Horrible Geography of The World

by Anita Ganeri, Mike Phillips (Illustrator)

Helps you find out what happens when a volcano turns nasty whether you'd survive at the frozen poles, how a frog can help you get a drink in the desert. This title provides you a trip around the globe, taking in things from the perishing poles to desperate deserts, stormy weather to earth-shattering earthquakes.

Genres: Geography, Nonfiction

100 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

Anita Ganeri is a highly experienced author of children’s information books, specialising in religion, India/Asia, multiculturalism, geography, biography and natural history. She became a freelance writer after working at Walker Books (as foreign rights manager) and Usborne Publishing (as an editor). Since then, she has written over 300 titles, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series for Scholastic. The series won the Geographical Association Silver Award in 1999 and was cited as being ‘an innovation that all geographers will applaud’. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society where she conducts most of her research for the books.

Reviews

[Fabish Caruri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Belles illustrations et les connaissances dans ce livre sont intéressants pour les enfants.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.