I wrote three books called The Boy Who Biked the World which are basically my stories about cycling round the world, with as much teaching as I could sneak into them. Where will you go? Who will join you? What will you need? And how will you get there? Practical, educational and inspiring to the last.Īs Humphreys, aged 42, explains, “I have written kids books before, and that came about because I originally trained to be a teacher, but thought, before I settle down, I’ll just go and cycle round the world! Cycling round the globe, aged 24, led me to doing literally hundreds of talks in schools about my adventures and I realized kids love hearing these stories, and it was a great way to secretly teach them lots of stuff without them thinking they were in a boring lesson. The book ends with a little questionnaire for children to fill out. There’s no mention of passing your GCSE’s, but you should be able to do the dishes, mend your own clothes and read a map. Her list of 24 things to do before you are 16 is a life lesson for all parents preparing their children to enter the world. It includes people like Audrey Southerland, a lady we’re told was not a tall or strong, but after her children were grown up and she had more time, spent every summer exploring the rugged coastlines of Alaska in her small inflatable kayak.
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