Antarctica

Usborne Beginners

by Lucy Bowman, Nicola Butler (Creator), Josephine Thompson (Creator)

What is it like to live in Antarctica? How do penguins travel quickly across the ice? Who discovered the South Pole? And why are seals so fat? In this fascinating book youll find the answers and lots more about life on the ice.

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Lucy Bowman grew up in a village in Cheshire, where she spent her time having adventures outdoors or reading about them in books. She completed a degree in American Studies and joined Usborne to write books on all kinds of topics, from Antarctica to space to games and puzzles.

Reviews

[Sydney McClure · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic read about the climate and animals of Antarctica. There are wonderful pictures of everything discussed. There are diagrams that explain processes of many things such as penguins sitting on eggs. There is also a glossary in the back of the book to help with you get readers.

[Tessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for the Travel Book Project.

This was just okay. For little kids or people new to Antarctica it might be a good jumping off point, but for an Antarctic nerd like me, it wasn't deep enough. My three-year-old nephew loved it.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Boys liked the pictures