Caveboy Dave

Viking Children’s Books

Illustrated by Phil McAndrew

A graphic novel series of prehistoric proportions!

His grandpa invented fire. His dad invented the wheel. How will Caveboy Dave leave his mark?

Dave Unga-Bunga has always been more scrawny than brawny. This is a major problem when your village expects you to become a meat-bringer. At age twelve, all young cave-people must stalk through the eerie mushroom forests for a prehistoric beast the village can feast on. But Dave would much rather invent stuff for a better life—like underwear to make loincloths less itchy and cutlery to make eating less filthy. Can Dave save his group by inventing the perfect defense against a bloodthirsty pokeyhorn? Or will he MEET HIS DOOM?  

“A prehistoric version of Wimpy Kid meets Captain Underpants.”

— Boys life

“Prehistoric humans are having a moment in children’s books, and Reynolds’s almost-12-year-old Dave Unga-Bunga is one of the most appealing….”

— The New York Times

“A delightfully entertaining tale about discovering one’s true calling. Dave’s first adventure sets a high bar for future volumes as it mixes meaningful character growth with alarming threats to life and limb. ”

— Publishers Weekly

“This graphic novel is outlandishly funny. Fans will be thrilled to see that this is clearly a set-up novel for a new series, and it’s obvious Dave has lots more ideas for how he can change the hearts and minds of his fellow cave people with his amazing creations. ”

— Bulletin for the center for children’s books