Maps and Skills
A wide range of atlases are available. These include: Collins School Atlas (Age 11+), Collins World Atlas (Essential edition), Philip’s RGS World Atlas (Hardback), Collins World Atlas (paperback edition), National Geographic Student World Atlas
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 285 ‘Southport and Chorley’
The Ordnance Survey Kids Adventure Book by Dr Gareth Moore
The Natural World
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (Words that changed the World) by Anna Brett
The Green Planet for young wildlife lovers by David Attenborough
Life on Earth by David Attenborough
Horrible Geography Series by Anita Ganeri
Violent Volcanoes
Planet in peril
Odious Oceans
Stormy weather
Desperate Deserts
Wicked World Tour
Earthshattering Earthquakes
Raging Rivers
Cracking Coasts
Ladybird Expert Series
Plate Tectonics by Iain Stewart
Shackleton by Ben Saunders
Climate Change by HRH The Prince of Wales
Evolution by Steve Jones
How bad are bananas by Mike Berners Lee
Geography (general)
Where on earth? Geography without the boring bits by Jim Doyle
The Usborne Encyclopaedia of Planet Earth
Our Planet by Alistair Fothergill, Fred Pearce and Keith Scholey
The Story of the British Isles in 100 places by Neil Oliver (links to British History)
Adventure
Touching the Void– Abridged Scholastic version by Joe Simpson
The boy who cycled the World by Alistair Humphreys
Extreme Survival by Alan Parkinson
Race to the Pole by Mike Gould
The Accidental Adventurer by Ben Fogle
Environmental Geography
Earth’s changing environment- Learn and explore, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Is our climate changing by Anne Rooney
World without fish by Mark Kurlansky
Climate in Crisis– Green Files Series
Can the Earth Cope? Water Supply
Getting to the bottom of global warming by Terry Collins
No one is to small too make a difference by Greta Thunberg
How to give up plastic: a guide to changing the World one plastic bottle at a time by Will McCallum
There is no Planet B by Mike Berners Lee
Key Stage 3 (texts and support)
Progress in geography KS3 by David Gardner
Key Stage 4 (texts and support)
GCSE Geography AQA Student book, Oxford
GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Revision Guide, Oxford
GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Grades 4-6 Exam Practice, Oxford
GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Grades 7-9, Oxford
GCSE Geography 9-1 AQA Revision Guide, CGP
New GCSE Geography Knowledge retriever- AQA, CGP
Physical Geography
Usborne weather and Climate Change by Laura Howell and Keith Furnival
Physical and Human Geography- erosion and sinkholes
Physical and Human Geography- Tsunamis and Floods
Natural Disasters
Smart kids guide to tetchy Tectonics and tsunamis
Disasters in nature- Earthquakes by Joanna Brundle
Disasters in Nature- Volcanoes
Eyewitness- Volcanoes and earthquakes
Human Geography (KS4)
Prisoners of Geography- Ten maps that will tell you everything you need to know about the World by Tim Marshall
Fair Trade and the Global Economy
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
The Human Planet by Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin
The Almighty Dollar by Dharshini David
The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
Russia
Russia in Pictures– Visual Geography series
Russia- the land and people by Cath Senker
Africa
Africa is not a country by Mark Melnicove (there are a variety of different versions of this book)
Africa is not a country: breaking stereotypes of modern Africa (more able)
Africa-facts at your fingertips by Derek Hall
Eyewitness Guide: Africa by Yvonne Ayo
The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Packenham (more able)
Teen fiction with a geographical slant!
Northern Lights trilogy by Philip Pullman
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
The Carbon Diaries 2015 and 2017 by Sachi Lloyd
Thin Air by Michelle Paver
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah
Kick by Mitch Johnson
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The island at the end of everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave