Road to reading. Mile 4

Introduces the world's big cats, including lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, and some more unusual varieties.

Describes the Cardiff Giant hoax, in which people of upstate New York were fooled into believing that the petrified form of a giant human being had been uncovered from the ground in 1869.

Merlin the wizard helps England's King Uther win the lady he loves and in exchange the king gives Merlin his son to raise and protect to be a great future king.

Describes how Ramses II, the powerful king of ancient Egypt, was made into a mummy after his death.

Describes giant bugs, birds, and mammals that lived long ago and became extinct during the last Ice Age, discusses the extinction of more recent animals, and examines efforts to protect endangered species.

Describes the structure and behavior of various carnivorous plants, including the Venus fly trap, sundew, pitcher plant, and bladderwort.

Klondy's life changes dramatically when she and her mother move from South Dakota to Alaska in the late 1800s to live with Klondy's father, a gold miner who left when she was just a baby.

Jeff finds an old pirate's map, which is helpful when he joins his uncle's expedition in search of a ship wrecked off the Florida Keys in 1652.

Jeff must learn patience when he accompanies his uncle on an expedition to hunt for dinosaur fossils in the Sahara Desert. Based on the real discovery of Afrovenator by Paul Sereno in 1993.