Long Long Ago

From crossing rivers to hauling heavy loads, this title of the Crafty Inventions series poses the problems that lead to 10 of the very first inventions. Work out how the wheel transformed people's everyday lives and why the spear became a cutting-edge weapon. Then re-create a cave painting, build a hut-on-stilts and craft your own raft, bridge and water dipper. This fun and educational series brings a fresh new approach to the many aspects of invention. It traces the history of over 120 great inventions and inventors, from prehistoric times into the 21st century and beyond.Mercury Books is the author of 'Long Long Ago', published 2005 under ISBN 9781904668688 and ISBN 1904668682.