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Due To size and weight the P+P is R45
TRAVELS OF THE ZEPHYR: An Interactive Journey
By CAROLINE MAC KILLIAN, 2010
Product format: Hardback
Hardcover, 88 pages
Published 2010 by Abrams Books for Young Readers
Between 1923 and 1925, explorer James Mac Killian decided to set out to see the world. Travelling in his homemade hot-air balloon, the Zephyr, he documented everything and everyone he encountered. The goal of his expeditions was to visit people around the globe and to discover traditions that dated back to the dawn of time, including languages, foods, beliefs and rituals. Now his great-niece, Caroline, has inherited his research and has published his findings so that everyone can share them. Every place he explored - from Greenland to North America, from Brazil to Africa and from China to Russia - indeed, everything he witnessed has been chronicled in this fascinating record of his adventures. Here is the haka peruperu of the Maori warriors, a jerky dance employed to frighten away intruders. The musicians play the music on koauau flutes, carved out of the shin bones of their dead enemies. Here, too, are the terrifying tarantulas of Africa that are larger than a human hand and have venom that is sometimes strong enough to kill a human. Living underground, the tarantula symbolises the world of the dead and is consulted by sorcerers to help with their predictions. There are many more horrors in this book, but do not worry. Although the tales are based on events which actually happened years ago, the whole work is a clever fiction! 51 tough pages 28cm x 27.5cm in colour, sepia/white and b/w, full of interactive devices such as antique and foreign maps that unfold, envelopes with letters, sketches and drawings.
Travels of the Zephyr is an interactive book that introduces readers to various lands and peoples across the globe through the notes of the fictional explorer James Mac Killian, who lived from 1889 to 1978. James Mac Killian traveled the world in his homemade hot-air balloon, the Zephyr, documenting everything and everyone he encountered. The goal of his particular expeditions was to visit different ethnic groups and discover traditions that dated back to the dawn of time, including different languages, foods, beliefs, and rituals, to name only a few. He explored such places as Greenland, Newfoundland, North America, Brazil, Scotland, Africa, New Zealand, Indonesia, China, and Russia. Now his niece, Caroline Mac Killian, has inherited his research and has decided to publish his findings.
Throughout the book there are interactive devices, such as maps that unfold, envelopes with letters, sketches, drawings, and much more. The story is a work of fiction, but the information presented is factual and fascinating.
Due To size and weight the P+P is R45
