The Lake of Mirrors
In a high, hidden valley surrounded by jagged peaks, there was a lake so still it looked like stone. The Sky-Mirror people lived on its shores, convinced that the water …
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In a high, hidden valley surrounded by jagged peaks, there was a lake so still it looked like stone. The Sky-Mirror people lived on its shores, convinced that the water …
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Deep in a valley fringed by a rumbling mountain, a tribe called Ash-Breath lived in uneasy peace with the volcano. Sometimes it slept. Sometimes it spat sparks. Sometimes it vomited …
The Fire Lizard of the Volcano Read MoreBefore maps and compasses, the ocean was a monster’s mouth. Still, Stone Age people hugged its edges, fishing in coves and paddling short distances in hollowed logs. Far out where …
The Whale Song and the Raft Read MoreOn the edge of a dense Stone Age forest, a cave opened like a giant’s mouth, ringed with soot. Inside lived the Flint-Hand clan, hunters and gatherers who told stories …
The Sabertooth and the Cave Child Read MoreIn the wide, cold land where pine forests met ice, mammoths walked in slow, patient lines. Their footprints filled with snow; their breath rose like ghosts. One mammoth, older than …
The Mammoth Who Remembered Fire Read MoreLong before humans dreamed of flying, the cliffs by the endless sea were ruled by the great wings—pterosaurs with beaks like spears and wings wide as a mammoth is long. …
Flight of the Giant Wings Read MoreBefore dogs slept by fires, wolves watched those fires from the dark. Their eyes glowed like twin embers beyond the ring of light, listening to the strange, soft sounds of …
Sky-Singer, the First Tamed Wolf Read MoreThe sky over the Stone Age plain was always busy: vultures circling, mammoths marching, storms rolling in like dark mountains. But nothing shook the ground like Thunderhoof, the last giant …
Thunderhoof, the Last Giant Read MoreIn a neighborhood on the outskirts of Dallas, there was a brown street dog who seemed to belong to everyone and no one. He had no collar, no tag, just …
The Street Dog Who Followed Everyone Read MoreIn rural Tennessee, at the end of a long gravel road, a small rescue farm took in the animals nobody else wanted. That’s where Magnolia arrived—led shakily off a trailer, …
The Blind Horse Nobody Wanted Read More