The Lost Book of Adventure: from the notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer

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The illustrations are utterly beautiful and if it sounds like I am gushing, that is because this is a book deserving of that. He cycles 6,000 miles through Africa, sketches birds in Papua, and confronts a bushmaster in Guyana. Ho amato tanto il fatto che diverse volte nel testo viene raccomandato al lettore il rispetto per la natura e i suoi numerosi abitanti, perché non c’è esplorazione che tenga se questo manca; così come l’educazione e il rispetto per chi condivide

The Lost Book of Adventure by Teddy Keen - Waterstones The Lost Book of Adventure by Teddy Keen - Waterstones

It's exactly like opening up an adventurer's notebook: seeing all their beautiful watercolor sketches and handwritten details of their adventures, with little notes and reminders written just for you. The diaries contained accounts of thrilling adventures and wilderness survival instructions addressed to two children - A and L.The book beautifully illustrates different camp/shelter set-ups and locations, guides for survival and safety, tips for planning explorations, equipment/supply lists, and instructions. This book covers a big range of outdoor experiences, like building a tent, a fire, a raft; watching the sky and looking for animals.

The Lost Book of Adventure | Unknown Adventurer - NetGalley The Lost Book of Adventure | Unknown Adventurer - NetGalley

For more infomation please review our use of cookies in our Cookie Policy and then Accept and Close this bar. I know where to put the boom, how many bottles will carry my weight, which side of the river to travel up, and which watercraft has right of way. This morning my toddlers followed the instructions on how to make sleeping bags from duvets and bedsheets. It’s really no surprise to hear this debut book attracted an incredible eight-publisher auction – meaning a substantial number of publishers each bargained to first publish the book.I’m learning a lot from this book, and though I found the small text a bit challenging in places it didn’t affect my overall impression of the book – and I have enjoyed the journey! This book will encourage readers to live more adventurously, think a little more boldly and go a little further themselves. The book is broken down into stories of the author’s adventures and interlaced with practical tips and instructions (build your own shelters; understand stargazing; how to navigate printed maps) and much more.

The Lost Book of Adventure: from the Notebooks of the Unknown

You'll be transported by riveting adventure tales from around the globe, like being dragged off by a hyena in Botswana, surviving a Saharan dust storm, being woken by an intrepid emperor penguin in Antarctica, and coming face-to-face with a venomous bushmaster (one of the most dangerous snakes on the planet)-all told in lyrical prose and illustrations that wonder at the mysterious beauty of the wild. And would-be explorers might enjoy the anecdotes about being dragged by the leg by a hyena, or eating maggots from a pig's carcass.

In a way this book is inexhaustible; it instructs and motivates and because of the depth of its detail would be consulted time and time again. Each double page spread is cast with clear and educational drawings and the entire volume has been created in the traditional colours of a colouring pencil set – which highlights the huge effort the illustrator/editor has contributed, and might just inspire you as a reader to pack colouring pencils in your own personal survival kit! We can all lay down and look up at the stars, sit round a fire with friends, camp over night, beach comb or rock pool. And that’s the magic of the book: it has fundamental confidence in the capabilities of the child and it whips up a sense of imminent possible adventure. The relationship is preserved throughout the book with handwritten text and stories from this Unknown traveller.