This is such a beautifully illustrated book all about various explorers. The book is grouped by region explored (land, ocean, space, etc) and grouped by particular area in each section.

My favorite thing about this book had to be the drawings. I loved that there was a consistent style of illustration plus the addition of actual pictures made the book seem like a collage. I appreciated the maps. It was a great way to explain where the adventurers traveled.

This would make a fantastic gift for kids or your coffee table. Easy to read and understand the impact each person made. The end has a glossary and 4 pages of quick bios on people who couldn't make it into the feature.

If there was one thing I could change, it's to add additional information for kids you want to know more about someone mentioned. This book could lead very well into an app tie-in.

I received an ARC of this from NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

DK's new book Explorers provides dozens of highly-engaging biographical and historical views of famous and not-yet-famous explorers. Although the achievements of each explorer are highlighted, author Nellie Huang does not ignore the injustices done to the native people of each land "discovered" nor does she ignore that women have also explored the world. She directly addresses issues such as slavery, disease, and gender while keeping the material age appropriate and informational. The illustrations and layout are engaging, and the snippets at the end of the book of additional explorers just might inspire some informal research. I look forward to adding this book to our school collection and hope to use it next year for the 5th-grade unit on explorers.

For a book coming in at only 144 pages, it packs a lot of punch. Divided into 3 sections, by sea, land, and air with colorful pictures, maps and illustrations its the perfect introduction to exploration.

Each explorer is given 2 pages with a little bio and their achievements along with maps outlining routes plus extras like - tools, the dark side of exploration and even pictures of boats that show the various parts and functions along with storage and living quarters. Giving the reader a sense of living conditions.

There are famous explorers - James Cook, Lief Erickson, Marco Polo and Lewis & Clark and the not so famous - Zheng He and many more.

This book doesn't just go back in time to the discovery of new lands but talks about contemporary explorers - Jacques Cousteau, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and even the Journey to the Moon, some that have passed and others still exploring this vast world.

This is a great book for the curious, adventurous and those wanting to know more about this great planet. Geared towards the Middle-Grade age, this adult found it very interesting and feels it would best be read in print form.

My thanks to the publisher (via Netgalley) for an advanced digital copy - best viewed using the Kindle app to enjoy the illustrations.

This is a beautiful and interesting book with compelling illustrations, photos and information. Perfect for children who are curious about history, culture, or world exploration, Explorers is like a picture book and a biography got together and had a baby. Each explorer gets his/her own section and I love how this book is organized.
I highly recommend this book for classroom or personal use.

This is a beautiful book with great illustrations!
Short Biographies of Explorers I was familiar with like Christopher Columbus and Jaques Cousteau, as well as many I did not know about.

The maps and biographies are great for elementary kids. My son was fascinated!

This is one book that I am likely to buy in hard copy. I received an advance <digital> copy from NetGalley and chose to review it here. All thoughts are my own.

This book is brightly colored and features explorers spanning centuries and nations. I love that it addresses the "dark side" of exploration as well, in a manner appropriate for elementary school students. The book remains visually interesting throughout, and full of interesting histories. A wonderful, rich, diverse book.

A good introduction to a variety of explorers - on land, sea, air and space. Crosses different countries of origin and time periods. A nice book to have a look at with kids or if deciding what explorer to do for a project. Brief introductions and some other information as well.

DK knows how to pique the interest of young readers. All their books have been well received by educators, parents and children alike with their beautiful illustrations, photos, and excerpts. This one is no exception. It is visually stunning and the information is presented in bite-size format.

Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World's Greatest Adventurers encompasses a wide variety of explorations. Aside from well-known achievements in exploration and famous explorers, it also delves into areas of sea, ice, cave, animal, treasure and scientific/natural world explorations worldwide. Adventures of passion, travel, documents, diaries, goods, and tools are examined. From the Ancient Greeks to Darwin to Zheng He, not a stone or idea stays unturned.

This book serves well as an introductory overview of all kinds of explorations. The information is presented on the two-page format as in many other DK books, and with every page turn, something new or a subgenre is presented. With the beautiful illustrations and the friendly fonts, it is engaging and captivating to the eye.

A beautiful book to read with younger kids or early readers to encourage and inspire. Definitely a great book to have on hand and share :)

I received a digital copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
All opinions are my own. Thank you :)

Great! A very detailed book about alot of people achieving what others thought was impossible. I was impressed by the number of explorers they have in here and from all regions and time periods. Nicely illustrated with little snippets of their life and accomplishments and even some fun facts. Nice glossary of words for children who may not understand but are explained well and a good index. Overall I highly recommend this book for the grade school crowd. The only trouble I had was with the digital download of the book, for some reason it did not load up well and took a long time to flip through the pages, then the Adobe reader would stop working. For this title however, if I was buying it I would rather have the actual hard copy of the book rather than digital e-book because it is such a beautiful book. Thank you to DK Children for an advanced copy.

Thank you to DK Children and NetGalley for a digital copy of this wonderful book!

I absolutely loved DK books when I was a kid and was giddy when I got approved for this. This is full of really cool facts about explorers and has some super neat pictures to go along with each page! I learned about explorers I had never even heard of. I appreciated that the author pointed out the negative impacts that explorers had when they entered new lands. It's important for kids to know all of the history of something, including the bad. Each page was short and sweet but still enough to get to know about the explorers. Kids will love this book!