Reading Challenge- 24th Book

Reading Challenge- 24th Book


Book title: Horrible Geography: Intrepid Explorers

Author: Anita Ganeri

Page Number: 208 pages

Genre: Non-fiction

Star Rating: 5 out of 5

Overview: Do you want to know:

Who is Lucy Walker?

Why Mary Kingsley found the remains of some body bits in her jugle hut?

Who is the first person to sail around the world?

How many hard problems Captain Scott had gotten through to reach the South Pole, but only to find that someone else got there already?

And

Who Marco Polo is and what he did?

If you terribly terribly want to know, then read this amazing book all about Explorers, including ancient explorers, suffering sailors, desert discoveries, crazy climbers, polar pioneers, river rovers and modern explorers! Furthermore, an excellent timeline which shows you who did what at what year!

Comments: I, personally, think that it is absolutely an amazing and informative book to read. The author- Anita Ganeri wrote it in a very special style which makes you keep wanting to read more and would not get bored by the things that each explorer does, she had also written the book packed with humour. Therefore, when you are reading, it would be easier to remember which explorer did what because there are all some funny but not offensive jokes about those explorers. Anita Ganeri also described the things that each explorer did with excellent details so you wouldn't miss even the slightest things. There are also some diary entries in this book that was pretended to be written by the explorers from their point of view, therefore making us easier to understand the situation that they are in, their progress and the difficult problems that they went through during the journey. This book is really excellent and informative, therefore I recommend everyone to read this book about intrepid explorers! ENJOY!