaborated on many highly acclaimed picture books, including \u003ci\u003eDrawing Outdoors, Jimmy the Greatest!, Two White Rabbits, Walk With Me, and Lion and Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e. They won the A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book Competition for the Spanish edition of Walk With Me (Camino a casa), which was also named to the IBBY Honour List and the Kirkus Prize shortlist. Their books have also appeared on\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews Best Books, the Horn Book Fanfare,\u003c\/i\u003e and in the \u003ci\u003eWhite Ravens \u003c\/i\u003ecatalogue. Buitrago lives in Mexico City. Yockteng lives in Bogotá.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greystone Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608593629293,"sku":"1778400604","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/9054\/1933\/files\/Afterward_EverythingWasDifferent-A-Tale-from-the-Pleistocene.jpg?v=1790775457","url":"https:\/\/www.contexto.shop\/products\/afterward-everything-was-different-a-tale-from-the-pleistocene","provider":"Contexto","version":"1.0","type":"link"}