Pictures and rhyming text present some of the many extraordinary things penguins can do. Includes facts about penguins as well as related websites.

In watercolor sketches accompanied by text, the author records his impressions of the Grand Canyon.

"Playing with concepts of size and scale, giant pumpkins decorate some of America's most famous landmarks and landscapes."--

Jayden expects to see nothing but brown his first morning in New Mexico, but after being surprised by colorful rocks, flowers, birds, and animals, he wonders if this place could become home.

Through the eyes of a young boy, tells of the 13-day journey of Abraham Lincoln's body from Washington, D.C., to its final resting place in Springfield, Illinois. Includes a page of facts about the Lincoln funeral train.

In the icy waters of the Pacific, a massive humpback whale unexpectedly finds herself tangled in a net abandoned by fishermen. When a rescue boat and a convoy of divers arrive to help the struggling humpback, a realistic and moving encounter bridges the human and aquatic worlds.

When Julie returns to her father"s Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.

Associates each letter of the alphabet with a person, place, or event from the American Revolution, for example, "V" is for Valley Forge, and "W" is for George Washington.

Evokes the land, animals, and people of the Middle West in poetic text and illustrations. Lyrical celebration of the Midwest.

Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea."