Discover the North Pole and the arctic ice that covers the ocean water there. Learn about historical expeditions, and the recent one the author joined and where these chapters were written.

A passport and rhyming text celebrate the author's adventures discovering differences as well as similarities, from "A" for the variety of animals that populate the planet to "Z" for the time zones that mark the days around the world.

Introduces ten unique natural formations in the United States, including the Grand Canyon, Devil's Tower, and Niagara Falls.

Describes the sights and events a frontier family encounters travelling from South Dakota to the Ozarks.

The true story of how scientist George Schaller and four mountain men set out to save the chiru (antelope-like creatures that cannot survive captivity and live on the high plains of Tibet) from near extinction.

Introduces the geography, economics, and social structure of a country whose history dates back at least 4,500 years.

Relates the experiences of a German prince, his servant, and a young Swiss artist as they traveled through the Missouri River Valley in 1833 learning about the territory and its inhabitants and recording their impressions in words and pictures.

"What would it be like to live in Kenya? How is Kenya's culture unique? Explore the sights, traditions, and daily lives of Kenyans!"--

"What would it be like to live in Russia? How is Russia's culture unique? Explore the sights, traditions, and daily lives of Russians!"--

An abridged version of the famous woman journalist's experiences as she tries a trip around the world in less than eighty days in the late nineteenth century.