Books

I’ve published a few books

over the years…

there are more coming soon!

WE ARE EXPLORERS

Extraordinary Women Who

Discovered the World

This book for older children takes readers from the depths of the deepest oceans, to the polar wastes, across haunting deserts and into space. Celebrating the lives of fourteen intrepid women. Using engaging story-telling, Kari brings both famous and little-known female explorers to life, revealing the challenges they faced, the significance of their achievements and their personal motivations. Illustrated and written by Kari, published by Thames & Hudson.

WE ARE ARTISTS

Women Who Made Their

Mark On The World

We Are Artists celebrates the life and work of fifteen extraordinary female artists from around the globe and the distinctive mark they made on the art world and beyond. Readers are introduced to both iconic and lesser-known artists and sculptors, from Frida Kahlo and Barbara Hepworth to Inuit printmaker Kenojuak Ashevak and quilt-poet Faith Ringgold. Colourful and inspiring, it has been published in multiple languages. Illustrated and written by Kari, published by Thames & Hudson.

EXPLORERS’ SKETCHBOOKS

The Art of Discovery

and Adventure

The sketchbooks and journals presented in this book allow us the opportunity to share, through their own eyes and thoughts, the on-the-spot reactions of some 70 explorers as they journeyed into frozen wastes, high mountains, barren deserts and rich rainforests. Often battered and neglected, perhaps long forgotten, many of these sketchbooks have themselves awaited rediscovery. Written by Kari and her husband, Huw Lewis-Jones, published by Thames & Hudson.

HEART OF THE HERO

Remarkable Women Who

Inspired the Great

Polar Explorers

In Heart of the Hero, Kari explores the unpredictable, often heartbreaking stories of seven remarkable women who were indispensable companions, intrepid travellers and even the driving force behind our best-loved polar heroes, such as Scott and Shackleton. Drawing on her own experience as the daughter of a pioneering explorer, Kari blends deeply personal accounts of longing, betrayal and hope with tales of peril and adventure. Published by Saraband.

in search of the south pole

In 1911 the world was watching, waiting, hoping, attention focused on a desolate spot at the very end of the earth, as two men raced to conquer the South Pole. On the centenary of the search for the South Pole, Kari and Huw explore the lure of this place, from the earliest encounters with Antarctica's icy waters, through the Heroic Age to modern times. Written by Kari and her husband, Huw Lewis-Jones, published by Thames & Hudson.

the explorer’s daughter

Chosen as BBC Radio 4’s

Book of the Week

The Explorer's Daughter tells the story of Kari's return to Northwest Greenland where she spent the first years of her life - a place of family memories and of savage beauty, where her friends still hunt and eat whale meat; and where she rediscovers a compelling world where light and darkness dominate life, and where her memories and new realities live a parallel existence. The Explorer's Daughter is a unique and haunting story of the Arctic and of home. Published by Penguin