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Latitude: A World Atlas from North to South by Philip Parker ill. Bill Bragg

October 9, 2026 By achuka Leave a Comment

ACHUKA Book of the Day 9 Oct 2026

Publisher: Magic Cat Publishing
ISBN: 9781917044677

Discover the history of humankind from a new perspective in this extremely appealing non-fiction title.

This fascinating first snapshot of the world’s past, present and future presents the world through the lens of latitude. Travelling north to south, kids will explore how great ideas spread around the globe, from the earliest civilizations to the industrial revolution, how climate has impacted people from the equator to the poles and how wildlife has adapted.

Featuring detailed maps, including:
– The Arctic Circle
– Northern Lights
– Pioneers of Culture
– Trade and Travel
– Tropic of Cancer
– Equator
– Tropic of Capricorn
– Oceans and Deserts
– Fire and Ice
– The Antarctic Circle


Bill Bragg is an award winning British artist and illustrator known for his atmospheric images. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005 and is a co-founder of the narrative art magazine and collective LE GUN. He has illustrated novels by Franz Kafka and Herman Melville for the Folio Society and his work regularly appears in The Guardian and The New Yorker.
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A glimpse inside Latitude, a unique illustrated journey through the world’s map from north to south, stopping at each band of latitude to wonder at the animals, landscapes, architecture, peoples and history.
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— Philip Parker (@PParkerAuthor) October 8, 2026

Filed Under: BookOfTheDay, NonFiction Tagged With: equator, geography, maps, north, south

Fireborn: Phoenix and the Frost Palace by Aisling Fowler ill. Sophie Medvedeva

March 10, 2023 By achuka Leave a Comment

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See the first book in the Fairborn series: Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest.

Twelve has become a hunter and chosen a new name to reflect her elemental power: Phoenix.

Three months after the destruction of the Hunting Lodge, a witch arrives from the frost palace of Icegaard, desperate for Phoenix’s help. Icegaard is in grave danger from an evil force called the Shadowseam, and if the witch-palace falls, all the clans of Ember will fall with it.

Travelling north, Phoenix and her friends, Five, Six and Seven, must battle frightening new monsters and find a way to defeat the Shadowseam. But as Phoenix learns to control her new power, the faceless Croke begins to haunt her dreams…

Phoenix will have to fight with everything she’s got to save Ember from mortal danger. But the price of survival may be more than she can pay.

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