Mission Explore continues to receive fabulous praise from all corners of the Earth. This latest comes from the National Geographic: “Mission:Explore is bold, cool, exciting, innovative, geographic, educational…and just plain fun! I was thrilled to work with the Geography Collective to create seven special freshwater missions in celebration of Geography Awareness Week in the U.S. I am confident that these missions will help kids gain new perspectives on the fascinating geography of fresh water—in their own backyards, and across the many ponds dotting our Earth. Mission:Explore motivates children to engage in early scientific investigation and creative play in outdoor and real-world settings.  Every curious kid, budding geographer, and responsible parent should have a copy! — Sarah Jane Caban, National Geographic Education

The first four titles in Eye Books’ new Eye Classics series have just arrived. Four great stories told by five extraordinary women. Frigid Women by Sue Riches and Victoria Riches, Riding with Ghosts by Gwen Maka, Green Oranges on Lion Mountain by Emily Joy and Jasmine & Arnica by Nicola Naylor. Congratulations to them all.

We are delighted to announce that the first four books in the new series of Eye Classics coming from Eye Books are now on press.

Featuring ordinary people doing extraordinary things, Eye Classics share uplifting, surprising and truly exceptional stories
From a doctor who traded her practice in Britain to serve at a remote hospital in Sierra Leone to an Old West fanatic and an ex-marine who retrace the footsteps of the legendary Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid across America’s toughest terrains, people around the world are putting aside their fears, taking chances and realizing their greatest dreams.

Invigorating and powerful, Eye Classics share these remarkable stories of personal journeys. Featuring tales of travelling to faraway places and individuals who conquer physical strain and cultural differences to ultimately realize their own strength, Eye Classics books capture the spirit of “living life to the fullest” and will inspire readers to fulfill their own aspirations and challenging the way we see things.

The wonderfully inventive and incorrigibly curious crew at The Geography Collective have launched a new blog to track stories in the media about risk aversion. Our recently published book: Mission:Explore, written by The Geography Collective and illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones is the purest antidote known to man*(kind) and beast for the cotton wool culture that our children are being enveloped in.

Do please go and take a look at their blog: http://thegeographycollective.wordpress.com/ as well as the book, and please tell your friends.

* for man please also read woman, boy, girl, child, etc. etc

Can of Worms Kids Press is joining up with the fantastic folks behind the Crystal Palace Children’s Books Festival to be held on 23rd October. Two missions are being published in the October issue of The Transmitter magazine, and anyone completing the missions will get a prize or great Love Outdoor Play sticker.

IT’S TIME TO EXPLORE! Mission:Explore contains 102 missions that challenge you to (re)discover our world. Become a guerilla explorer and extreme missioner with missions that defy gravity, see the invisible and test your mental agility. CLICK HERE to see a sample

Buy a copy for just £6.00 including P&P (normal price £7.99 plus P&P). Each illustrated mission will challenge you in daring new ways. Draw, rub, smear, write, scrape and print your findings and achievements as you complete each mission. LOOK INSIDE…if you dare!

Get Mission:Explore for only £6 including UK P&P using the button below.

Why not check out the Geography Collective’s other book, the Journey Journal as well?