Books with title Explorer

Do you want to experience what it's like to chart new territory and survive the unexpected? Discover the unknown as you...● find your way in fog ● follow the stars ● find fossils and bones ● predict rain ...and lots more. Devised and tested by an expert in outdoor activities, these exciting projects help you navigate the wild, using nature's resources—and your own!

ExplorerWinner of the Children's Book Prize Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award, Children's category Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 'I loved The Explorer' Jacqueline Wilson 'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK' Philip Pullman From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him. As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small. Except, it seems, someone has been there before them

Part of a series exploring popular topics through a combination of information and activities. The books look at the subject through history, the most famous examples and how they work today. The activity sections in this book provide step-by-step instructions on how to make a complete kit to become an explorer, including secret codes, disguises, detection equipment and special tips of the trade.

THE EXPLORER (1907) by W. Somerset Maugham is a story of the proud Allertons whose fortune has been squandered, and whose three-hundred-year estate Hamlyn's Purlieu stands to be lost to the family. Lucy and George Allerton, brother and sister, are resolved to overcome the mistakes of their father, Fred Allerton. A powerful exploration of relationships and familial bonds by a true master of the human psyche.