Littlenose lives long, long, ago, when fierce wild animals roam the land, and it is very cold. His home is a cave, his clothes are made of fur, and his pet is a woolly mammoth called Two-Eyes.

Whether they are throwing spears, firing a sling, or dancing with a music stick, Littlenose loves to be at the front of tribe. But with cold and hungry warriors, dangerous tribesmen, and wild animals roaming about, he finds it hard to avoid leading his group towards disaster.