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Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (The Time Warp Trio)

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"Your Mother Was a Neanderthal," by Jon Scieszka, is a young adult novel in the "Time Warp Trio" series. The book features illustrations by Lane Smith. The story is narrated by Joe, a young schoolboy. With the aid of a magic book, he and his pals Sam and Fred travel back to prehistoric times. They have an adventure involving primitive humans and dangerous prehistoric beasts.

This is a humorous story that is nicely complemented by Smith's surreal, funny drawings. The prehistoric characters are amusing and likeable, and the three "modern" heroes have an entertaining chemistry. Overall, a pretty good adventure.

What do you think would happen if you traveled back to the time of cave men and women? The time warp trio found that out. In the stone age, they met Ma, the leader of a group of cave women,(who were very civilized for their time)and her children, Nat-Li, Lind-say, and Jos-Feen. They also met Duh, the leader of a group of cave men,(who were not 1/2 as civilized as the women). Find out what happens to the Time Warp Trio in this awsome book.

as I couldn't stop doing at the typically boyish descriptions of the misadventures of the Time Warp Trio in this little volume. The jokes may be juvenile, but they're not too juvenile for middle-aged me, and I was perfectly willing to read the whole book to my children for the sake of their (completely satisfactory) reaction to a joke about cooked meat.

I am a fan of TIME WARP TRIO. This is the book my teacher read it to my class. (I'm a second grader on elementary school.)
This is a hilarious book that three boys named Joe, Sam, and Fred travel to the past and the future with The Book. This time they traveled to the past in the Stone Age. The three boys lost everything except Fred's baseball cap, Sam's glasses, and Joe's straw. Then,as they follow the three girls,the adventrue begins!
I recommend this book to anyone who likes funny,adventurous,and science stories.

Time Traveling
By Zachary


Your Mother Was A Neanderthal is about three boys named Fred,Sam,and Joe who go to the past and see LIVE NEANDERTHALS!!! When they are there,they go through a lot of adventures such as teaching the Neanderthals to read and write.They got to the past by a book called The Book that Joe's uncle gave to Joe for his birthday.
Hope is found in this book because they hoped they would get back to the future because they were in the past.
A message in the story is never get ahead of your self.I agree with this because sometimes when I write stories,I put important things in front of other important things.Another is never give up.I agree with this because I never give up when hard things happen.
If I could trade places with a character in the story it would be Sam because I could recreate modern civilization in the Stone Age.
I think Sam represents intelligence because he can make clothes using leaves and vines.I think Joe represents magic because he knows a lot of magic tricks.
My point of view about the characters is I think Joe,Fred,and Sam are good characters.
Before I read Your Mother Was A Neanderthal I thought that you should give up if things were way to hard but after I read this book I changed my schema,now I think you should never give up.
I recommend this book to boys and girls because both might like the setting.Also recommend this book to kids in reading level 2 through reading level 4.I gave my book a 5 star rating.

Overall, this was a pretty good book, but it doesn't match Knights of the Kitchen Table and Sam Samurie for Time Warp Trio fun. While it was entertaining to watch them run from the girls, hide from the sabertooth, etc., it was hard to believe that they were in any danger. The dialogue was often witty, but the plot a little thin which took away from the adventure. If you've read the other Time Warp Trio books, then you should read this one, but if you've never enjoyed the adventures of Fred, Sam and Joe you should try one of the better ones first.

Also recommended - King Fortis the Brave - probably the best young adult fantasy book to come out since the Chronicles of Narnia were published.

The book that I'm reading is Your Mother Was a Neanderthal by Jon Scieszka. This book is very interesting and mysterious. It's all about going through time and seeing what life was like in the past. The part I like best is when they find the Neanderthal, but you'll have to find that out yourself. Anyone who likes to read fantasy should get this book. It makes you feel like your really there and this is no joke. I'm sure you will agree with me but that's your decision to make.

This is a very good book for all ages even for adults and theirs a series too! Try the books that are The Time Warp Trio. Some other books you might want to try are Summer Reading Is Killing Me, 2095, and It's All Greek To Me! I have read mostly all of the series of the Time Warp Trio books and I'm still trying to finish it up. Try the best you can a getting these books and I hope you enjoy them!

Are teacher in foruth grade read it to us and we thought it was the max!

This is the second of Time Warp Trio adventures which my daughter (8 years old) and I have read. Again, we laughed and were intrigued to follow the adventure. Again, the illustrations were humorous and imaginative! Best of all the end of the story was a creative twist which had us look at each other and question what was said and what did it mean.

I work as a volunteer librarian at a local school and am always on the lookout for books that the younger boys would like to read. I think I have found a series that everyone will like. Not only did my eight year old twins love the book, but parents of students who have read the book have been asking about it! We currently have 3 of the 4 available titles in this series and can't keep them on the shelves..... so if you are looking for something for your 6-10 year old child to read --- look no farther