Simon is journeying through Botswana, in southern Africa, through the wetlands of the Okavango Delta towards the open savannah and semi-desert of Namibia. The whole area is a biodiversity hotspot. Simon is documenting his journey, and there’s one animal that he particularly wants to see more than any other: a black rhino. This series, taken […]
Travel/Exploration
Expedition Diaries
Coming out on April 18th 2018
ISBN: 9781445156866
Expedition Diaries
Coming out April 12th 2018
ISBN: 9781445156804
Simon is flying to the island of Borneo in the South China Sea. He plans to travel by boat and plane, and trek through one of the world’s oldest rainforests to find orangutans in their natural equitorial habitat. He’ll be sketching some of the island’s 1,000s of species of tree, mammal and bird along the […]
Expedition Diaries
Coming out Feb 8th 2018
ISBN: 9781445156842
Simon is in Darwin, Australia, preparing to travel through the unique mix of tropical forest, savannah and desert that make up the Australian Outback. But he’s already worrying if his 4×4 is up to the job, and about the dangers posed by crocodiles, spiders and snakes – and road trains! Simon Chapman, winner of the […]
Exploration Diaries
Coming out Feb 8th 2017
ISBN: 9781445156828
Simon has arrived in New Delhi, India,on the start of his journey to Corbett National Park and into wetlands, desert, and low-lying dry forest beyond. He’s searching for the endangered Bengal tiger. But early on, the trip doesn’t go according to plan, when Simon is involved in a car crash … Simon Chapman, winner of […]
Expedition Diaries
Coming out on Nov 9th 2017
ISBN: 9781445156781
Simon is heading to the Himalayan Mountains of western China, where he’ll begin his journey along the Nujiang River and up through coniferous forests into the alpine region. He faces treacherous mountains in the last leg of his trek to find Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys. Simon Chapman, winner of the Blue Peter Book Award, brings geography […]
Expedition Diaries
Coming out on Nov 9th 2017
ISBN: 9781445156149
Simon is packed and heading off to a region of the Amazon Basin in northern Bolivia. Despite its size, it’s a fragile biome, of mixed forest and river habitats. Simon plans to document his journey down the River Enatahua, but things go wrong right from the start: a rucksack is missing, along with his canoe […]
Himalayas Bottom to Top: Band 18/Pearl (Collins Big Cat)
ISBN: 978-0-00-820900-1
Take a look at the Himalayan mountain range – from the jungle valleys at the bottom right up to the icy peaks at the very top. Find out about the climate, the vegetation and the wildlife and how people live their lives at each level. • Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial […]
ISBN: 978-1408194614
This is the the most thrilling, adventure book, ever! Written by a real-life adventurer, Simon Chapman, be prepared to live your dream and imagine you discovered the dinosaurs. It’s your chance to battle blizzards with swarms of vipers in the Gobi Desert with Roy Chapman Andrews, join the race across the the Wild West […]
Upper Peru 1567: Two rival Spanish expeditions set off into the Amazon in search of gold. Both groups made it to the foot of the Andes and there they fought-for only one venture could have the King’s ‘right to conquer’. Simon Chapman set off to trace the conquistadors’ journeys through the forests of Northern Bolivia. […]
A grainy Illustrated London News photograph from 1929 shows a giant monkey known as the ‘Mono Rey’, inhabiting the jungles of northern Bolivia. The last westerner to attempt a sighting disappeared. Accompanied by an Englishman whose hobby is fighting mock mediaeval battles and an Australian who smoked the pages of his South American Handbook, Simon […]