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"A funny picture book about Pod, a boy with a cold bottom! Will stone underpants suit him, or does he need to be more inventive? ""I really do need something to keep my bottom warm,"" Pod told his Dad. ""You could make something,"" Dad said. ""Stone is very handy."" Pod has a problem. His bottom is bare and there's a cold wind blowing! Dad suggests he makes some stone underpants but they're no good. Pod can't run, kick or bend with stone underpants holding him back. Pod tries different materials to warm his bottom, each with their own draw backs. Will he ever make pants that are comfy and warm? Praise for Stone Underpants ""[I]t is Pod's persistence to engage in trial and error, even in the face of multiple failures, that turns this book from mere Stone Age silliness into a lesson of tackling a problem from multiple angles.""--Kirkus Reviews Ideal for 4 - 7 year olds, Stone Underpants is a delightfully fun read. Children can learn from Pod's resilience and can-do attitude."

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The only thing funnier than underwear? Prehistoric underwear!! (Bare) necessity may be the mother of invention, but that doesn't guarantee that one gets it right the first time. It's the Stone Age, and after chilly cave-dweller Pod informs his father that 'I really do need something to keep my bottom warm, ' what follows is a series of missteps on the road to success. Naturally, Pod's father's first suggestion is that he use stone to make himself some undies. When that leads to a near drowning, the undaunted Pod tries wood, shells, spider webs, mud, and feathers before a woolly mammoth offers up the finest solution. Plenty of visual gags abound in the cartoonish art during Pod's misadventures, with a highly amused mammoth in the background mirroring young readers' inevitable delight. But it is Pod's persistence to engage in trial and error, even in the face of multiple failures, that turns this book from mere Stone Age silliness into a lesson of tackling a problem from multiple angles. Pod and his family are light-skinned, and he has a multiracial group of friends. A brief but amusing escapade into underwear history. --Kirkus Reviews --Journal

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Rebecca Lisle has written more than 25 books for children. She lives in Bristol, UK. Richard Watson spent many of his younger years drawing medieval knights, dragons, and entire comic books inspired by his love of reading. He studied illustration at Lincoln University and lives in the north of England.

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