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  • Published: 1 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241320129
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 32

UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers




A refreshed edition of this funny and touching account of one boy's refusal to accept the limitations of his stone age world.

Ug and his parents live in the Stone Age. And that means stone blankets, stone cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers! Being an inquisitive and intelligent child, Ug suggests a series of modifications to improve the quality of family life. His ideas about heating, cooking, boats, and balls that actually bounce are initially met with a hostile reaction. But with the help of his father, who slowly comes round to his son's way of thinking, Ug comes tantalisingly close to his ultimate garment goal . . .

  • Published: 1 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241320129
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 32

About the author

Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs is one of the most successful picture book creators of our time. His books include classics, such as Father ChristmasThe Snowman, and Fungus the Bogeyman. Several of his books have been televised and When the Wind Blows has also been staged as theater. Briggs won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration twice and his book Ug was the winner of the Nestlé Smarties Silver Award. He lives in Sussex, England. 

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