How to be a world explorer : your all-terrain training manual

Format:

Book (regular print)

Title:

How to be a world explorer : your all-terrain training manual

Other title(s):

World explorer

Lonely Planet, How to be a world explorer

Author:

Levy, Joel, 1971-

ISBN:

9781743214251

9781743214091

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Footscray, Vic. ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, 2012.

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Series title(s):

Not-for-parents.

General Note:

At head of title: Lonely Planet.

Includes index.

Contents:

Jungle & savanna. Explorer's quest ; It's a jungle out there ; River monsters ; Bloodsuckers and skin stingers ; Lost cities of gold ; Jungle survivors ; How to escape from quicksand ; Jungle jumbos ; Bite back ; Big game ; Great white hunters -- Desert. Explorer's quest ; Unexpected deserts ; Finding water ; Thirst quenchers ; Desert dangers ; All aboard the ship of the desert ; Where did you get that hat? ; Drastic measures -- Polar. Explorer's quest ; Meet the locals--Inuit ; Home sweet dome ; The polar express ; Bears and bites ; Race to the pole -- Forest & mountain. Explorer's quest ; Big bad beasts ; Fruits of the forest ; Meet the locals--Sherpas ; Up, up, and away ; Avalanche! ; The death zone ; How to rappel into a volcano ; Explorers on Everest ; Alive! -- Oceans & rivers. Explorer's quest ; Vessels of discovery ; Meet the locals--Polynesians ; Ocean dangers ; Lost at sea ; Desert island survival ; To boldly go ... ; Under the sea ; River dangers ; Types of river boats and rafts ; Rolling on the river ; Getting their feet wet -- Air. Explorer's quest ; To the skies ; What goes up ... ; Afraid of heights ; How to land a plane in an emergency ; Cold air -- Navigation. Map reading ; True north ; Compass 101 ; Stay the course ; Navigating by the stars -- Explorer bootcamp. Explorer's essentials ; The rule of threes ; Fire starter ; Camping out ; Weather wise ; Storm warning.

Summary:

Describes to young readers how to venture through all the landscapes on Earth as well as through the air, over the seas, and under the waves, plus how to find food and water in the wild, avoid deadly diseases and fight back against man-eating beasts.

Subject(s):

Survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

Survival -- Juvenile literature.

Wilderness survival -- Juvenile literature.

Life skills -- Juvenile literature.

Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile literature.

Survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

Wilderness survival

Life skills

Adventure and adventurers

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

handbooks.

Literature.

Handbooks and manuals.

Juvenile works.

Added Author:

Hancock, James Gulliver.

Added Corporate Author:

Lonely Planet Publications (Firm)

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Silver Falls Library	YA 910.202 LEVY	Searching... Unknown
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	613.69 Levy	Searching... Unknown

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*

How to be a World Explorer will teach you all you need to know about venturing through all the landscapes on Earth. How do you cope with extreme cold? How do you find water in the wild? How do you escape from quicksand? How do you navigate by the stars? How do you build an igloo? How do you fight a bear? It's all here!

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, childrens books, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel.

TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

*#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013

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Booklist Review

This title from the Not for Parents travel series is a training manual for children wishing to become world explorers. Each of the first six chapters lets readers explore different biomes, from the thickest jungles to the deepest oceans. This includes the air how'd you like to learn to crash-land a plane? The final two chapters give navigation tips, survival rules, and warnings. Each glossy double-page spread is busy with illustrations and text: some spreads give short descriptive information about places, while others provide interesting historical bits about famous explorers, and still others give instructions for becoming an explorer. While not a real travel guide, the book is fun and educational, and it would engage and expand a child's imagination. The editors offer a disclaimer at the end in case any facts are wrong, as well as an advisement that parental supervision is required. That won't stop this from being frequently read.--Petty, J. B. Copyright 2010 Booklist

Jungle & Savannah	p. 6
Explorer's quest	p. 8
It's a jungle out there	p. 10
River monsters	p. 12
Blood suckers and skin stingers	p. 14
Lost cities of gold	p. 16
Jungle survivors	p. 18
How to escape from quicksand	p. 20
Jungle jumbos	p. 22
Bite back	p. 24
Big game	p. 26
Great white hunters	p. 28
Desert	p. 30
Explorer's quest	p. 32
Unexpected deserts	p. 34
Finding water	p. 36
Thirst quenchers	p. 38
Desert dangers	p. 40
All aboard the ship of the desert	p. 42
Where did you get that hat?	p. 44
Drastic measures	p. 46
Polar	p. 48
Explorer's quest	p. 50
Meet the locals - Inuit	p. 52
Home sweet dome	p. 54
The polar express	p. 56
Bears and bites	p. 58
Race to the pole	p. 60
Forest & Mountain	p. 62
Explorer's quest	p. 64
Big bad beasts	p. 66
Fruits of the forest	p. 68
Meet the locals - Sherpas	p. 70
Up, up and away	p. 72
Avalanche!	p. 76
The Death Zone	p. 78
How to abseil into a volcano	p. 80
Explorers on Everest	p. 82
Alive!	p. 84
Oceans 86 & Rivers	p. 86
Explorer's quest	p. 88
Vessels of discovery	p. 90
Meet the locals - Polynesians	p. 92
Ocean dangers	p. 94
Lost at sea	p. 96
Desert island survival	p. 98
To boldly go...	p. 100
Under the sea	p. 102
River dangers	p. 104
Types of river boats and rafts	p. 106
Rolling on the river	p. 108
Getting their feet wet	p. 110
Air	p. 112
Explorer's quest	p. 114
Up, up and away	p. 116
What goes up...	p. 118
Afraid of heights	p. 120
How to land a plane in an emergency	p. 122
Cold air	p. 124
Navigation	p. 126
Map reading	p. 128
True north	p. 130
Compass 101	p. 132
Stay the course	p. 134
Navigating by the stars	p. 136
Explorer Bootcamp	p. 140
Explorer's essentials	p. 142
The rule of threes	p. 144
Fire starter	p. 146
Camping out	p. 148
Weather wise	p. 150
Storm warning	p. 152
Index	p. 154
Acknowledgments	p. 160

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