An adventurous little monkey who escapes from the zoo and spends the day meeting new friends in the outside world begins to miss his mom when evening comes.
Monkey Do!
Picture Book
The Sandal
A little boy sees a Roman child’s sandal in a museum display case and wonders about its former owner.
Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon
An account of the finding of the first entire skeleton of an ichthyosaur, an extinct sea reptile, by a twelve-year-old English girl who went on to become a paleontologist.
My Day with Anka
When Anka comes each week on Thursday, young Karrie enjoys her Czech cooking and helps her with the housework.
Smile If You’re Human
An alien child’s quest to take a photograph of a “mysterious creature known as a human” has an unexpected result when a search through an Earth zoo brings an encounter with a gorilla.
Be Patient, Abdul
With the help of his younger sister, 7-year-old Abdul raises money to go to school by selling oranges in the marketplace in Sierra Leone.
Ndito Runs
Every day many children in Kenya run miles to school–so does Ndito. From her village in the highlands she runs barefoot, across ridges and down hills, under baobab trees and through tall grass
Elizabeti’s School
On her first day at school, Elizabeti misses her family and wonders if it wouldn’t be better to stay home, but the young Tanzanian girl discovers the joy of learning and finds a pleasant surprise when she gets home.
Learning to Swim in Swaziland: A Child’s-Eye View of a Southern African Country
An eight-year-old girl describes her year living in the southern African country of Swaziland.
A Promise To The Sun
Explains why bats only come out of their caves at night.