The Adventurers' Handbook: An Extreme, Extraordinary, and Exciting Journey Around the World

by Anita Ganeri, Dušan Pavlić (Illustrator)

Pack your knapsack and get ready, adventurers, we're going on a trip around the world! Make sure you have your compass and hiking boots and are prepared for the coolest and craziest adventures, but most importantly, don't forget to take your Adventurers' Handbook that will serve as a guide for any situation you might find yourself in. You'll learn to say hello in sixteen languages, how to beat jet lag, and properly use chopsticks. But most importantly, you'll get the directions to race a dog team across polar ice, survive barreling over Niagara Falls, and ride a camel across the Sahara Desert. Are you ready to see the world?

Genres: Middle Grade

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

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

[Susan]

Ganeri, A. (2010). The adventurers' handbook: an extreme, extraordinary, and exciting journey around the world. New York, NY: Feiwel and Friends.
Citation created by: Susan Gasaway
Call number: 031
Description: This handbook takes the reader on an adventure around the world and teaches them the skills they will need to survive a variety of situations.
Content/scope: The reader will encounter a number of “survival” situations as they travel around the world. This book provides background information on particular regions around the world as well as tips to survive the adventures.
Accuracy/authority: Feiwel & Friends is a division of Macmillian Publishing. Feiwel & Friend focuses on young adult literature and information texts. Many professional journals reviewed this handbook favorably.
Relationship to similar works: The boys' book of adventure: are you ready to face the challenge?
Timeline/permanence: The copyright date is 2010, so information is relevant. Nature of information included in this handbook does not lend to a lot of changes in near future.
Cost: $9.99
Rationale for selection: This is high-interest material for young students. In addition, it addresses KY social studies standards (geography) in an exciting and engaging way.
Professional reviews: School Library Journal; December 2010, Vol. 51 Issue 12, p156-156, 1p

[Jen]

Ganeri, A., & Pavlić, D. (2010). The adventurers' handbook: an extreme, extraordinary, and exciting journey around the world. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Feiwel and Friends.

Citation By: Jennifer Shepherd

Type of Reference: Handbook

Call Number: Ref 031

Scope: This handbook offers an assortment of tips on what to do when traveling. For reading levels 4-7.

Currency: Published in 2010 and revised in 2012.

Accuracy: This book is published by Fiewel & Friends which is owned by Macmillan Publishing. Macmillan Publishers is a global trade publishing company, owned by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, with imprints in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and around the world.

Format: This book is 125 pages of text that guide you on how to overcome obstacles while traveling, and includes illustrations, and maps.

Cost: $10

Professional Review: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libsrv.wku...

[T.]

With an environmental slant, this book gives you fun trivia and lets you travel the world from the comfort of your couch. Perfect for those who loved "Worst Case Scenario Survival" and for those who like trivia. Also good for those who like chapters that are two to three pages long.