# Title of Children's Book from Early 1970s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861 "2014-01-04T07:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861/1 "2014-01-04T07:45:34Z")
This is a long shot, but I’d like to know the title of a book that my 2nd grade student teacher read to the class in 1972. The story took place during an ice age and the main character was a cave man who hunted mammoth. That’s about all I remember. She would read for about half an hour each day and is one of my favorite memories from elementary school. Would love to read it now. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861/2 "2014-01-04T09:06:56Z")
The only children’s book about cavemen I know is [Stig of the Dump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_of_the_Dump), but that’s set in modern day. Well, the 1960s. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861/3 "2014-01-04T09:15:01Z")
Was the main character exiled from his people? I remember one like that, I’ll have to look up the title. He was kind of an inventor, learned how to make a bow, and to smoke meat. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861/4 "2014-01-04T09:23:18Z")
How about this, [Og - Son of Fire](http://www.trussel.com/prehist/crump/ogs.htm) by Irving Crump. ---
**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861/5 "2014-01-04T13:35:15Z")
I don’t remember him being exiled, but I wouldn’t rule it out. Og seems a possibility. I’m checking it out to see if something jogs my memory. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861/6 "2014-01-04T20:57:30Z")
Is it _Fire-Hunter_, by Jim Kjelgaard? > **[Fire-Hunter: Jim Kjelgaard, Ralph Ray: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Hunter-Jim-Kjelgaard/dp/B00005VWW4)** > > Fire-Hunter \[Jim Kjelgaard, Ralph Ray\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Fire-Hunter This link is to Amazon, and you can even read part of the book. And sometimes cover pictures jog memories. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-of-childrens-book-from-early-1970s/677861/7 "2014-01-04T23:22:10Z")
Littlenose? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-eYnY3-u-uE/hqdefault.jpg "Jackanory - Little Nose") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eYnY3-u-uE)