Intrepid Explorers
Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? Are you fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and tiresome tests? Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you step into the wide world of globetrotting 'Intrepid Explorers'...Marvel! as Ferdinand Magellan is first to sail around the world. Shudder! as Mary Kingsley finds body bits in her jungle hut. Shiver! as Captain Scott reaches the South Pole (only to find he's been beaten to it). And if that's not daring enough for you...find out how some intrepid explorers found their way without maps, why others always traveled in disguise, and what really happened on the expeditions in their secret diaries. It's earth-shatteringly exciting!
Note: This book is a special publication, larger-format book in the 'Horrible Geography' series.
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!