Books like Your Mother Was a Neanderthal by Jon Scieszka

The Day the Crayons Quit is a whimsical picture book in which Duncan discovers a pile of letters from his crayons, each complaining about how they’re used.

A playful, meta‑twist on classic fairy tales, where characters rewrite the story and even the book’s layout.

Geronimo Stilton’s ancient ancestor, the cavemouse Geronimo Stiltonoot, runs a stone newspaper in Old Mouse City where the priceless Stone of Fire is stolen—he and friend Hercule Poirat must recover it from the tyrant Tiger Khan.

Pint‑sized poultry chaos ensues when Little Red Chicken interrupts her papa’s bedtime tales, turning a quiet night into a raucous, humorous storytime adventure.

Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to journey to the Ice Age, where they meet Cro‑Magnons, cave bears, sabertooth tigers and woolly mammoths in a prehistoric adventure.

A classroom lesson turns a student’s enthusiasm for math into a persistent math anxiety that feels like a curse.

The Time Warp Trio series, featuring Jon Scieszka’s wacky humor, now boasts a fresh eye-catching design that welcomes long‑time fans and newcomers alike.

A wild cavemice contest races to Boulder Bay, where participants chase rare hot‑lava peppers and a hefty cash prize while avoiding extinction.

Choose your plot in a time-travel adventure story with a map leading to a portal.

A witty collection of contemporary fables where talking squids and other animals offer tongue‑in‑cheek lessons about homework, curfews, and TV ads.

Three kids travel back to medieval Scotland and join Lady Agnes in a battle against the English, while facing the recurring threat of the villainous Mad Jack.

Franny K. Stein, a high‑school mad scientist, travels to the past to prevent her embarrassing name from being revealed at the science fair, only to confront her younger self in a chaotic time‑battle.

Three adventurous boys tumble through time via a magical book, only to find themselves prisoners to the infamous pirate Blackbeard and his crew.

Scientists have long known that the popular image of the Neanderthal as a primitive, hairy, heavily browed, club-wielding brute is not supported by the fossil evidence. But to date, no such consensus has existed on the riddle of Neanderthals’ disappearance. The Last Neanderthal, written by one of the most respected authorities on the subject and supported by a dazzling wealth of material, paints the first full portrait of the most familiar and haunting of human relatives. Drawing on the latest findings and sophisticated new techniques of analysis, Ian Tattersall marshals the best available evidence to unravel the mysteries of the Neanderthals - who they were, how they lived, how they succeeded for so long. Drawing on his own research and the work of others, Tattersall takes on the most fascinating question of all - what happened to them? This revised edition is fully updated to include information on Tattersall’s recent survey of all known Neanderthal fossils, cutting-edge work with Neanderthal DNA, and new discoveries in Spain.

When an archaeological dig sparks her curiosity, eleven‑year‑old Esther is whisked back to the Pleistocene, where she experiences firsthand the daily life of prehistoric peoples in the glacial epoch.

In this playful picture book, a teacher inspires the class to hear the hidden poetry of science, but a misbegotten curse leaves one student listening only to science‑based verses that echo familiar poems.

Joe, Fred, and Sam are whisked by a mystical book to the main ring-ball court of Chichin Itza in 1000 A.D., where they must compete for their lives against a cheating Mayan high priest.

A funny attempt to capture our beginning with a humorous view of everyday tasks. We follow the main characters Lucy and Andy and their family as they explore new possibilities. In this edition we follow them as they discover art, new clothing styles, and start hunting... MAMMOTH?!? Be sure to check out their new book “ Lucy and Andy Neanderthal in... dun dun dun dun!! The Stone Cold Age!” That sounds really “cool!” Ha ha! See you in four million years!

40,000 years in the past, the last family of Neanderthals roams the earth. After a crushingly hard winter, their numbers are low, but Girl, the oldest daughter, is just coming of age and her family is determined to travel to the annual meeting place and find her a mate. But the unforgiving landscape takes its toll, and Girl is left alone to care for Runt, a foundling of unknown origin. As Girl and Runt face the coming winter storms, Girl realizes she has one final chance to save her people, even if it means sacrificing part of herself. In the modern day, archaeologist Rosamund Gale works well into her pregnancy, racing to excavate newly found Neanderthal artifacts before her baby comes. Linked across the ages by the shared experience of early motherhood, both stories examine the often taboo corners of women's lives. Haunting, suspenseful, and profoundly moving, THE LAST NEANDERTHAL asks us to reconsider all we think we know about what it means to be human.

Sibling duo Nolan and Olive secretly welcome the legendary Benjamin Franklin into their kitchen, bamboozling him with modern gadgets while the boy learns about the world that shaped America.