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How To Survive Anywhere: Staying Alive in the World's Most Extreme Places
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See moreFrom the dense rainforests of the Amazon to the chill of the snowy Arctic, come on an intrepid adventure to the world's most extreme places, and find out just what it takes to survive there.
From the dense rainforests of the Amazon to the chill of the snowy Arctic, come on an intrepid adventure to the world's most extreme places, and find out just what it takes to survive there.
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Discover how to navigate the vast Australian outback, keep yourself alive in a sandstorm in the Arabian desert, avoid a bear attack in a North American forest, explore the dark depths of the Atlantic Ocean and even perform a spacewalk up in orbit!
In this beautiful and bright fully illustrated hardback book, visit 12 incredible and diverse habitats: the Arctic Circle, a North American forest, the Amazon Rainforest, a Pacific desert island, the Alps, the Arabian desert, the African savannah, the Himalayas, the Australian outback, Antarctica, deep in the ocean and high up in space on the International Space Station.
Find out how the people, plants and animals who live in these incredible places have learnt to survive, pick up top tips for your own explorations, and discover what you can do to help protect these amazing environments for the future.
How To Survive Anywhere: Staying Alive in the World's Most Extreme Places is a thrilling adventure around the world that you won't want to miss! Have you got what it takes to survive?
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ISBN: 9781788008129
Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 August 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Daniel Long
- Illustrated by Daniel Long
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 290.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Ben Lerwill has been working as a freelance travel writer for over 15 years. His work has appeared in more than 50 national and international publications, from The Sunday Times to National Geographic Traveller. Ben's passions include the outdoors, music, wildlife, running and reading. He is thrilled that, through children's books, he can share his enthusiasm about the wider world with young readers. He's at his happiest when he's on a long walk and his children haven't yet pinched all the snacks.
Daniel Long graduated from Norwich University of the Arts in 2014 and has been working as an illustrator in Norfolk since then, for a wide variety of clients. When not illustrating he can be found procrastinating, playing guitar or making things out of wood.
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