During a California earthquake, Dorothy falls into the underground Land of the Mangaboos where she again meets the Wizard of Oz.

Presents selections from a collection of poems evoking the world and feeling of childhood.

When all the inhabitants of Pingaree are kidnapped by the mongrel hordes of twin island kingdoms, Prince Inga and his friend King Rinkitink decide to go to the rescue.

Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.

When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.

When French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps returned triumphantly to Paris after completing the Suez Canal in 1869, he was hailed as a national hero. Thousands raced to invest in his next, even bolder scheme: to build a great canal across Panama. His dream would cut a swathe across the South American continent and unite the vast oceans of the Atlantic and Pacific. Fortunes seemed assured as shipping would no longer have to face the terrors of Cape Horn...

Learn about knights and their world.

Presents a unique view of the natural history of plant anatomy and growth through real-life photographs of flowers, fruits, seeds, and leaves.

Tells how the Falls were made and the history that surrounds them.