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The Observer, July 22, 2001
with his wry eye for detail and sense of narrative pace ...Briggs invests this little fantasy with great warmth...
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The Sunday Times, 2nd September, 2001
...a wonderfully witty jeu d'esprit... a very funny and clever book... Ug is not the only genius; Briggs is one too.
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91 of 91 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
UG, sad, happy or funny? The beginning is fun and enjoyable but later, Ug the stone-age boy, becomes sad and depressed. He's far too ahead of his time for anyone to understand him. He thinks up all kinds of inventions that are commonly used today, for example, fire so that the food could be cooked, wooden boats and light, soft balls for tennis and football. He even thinks of making a wheel. Ug also believes in feelings and affection, like giving his mother a bunch of flowers, just because they are pretty. Sadly for Ug, she mistakes them for food and eats them!
Ug is always having good ideas but all the other stone age people, like his parents Dug and Dugs and his friend Ag, think he's mad. When he grows out of his trousers, his ambition is to have a pair of soft trousers made out of the skin of a woolly mammoth rather than wearing stone trousers, but no one knows how to make them. Ug's dad tries to be helpful but Ug's idea are too advanced.
Ug's story makes us think about how we've developed from the stone age. Raymond Briggs's includes lots of jokes about how ideas may look silly to people at one time but often happen much later on.
Ug is always having good ideas but all the other stone age people, like his parents Dug and Dugs and his friend Ag, think he's mad. When he grows out of his trousers, his ambition is to have a pair of soft trousers made out of the skin of a woolly mammoth rather than wearing stone trousers, but no one knows how to make them. Ug's dad tries to be helpful but Ug's idea are too advanced.
Ug's story makes us think about how we've developed from the stone age. Raymond Briggs's includes lots of jokes about how ideas may look silly to people at one time but often happen much later on.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A forward thinking boy who attempts to make trousers out of soft and smooth fabric?
It is the one and only stone-aged UG. He lives in a freezing cold cave. This glorious book was written by the fabulous Raymond Briggs.
UG, with a pair of grumpy parents called Dug and Dugs, has a massive challenge ahead.
Raymond Briggs was rightly awarded the Kate Greenway award.
With his fabulous drawings he could win another award.
UG is always keen to find new ways to make life easier, and keeps on asking for things to be nice, soft and warm.
Now tough parents Dug and Dugs get as cross as they can with UG.
Finally the dad understands.
A book written in comic strip style, UG looks set to entral generations of youngsters.
Will UG ever get everything he wanted or will he not?
It is the one and only stone-aged UG. He lives in a freezing cold cave. This glorious book was written by the fabulous Raymond Briggs.
UG, with a pair of grumpy parents called Dug and Dugs, has a massive challenge ahead.
Raymond Briggs was rightly awarded the Kate Greenway award.
With his fabulous drawings he could win another award.
UG is always keen to find new ways to make life easier, and keeps on asking for things to be nice, soft and warm.
Now tough parents Dug and Dugs get as cross as they can with UG.
Finally the dad understands.
A book written in comic strip style, UG looks set to entral generations of youngsters.
Will UG ever get everything he wanted or will he not?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A must for any Raymond Briggs fans (or anyone with a good sense of humour), bought this for my 7 year old nephew and seems to be a winner. This book, like his others, manages to appeal to adults and children.
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this book goes down really well with both my 5 year old and 2 year old. i wonder what the two year old actually understands, but she certainly laughs at the funny pictures! Read more
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Ug: Boy Genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers
What a fantastic book, it really engaged the children that I worked with. The book was like new and only cost [...] what a brillant purchase. Read more
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I would never have bought it if I had realised it was cartoons, not because I have anything against cartoon books but because these cartoons are very difficult to read (cramped... Read more
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Fantastic fantasy !
This book should appeal to all children and adults alike, who have a sense of imagination. When you read the book you will be transported into the stone age and learn lots of... Read more
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developing curiosity
This book is excellent for young readers as, apart from the attractive drawings, it encourages a sense of curiosity and comment and shows too that you need to develop your own... Read more
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