Exploration & Discovery

Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages....

The award-winning creator of popular survival stories turns his attention to his own real life adventures in Minnesota and Alaska as he prepares for the grueling Iditarod sled dog race....

A companion book for young listeners based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the groundbreaking best seller by Charles C. Mann....

In 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and made friends with Wampanoag people who gave them corn. RIGHT? WRONG! It was months before the Pilgrims met any Wampanoag people, and nobody gave anybody corn that day....

It's a survival story almost too incredible to believe, but it's the extraordinary true tale of endurance in the harshest environment on earth...

This will help your kid explore the human body with the aid of Smarty Bee and Charlie! We will venture into all corners of the human body, discovering anatomy, the five senses, the body systems, and much more! Your child will learn the answers to a thousand whys about how we are...inside....

As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded for conducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle....

Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the East married the West with a remarkable voyage at its heart - the journey along the Silk Roads....

Pirate Pete and the Lost Fairy Treasure is more than just a book, it is a whole experience created for your magical enjoyment by Teelie Turner....

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them....

Davy Crockett is the ultimate American backwoods legend....

Whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative in 1897....

Have you ever wondered how fast a T-Rex could really run, or how much a Triceratops weighed? How about how long a Brachiosaurus’s neck is, or how high a Velociraptor could jump? This audiobook has all of these answers and more....

When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west through or around the New World. He was right, but what he didn't know was that the treacherous voyage would take him three years and cost him his life....

Captain Rumbeard, the famous pirate (in his mind anyway) will take you through the truth and the lies about being a pirate and was life was like on a pirate ship....

An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his love of the sport to readers on a personal level in this intimate essay about the life of a litter of pups born to pull sleds....

It is the most fabled and storied journey in American history. From 1804-1806, the first expedition across the North American continent was commissioned by Thomas Jefferson....

As adventurers from around the world raced to reach the South Pole and achieve other polar firsts in the early 1900s, outsider Ernest Shackleton and his motley expeditions would outshine even the British navy, becoming icons of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.....

America's founders dreamed of a day when the United States would reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Follow their dream into reality, as Jim Weiss thrillingly tells these stories of explorers, Native Americans, and pioneers....

This exciting second book in the Lost series tells the incredible true story of the doomed Apollo 13 moon mission that nearly ended in disaster....

Sacagawea was the only girl, and the only Native American, to join Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery, which explored the United States from the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800s. Listen to learn more about Sacagawea....

This account talks about the voyage Columbus undertook in his own voice through his journal entries of that year. He tells of excitement, drama, and terror on the high seas....

Historias verdaderas de chicos asombrosos que cambiaron el mundo sin matar dragones. Un libro que todo papá debe regalarle a sus hijos....

A tale of personal courage and dedication, all set against a backdrop of perhaps the harshest environment on earth....

Marco Polo was 17 when he set out for China...and 41 when he came back! More than 700 years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed....

What Shall We Do Today? The World Art Day Adventure Join Imani, Tommy, and Maya on a magical journey through art and history perfect for curious minds ages 6-9! In this delightful installment of the beloved "What Shall We Do Today?" series, three friends discover the wonders of World Art Day through an enchanting adventure with Leonardo da Vinci himself! When Maya arrives with news about a special art festival, the children are whisked away on a time-traveling journey to Renaissance Italy where they meet the master artist and inventor in his workshop. 🎨 Educational Value for Young ...

Stars burn, asteroids orbit, and rockets launch across the pages of this stunning audiobook. From the planets in our Solar System to distant black holes, they’ll discover incredible facts as they take an unforgettable journey through space. Listeners will also learn about how stars die, what scientists do in space, and what life could look like on other planets.

This is a true story of Oscar P. Dog, a puppy who was adopted by a Navy warship on deployment and found his way to America. It is designed to make you laugh and perhaps help military kids understand the concept of a deployment.

Unleash the Power of Imagination: Captivating Stories for Curious Kids!

Dive into a whirlwind of mind-bending trivia and say hello to unforgettable conversations without ever leaving the comfort of your armchair! Are you constantly searching for facts that will astound your friends and family? Are you eager to explore the world's oddities yet overwhelmed by dull, dry, and jargon-filled resources? If any of these questions ring true, rest assured that your quest for a perfect treasure trove of mind candy and factoids is inside this crazy-fun book!