We received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Journey to the Last River
by Teddy Keen
Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books
on November 9, 2021
Genre: Children's, Nonfiction
Length: 128 pages
Ages: 7 - 12 years
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Synopsis:
Are you ready to take part in an adventure? To face danger at every turn? To venture into unknown lands? If you are, then Journey to the Last River may be the perfect adventure book for you.
Join the Unknown Adventurer on this thrilling adventure into the Amazon, which begins with a map discovered in the Royal Geographical Society showing a river that has been mysteriously rubbed out. It leads to the Unknown Adventurer and his companion Bibi into a search for this 'last river' that will change their understanding of nature forever.
This is the first title in a new series of spin-off adventures from The Lost Book of Adventure.
My Thoughts:
Journey to the Last River is a fantastic adventure story that will inspire you to journal your own adventures while giving a first-hand account of the author/illustrator's journey into the Amazon after discovering a purposely smudged map at the Royal Geographical Society that showed an otherwise uncharted river.
The "Unknown Adventurer" teams up with a friend, Bibi, and sets off to the Brazilian savanna, where they enter the jungle on a journey to find the lost river and encounter all that the rich habitat and ecosystems have to provide.
This reads like an actual travel journal and I honestly wish more books were like this!
The author/artist included colorful illustrations and doodles around and along with the handwritten tale of their adventure, as well as actual taped-in samples of leaves, snake skins, fish scales, and even actual panned flakes of gold!
I loved seeing what they saw and learning little things about plants and creatures and more that were added in the text or as footnotes alongside their illustrations.
This was just absolutely fascinating and had me pouring over it and its beautiful illustrations as often as possible! I definitely recommend it if you enjoy first-hand accounts or nature or adventures or all of the above!
Many thanks to the publisher for the chance to read this amazing book!
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