Jean M Auel 6 Books Earths Children Collection Pack Set (The Valley of Horses...

The best series ever. Character development and descriptions of early humans absolutely astounding and wonderful. This was one series I could not put down until I read all six books. I wish there were more coming.

An incredible journey through six books that you cannot put down! This series was recommended by a friend and I’ll be forever grateful. A true glimpse into life 30,000 years ago but told with vivid characters , customs, and riveting moments. Moments of pain, sadness, love, and friendships that compels the reader to want more! This should be a must read for anyone who is looking for a “good read”!

I was engaged in this series for about 9 months. I don't have a lot of time to read, so it took a while to finish, but when I got to the end, I was sad it was over. I will say it started to lose momentum toward the end which is kind of like life -- we grow old and feeble and then don't mind dying quite so much. I gave it 5 stars, but I'm going to check other reviews after writing this to see if anyone else was disappointed that the story was more linear than circular. By that I mean, I expected that the life and child left behind in the first book would come together as part of the plot by the end of the story. And that the main character's lineage or identity would be discovered. I hate loose ends even if it serves reality better. I learned a great deal about a time in history I knew nothing about -- the ice age. I realize much was conjecture, but the author did her homework and bought to life a time that most of us don't much think about. I found interesting even the descriptions of herbs used for medicines and landscapes and animals -- none of it got boring. The only page skipping I did was the sex scenes that went on and on with an explicitness that I could have done without. Not a good book for young people only because of this. There is some serious brutality, including rape of a child that is pretty upsetting, but this fell within the description of a culture that was very different from ours. To have avoided it would not have made sense. Yet, the book brought out the commonality of human beings of all ages. We see what the need for acceptance does to people, we see the givers and takers and those who have the courage to be different. We see jealousy, power mongers, and the timeless values of compassion, strength, and character. I will read it again at some point, minus the explicit sex.

The Clan of the Cave Bear was originally published in 1980. I was 3. This book was on the family bookshelf my entire life. Along with the next 5 books as they came out until the final one in 2011. My mom has always claimed this as her favorite book. I was never interested until the family home burnt down in 2022 and i had to start replacing all her stuff. Bought found this collection of all 6 books on kindle and purchased it for her. 6 months go by and she found them all in hardback at a used bookstore. I flipped through and Ayla caught my attention. I generally read a book a day. These 6 books took me over almost 2 months to read. The research the author did for this must have been SO extensive. She made me learn things while entertaining me at the same time. That’s hard to do. The journey of Ayla and then Jondalar was truly epic. Their love story is what kept me coming back for more. I did have to take a break during the Mammoth Hunters. Jondalar had to pull his head out of his a$$ and it was giving me slight anxiety. Then again in the Land of the Painted Caves. While I didn’t care for the ending, I’m hoping that the author will surprise us with another book. It took her 30 years to write 6 of them. Maybe she’s been in hiding the last 15 writing the last installment? We can only hope.

Finally, many years ago I borrowed an audio tape from the local library . It was of poor quality but I enjoyed listening. It ended where the first book ended. A friend told me there is much more to the Story! I'm so glad she did. I purchased the series with a gift certificate and have enjoyed it immensely

This MP3 box set was an easy way to download all six books of Jean Auel's Earth Children series to my MP3. The set includes 13 discs, with each book on 2 discs (Land of the Painted Caves is on 3 discs). Download was as easy as drag-and-drop from the disc to my MP3 player - no conversion. I originally was planning on checking out the audio books from the library, but the books were each about 23 discs - which means sitting in front of a computer feeding in each disc, waiting for the computer to convert audio to MP3 format, then uploading to the MP3 x 23+ discs, x 6 books. I originally read the books as they were published over the 30 year period (1980 - 2011). The audio version has been a great way to revisit this epic series, while not having to wait 2 to 12 years between each book. I can listen on the treadmill, while walking the dog, driving, cooking dinner and straightening the house. The Narrator is gifted in changing her voice for various characters, setting the tone, and adding the perfect inflection. I experience the same virtual reality feeling while listening to her read as I do sitting and reading the physical book. The story, of course, is amazing. Jean Auel certainly did her research while writing these novels, as she goes into every detail of what life would have been like in prehistoric Europe and how the early modern humans may have interacted with the Neanderthals sharing the same geography and time period.

This is a good idea about how humans developed and mixed DNA with Neanderthal ancestors. We tend to believe that we are superior when we are just different, we are also a mixture of our ancestors. Great Series, I re-read them every few years. I used to have to wait years for the next book. Keepers!

The time Jean spent in research is amazing. This is a fabulously written series. This is the third time I’ve read this set of books. I loved that Ayla is a healer. The research on the herbal and medical treatments she used in this series spot on.

Author has done incredible research into past anthropology, geology, ancient customs, plant usage, and so much more. Fascinating tale of one incredible person’s journey growing up with Neanderthal clans and then living with more adaptable next generation ‘Others”. Is a Love story, with some graphic “pleasures” and complicated interpersonal relational ships. Each book repeats some of the previous books history which can be a bit redundant if you read the books back to back. I am totally enjoying the series.

Die ersten Zeilen und Seiten fielen aufgrund der vielen Informationen zur Einführung vielleicht noch etwas schwer. Einmal den Einstieg geschafft, war aber das Interesse geweckt, und ich von der Geschichte gefesselt. Ich habe die deutsche Version der Reihe komplett verschlungen und arbeite mich gerade durch die (für mich) doch etwas schwierigere englische Originalversion durch. Auch wenn es einige wenige Passagen gibt, die doch langatmig wirken, Stichwort Lied der Mutter, explizite Schilderungen über die beiden Hauptdarsteller der Reihe, insgesamt würde ich aber selbst diese Strecken nicht missen wollen, sie tragen letztlich doch in gewisser Weise zum besseren Verständnis der gesamten Situation bei. Die Geschichte schildert den Werdegang einies kleinen Mädchens hin zur Frau, ihre Berufung zu ihren Aufgaben im Clan und so weiter. Die Story orientiert sich an den sehr umfangreichen Rechergen zu den bekannten Steinzeit-Höhlen in Spanien und Frankreich und bezieht diese teilweise ebenso mit ein, wie sie eine mögliche Handels- und Migrationsroute entlang der Donau von deren Mündung in das Schwarze Meer aus zum Thema macht. Rundum eine packende Geschichte, vielleicht sogar eine "Geschichtsstunde", die das Leben von Neandertaler und Neuzeitmensch "Homo Sapiens" neben einander in der damaligen Zeit veranschaulicht und gleichzeitig auch eine Mögliche Erklärung für die Entwicklung zu fiinden versucht. Man kann auch recht gut erkennen, wie viel (oder wie wenig!?) sich seit der Steinzeit bis heute tatsächlich geändert hat.

Great story full of information and tAkes you into the world/age and what a series. Highly recommended

Vale a pena ler essa série. muito interessante.

Recibido en perfectas condiciones. De momento sólo he leído el primer libro, me ha gustado mucho.