Wild Islands
Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? Fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and crazy contour lines? Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you are cast away on the far-flung shores of 'Wild Islands'...Marvel! as a brand-new island pops up from the sea. Gasp! at the hot-tempered island that blew its top. Choke! on the smell of an island dragon's foul breath. And if that's not wild enough for you ...discover where to find coconuts with magical powers, try to crack the case of the missing island and read the remarkable story of a real-life Robinson Crusoe. It's earth-shatteringly exciting! Geography has never been so horrible!
About the Horrible Geography Series
Books in series order
- 1.Odious Oceans(1999)
- 2.Stormy Weather(1999)
- 3.Violent Volcanoes(1999)
- 4.Earth-Shattering Earthquakes(2000)
- 5.Desperate Deserts(2000)
- 6.Raging Rivers(2000)
- 7.Freaky Peaks(2001)
- 8.Bloomin' Rainforests(2001)
- 9.Perishing Poles(2002)
- 10.Wild Islands(2004)
- 11.Monster Lakes(2005)
- 12.Cracking Coasts(2006)
- +Intrepid Explorers(2003)
- +Perilous Poles (Handbook)(2010)
- +Planet in Peril (Handbook)(2009)
- +The Horrible Geography of the World(2007)
- +Vile Volcanoes (Handbook)(2010)
- +Wicked Weather (Handbook)(2008)
- +Wild Animals (Handbook)(2008)
Reading age: 7+ years
Geography has never been so horrible! 'Horrible Geography' is a series of books written by Anita Ganeri and illustrated by Mike Phillips, and is a spin-off from the 'Horrible Histories' series. The books are designed to be entertaining, with humorous cartoon illustrations, and encourage children's natural interest in the striking phenomena of the geographical world by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. In this series, you'll find out things like: what happens when a volcano turns nasty; whether you'd survive at the frozen poles; and how a frog can help you get a drink in the desert. From the perishing poles to desperate deserts, stormy weather to earth-shattering earthquakes, these books are crammed full of far-out facts. Geography with the gritty bits left in!