McGovern, Ann

Briefly describes the life of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on his voyage to America.

A twelve-year-old girl recounts her experiences on the Great Barrier Reef, encountering sharks, sea snakes, and giant clams, exploring the wreck of a ghost ship, observing shore life, and exploring the reef from a dive boat as well as a helicopter.

Easy-to-read text and pictures answer basic questions about sharks.

Recreates, in diary format, an expedition to Antarctica--the journey by sea, the continent's terrain, and encounters with penguins, seals, killer whales, and other wildlife.

A bored little rich boy is shipwrecked on a faraway island where he is happier than he has ever been before.

Introduces some of the creatures that live on the bottom of the sea, discusses how scientists study these animals, and describes an underwater expedition in the Caribbean.

In a series of diary entries, a young child describes a trip to the Gal?pagos Islands, focusing on the exotic animal life.

Thirty Christmas stories and poems by well-known authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, William Dean Howells, Hans Christian Andersen, Clement Moore, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Describes the building of coral reefs and the animal life going on around them.