The Adventures Of Lily Huckleberry Around The World

As a member of a Worldwide Adventure Society, Lily has a magic globe that takes her on whimsical journeys around the world.From the streets of Paris to the mountains of Peru, Lily finds adventure around every corner and discovers that the world is bigger and more beautiful than she ever imagined. Come explore with Lily in this fun collection of stories filled with laughter as she meets new friends, follows her curiosity and learns that a little imagination often goes a long way!

In a village where the flowers grow as big as trees, lives a girl named Lily Huckleberry. As a member of the Worldwide Adventure Society, Lily's magic globe takes her on spectacular adventures around the world. In this first book of the series, Lily goes to Scandinavia for a Midsummer party, where she finds herself ker-splat in the middle of a strawberry mystery. As Lily travels around Scandinavia to save Midsummer, she meets a menagerie of friends, explores Nordic culture, and discovers the thrill of being brave enough to take big risks.

In a village where the flowers grow as big as trees, lives a brave little girl named Lily Huckleberry.As a member of the Worldwide Adventure Society, Lily has a magic globe that takes her on whimsical adventures around the world.In this second book of the series, Lily uses her magic globe to travel to Japan when the cherry blossoms are in full swing. Lily embarks on a whimsical journey, looking to find the pieces of a broken magical dragon statue and undo a mysterious curse that as fallen over Japan.As she travels, Lily meets a menagerie of friends who help her solve this new mystery, she explores Japanese culture, and discovers the thrill of being brave enough to explore new horizons.

In a village where the flowers grow as big as trees, lives a brave little girl named Lily Huckleberry. As a member of the Worldwide Adventure Society, Lily has a magic globe that takes her on whimsical adventures around the world. In this third book of the series, Lily uses her magic globe to travel to Mexico and help a little monarch butterfly find her family. Lily embarks on a whimsical journey where she meets new friends, explores Mexican culture, and discovers what "home" means.

When Tom Scatterhorn's eccentric father disappears to the Far East in search of rare beetles, closely followed by his mother, Tom is left to spend Christmas with his uncle and aunt, keepers of the weird and wonderful Scatterhorn Museum. But don’t get too excited – because it's a dusty, dingy place, full of tatty stuffed animals and rickety cases of junk. Nobody really wants to visit it anymore, and it looks as if its days are numbered. But when Tom comes to live there, he finds more to the museum than meets the eye. The animals may be ragged and moth-eaten but they have an incredible secret – a secret that originated when the stuffed animals were first made, a hundred years earlier. And then Tom discovers he can go right back to the time of their making. . . . In an exciting adventure that threads in and out of time, from an Edwardian ice fair to the wastes of Mongolia to the jungles of India, Tom discovers that there is far more at stake than the fate of the museum. . . .

National Geographic launches a new series--Destinations--that takes readers to some of the world's most fascinating locales for an intimate, "you-are-there" portrait, featuring informative text, up-to-date maps, and lush photography. BEYOND THE HORIZON takes readers to the edge of enchantment--from Iceland to the highlands of Venezuela to the Chinese kingdom of Muli. Over 200 color photos and maps.

Herbie is a little hedgehog who is perfectly happy at home with his mother. But one day Mommy tells Herbie that it's time to go exploring--all by himself! Herbie is so not sure, but ready or not, a westerly wind sweeps Herbie into the wide world...and Herbie's Big Adventure begins! Little Herbie finds that he's braver than he thinks and even makes a friend before coming safely back home to Mommy.

Tally the Turtle is very adventurous and is fascinated with learning new things, meeting new people, and going new places. In The Adventures of Tally the Turtle: Tally Moves Away, Tally decides his home in Dover Pond has become boring, so he sets out on an adventure to find a new home. On his journey, he meets some unexpected challenges and must evaluate whether his choice to move away was the best one for him.