Explore Australasia and Antarctica's iconic animals and beautiful landscapes with incredible photographs of our living world.

Australasia and Antarctica explores the incredibly diverse range of habitats and wildlife on these continents. Kangaroos, spiders and penguins feature, alongside some less well-known mammals, amphibians, birds and reptiles. From wide expanse of Lake Eyre, through the Outback, across the Weddell Sea, up Aoraki (Mount Cook), through the Waipoua Forest and floating over the stunning Great Barrier Reef - this book will make you want to know even more about the spectacular array of life on Earth.

This stunning six-book series explores some of Earth's iconic landmarks and habitats, and the plants and animals that live there.

They are illustrated with beautiful photographs that will inspire readers and leave them in awe at the incredible variety of life on our planet. Filled with incredible facts and gems of information, each book reveals the dramatic ways in which each of our seven continents are shaped and how they in turn affect the living creatures and plants that call each continent home.

For readers aged 8 and upwards, these books are perfect for key stage 2 students, studying geography, plant life and the animal kingdom.

Titles in this series:
Africa
Asia
Australasia and Antarctica
Europe
North America
South America

This book is part of a book series called Wildlife Worlds .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tim Harris has been fascinated by all aspects of the natural world since a young age. After studying Norwegian glaciers at university, his quest for wildlife has seen him explore the giant dunes of the Namib Desert, climb the slopes of Popocatapetl in Mexico, camp in the Sumatran rainforest, and search the frozen Sea of Okhotsk for sea-eagles. Tim has written books about nature and the environment for both children and adults, including the award-winning Migration Hotspots: the World's Best Bird Migration Sites. Apart from birds, his special interests are bats, moths, glaciers, and the weather.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Australasia and Antarctica
• 1: Daintree Rainforest
• 1: Great Barrier Reef
• 1: Uluru (Ayers Rock)
• 1: Lake Eyre
• 1: Bungle Bungles
• 1: Karijini (Hamersley Range)
• 1: Foja Mountains
• 1: Waipoua Forest
• 1: Southern Alps
• 1: Fiordland
• 1: Weddell Sea
• 1: Mount Erebus
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Further information
• 1: Index