"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibility--so simple and so...

In search of a new adventure, Hippolyte Webb, quixotic spirit, modern-day explorer, and natural historian, sets his sights on the Auroras, a group of tiny islands in the middle of the South Atlantic. His destination wouldn't be so unusual, except that these islands were last spotted almost two hundred years ago. Equipped with a centuries-old map, an inadequate sailboat, and an advance payment for a book about his quest, Hippolyte embarks on an unforgettable...

Streams, swamps, ponds, and more! Go Onward and Pondward with everyone's favorite backyard explorer extraordinaire, Nature Cat! Along with his friends Hal, Squeeks, and Daisy, the team learns where a stream begins and explores new environments along the way. These are a few of the seven fun-filled outdoor adventures viewers do not want to miss! Tally Ho!

From the rediscovery of Macchu Picchu to Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Missouri, and taking in deserts, arctic wilderness, tropical islands and the heart of the Amazon jungle, the armchair traveller will enjoy unlocking the secrets of the world's most exciting places. Stunning reproductions of the featured maps will spark journeys of the imagination. The Map Stories include: - Aqaba, and Lawrence of Arabia - The late discovery of the Maldives...

A Brainwave and his globetrotting pals serve as traveling companions through time to experience history's journeys of discovery, meeting famous explorers and sharing their stories.

"Tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Focusing on 50 of the world's greatest explorers, with shorter entries on 60 of their helpers and companions, the book is filled with first-person accounts in the explorers' own words, rare maps, specially commissioned photographs, and artworks [to] re-create history's greatest expeditions"--Publisher marketing.

"Innovative foldout pages provide an amazing visual reference to major expeditions of discovery from the past 150 years."--P. [4] of cover.

The stories told here of explorers and expeditions from the earliest times--ancient Egypt and the Phoenicians--to the present, with the experience of fascination and danger that they represent, contain all the elements necessary to capture the reader's imagination. Farrington (an author and journalist) is adept at telling these stories, which are directed at the lay reader, relating the personal and larger context that caused people to travel beyond...