Do you know how it feels to run for 1,900 miles? Or to look down at the earth from a space station? Or to swim alongside a hungry shark?

Fantastic Female Adventurers by Lily Dyu is a collection of fourteen exciting and inspirational stories about the women that do. Follow them on their incredible journeys around the globe.

Ski to the North Pole with Ann Daniels while watching out for polar bears and lethal cracks in the ice. Feel the air beneath your feet as you climb high on a cliff face with Gwen Moffat. Experience the thrill of racing down rocky Himalayan trails with champion runner Mira Rai. Sail the oceans with Ellen MacArthur, the girl who saved up her lunch money to buy her first boat. You'll even fly into space with Britain's first astronaut, Helen Sharman. And join Lily on other awesome adventures with Anna McNuff, Sarah Outen, Misba Khan and more - taking you from Everest to the South Pole and all the places in between.

Beautifully illustrated by artist and adventurer Chellie Carroll, Fantastic Female Adventurers will leave you thinking: I can do that, too!

This book has been graded for interest at 8+ years.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Vertebrate Graphics Ltd .

Lily Dyu lives in a Welsh valley. Growing up, she wanted to be a writer then an astronaut. Her favourite things are running in the mountains, camping wild and watching the night sky. Through her writing, she loves to tell true stories about people from all over the world. Maybe one day she'll still make it into space. Beginning her creative career as a designer working on projects for the launch of Playstation 2 and BBC3, Chellie Carroll turned to illustration full time in 2000. Chellie has worked for Cadburys, Kelloggs, Cancer Research and Readers Digest amongst others. She works primarily with computer-based vector line images and has a flair for intricate zen-tangle drawings - many of which have featured in Relaxing Art Therapy, A Calming Colouring Book for Kids and both Colour and Art Therapy Greeting Cards.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Lily Dyu - Introduction2. Ann Daniels - Adventures with the Ice Queen3. Mira Rai - Mira the Mighty Mountain Runner4. Jin Jeong - The Dancing Lights of Lapland5. Gwen Moffat - Living the High Life6. Beth French - The Water Baby Who Grew Up to Be a Mermaid7. Misba Khan - From North-West England to the North Pole8. Karen Darke - In Camels' Footsteps on the Great Silk Road9. Sarah Outen - Kayaking on the Ring of Fire10. Anna McNuff - Run, Anna, Run11. Ellen MacArthur - An Ocean Obsession12. Emma Timmis - The ElliptiGO Explorer13. Tori James - From Wales to the Top of the World14. Helen Sharman - The World Outside my WindowMore about the Fantastic Female AdventurersAcknowledgementsReferences