- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Hippo (15 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439997208
- ISBN-13: 978-0439997201
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 578,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you venture into the chilly world of "Perishing Poles", with huge icebergs, hungry polar bears and frostbite to challenge intrepid explorers.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
`Does Geography grind you down?
Fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and tiresome tests?
Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you venture into the chilly world of `Perishing Poles`...........
Quake! ...in the face of icebergs taller than your house.
Run for it! ...when hungry polar bears visit your camp.
Scream! ....as you teeter on the edge of an icy ravine.
And if that is not cool enough for you....find out which polar explorers lost their toes to frostbite, how to make an igloo and all about hidden riches underneath the ice.
It's earth shatteringly exciting!
Geography has never been so horrible!'
126 pages, split over 9 chapters:-
Introduction
Race for the Pole
The parky Poles
The tip of the iceberg
Life in the freezer
Perishing polar people
Explorers on ice
Poles in peril
A perishing future?
Written with the typical humour of this series of books, in a variety of fonts, interspersed with numerous black and white illustrations/cartoons.
Fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and tiresome tests?
Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you venture into the chilly world of `Perishing Poles`...........
Quake! ...in the face of icebergs taller than your house.
Run for it! ...when hungry polar bears visit your camp.
Scream! ....as you teeter on the edge of an icy ravine.
And if that is not cool enough for you....find out which polar explorers lost their toes to frostbite, how to make an igloo and all about hidden riches underneath the ice.
It's earth shatteringly exciting!
Geography has never been so horrible!'
126 pages, split over 9 chapters:-
Introduction
Race for the Pole
The parky Poles
The tip of the iceberg
Life in the freezer
Perishing polar people
Explorers on ice
Poles in peril
A perishing future?
Written with the typical humour of this series of books, in a variety of fonts, interspersed with numerous black and white illustrations/cartoons.
11 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was quite entertaining. It had funny illustrations and presented facts in an interesting way. I enjoyed this and laughed out loud at some of the comics. However, there were two or three times in the book where it got slightly tedious. The thing I like about these books (Horrible science, horrible histories, horrible geography) are that they are a laugh a minute and you don't feel yourself absorbing factual information. In these few places, the facts were presented in more of a textbook manner. I adored the quizzes, as I do in any book. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good laugh while learning something.
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Perishing Poles (Horrible Geography)
5 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
Perishing Poles - Horrible Geography
By Anita Ganeri
Book Review:
Well, it is a Geography book but not since the time of Professor Julius Sumner-Miller have we seen such a purposeful attempt the present this topic in such a witty and appealing way. The first line says "Geography lessons. Snow laughing matter are they?" and Perishing Poles continues in this way throughout. It presents geography in the language of kids spoken in the schoolyard. That said there is a very serious attempt to deal with most aspects of a geographical nature but where appropriate the wit and humour sneaks through to lighten the facts and add a smile where the going requires more devotion to concentration.
The adventurers who explored the poles are talked about with sympathy and understanding. Their individual adventures are discussed at length and interesting asides are included such as the instructions on the topic of driving a dog sled. " Round up your huskies. Huskies are horribly hardy dogs, perfectly suited to polar travel. (They also make brilliant pets - if you can get them off your sofa.) They've got thick woolly coats to keep them warm, and they're super strong ( a team of ten huskies can pull you and a fully loaded sled 50 kilometres a day). And you can feed huskies on seal blubber if you've forgotten to bring the tin opener. (By the way they go to sleep curled up in the snow. So there's no need for a dog kennel.)
Perishing Poles is very useful for someone who wishes to start learning about the geography of the poles in an interesting manner but it will also be useful for school projects.
This is a 5 star book and will be enjoyed by readers who are geographically minded or who wish to get a good reference book which is light enough to enjoy while it provides project information.
Reviewed by Tom Hampstead author of the soon to be published "The Kingdom of the Two Great Houses"
By Anita Ganeri
Book Review:
Well, it is a Geography book but not since the time of Professor Julius Sumner-Miller have we seen such a purposeful attempt the present this topic in such a witty and appealing way. The first line says "Geography lessons. Snow laughing matter are they?" and Perishing Poles continues in this way throughout. It presents geography in the language of kids spoken in the schoolyard. That said there is a very serious attempt to deal with most aspects of a geographical nature but where appropriate the wit and humour sneaks through to lighten the facts and add a smile where the going requires more devotion to concentration.
The adventurers who explored the poles are talked about with sympathy and understanding. Their individual adventures are discussed at length and interesting asides are included such as the instructions on the topic of driving a dog sled. " Round up your huskies. Huskies are horribly hardy dogs, perfectly suited to polar travel. (They also make brilliant pets - if you can get them off your sofa.) They've got thick woolly coats to keep them warm, and they're super strong ( a team of ten huskies can pull you and a fully loaded sled 50 kilometres a day). And you can feed huskies on seal blubber if you've forgotten to bring the tin opener. (By the way they go to sleep curled up in the snow. So there's no need for a dog kennel.)
Perishing Poles is very useful for someone who wishes to start learning about the geography of the poles in an interesting manner but it will also be useful for school projects.
This is a 5 star book and will be enjoyed by readers who are geographically minded or who wish to get a good reference book which is light enough to enjoy while it provides project information.
Reviewed by Tom Hampstead author of the soon to be published "The Kingdom of the Two Great Houses"
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