Stickmen do not have much meat on their bones, so having them in the title makes perfect sense. There are little bits and pieces of information in this book, but nothing in great quantity (meat on their bones). I enjoyed this book most for its colorful active  artwork. The mountains are drawn in a cubism style, with lines and angles drawn in showing the mountain’s many facets. The little stickmen are a fun addition to the geologic information being presented, as they parachute, hang glide, scale down, ski and observe flora and fauna on the mountain. A fully clad person would detract from the information and fun.

The top left corner of each page has a color coded tab to help the reader determine which part of the mountain or valley is being presented: mountaintops, plains, under the crust, and earth’s core. There are labels, labels, and more labels on every page to help with topography, man-built structures, and stickmen’s gear, as the three interrelate to each other in the cross sections of terrain.

The examples in the book come from Asia, Africa, North America, and South and Central America. I wonder how accurate the locations mentioned are because on page 19 the author states that Yellowstone National Park (YNP) is in California, which is not correct. Yellowstone is in Wyoming and Montana. Is this a one time mistake? When I wrote the publisher in February/March 2017 about this error, I did not get a response back from them. There is, also, a typo on page 29: ‘exract’ should be ‘extract’ in the “Going for Gold” section.

The book does have a glossary and an index to help track down the trivia that abounds on this book’s pages.