The Lost Village of Skara Brae Book Cover

What's the Book About?

In Scotland, a great storm washed away tonnes of soil to reveal remains of a village that existed 4,000 years before. Longer sentences and a wider range of unfamiliar terms

Book Details

  • Band:
  • Scheme: Collins Big Cat
  • Type: Non-Fiction
  • Author: Mick Gowar

Reviews from Our Readers

Robert (Age 6)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
It tells you what the past was like in the time which archaeologists call the New Stone Age. It is about a village which got covered in tonnes of sand and soil 4,000 years ago.

The main characters are
It's Non-Fiction

My favourite part of the book is
My favourite part was finding out about the Great Storm and I really liked the pictures because because the sea wasn't like normal it was half white.

I would also like to say
I enjoyed learning how people might have lived 4,000 years ago and I learnt: they had animal skins for blankets and bracken for a mattress.

See a Sample Page

The Lost Village of Skara Brae Sample Page