Introduces animals that live in the world's wetlands, including alligators, green toads, and hippos, and explains what wetlands are and where they are found.
Describes the physiology and behavior of the hyena, including how they hunt for food, how they socialize, and how humans have interacted with hyenas over history.
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to look at the darker side of exploring the world with Sir Francis Drake--a dangerous voyage that would last for three long years.
Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars show the toil and suffering involved in building the Great Wall of China in the third century BC, removing any glamour thought to be experienced by the
Describes the inglorious life of a boy from Nantucket who in 1819 joins the crew of a whaling ship, including freezing trips to the Arctic, carving scrimshaw, boiling whales for oil, and sinking ships
