Presents accounts of children and teens in Africa, especially Malawi and Tanzania, whose lives have been affected by AIDS.

Demonstrates the diversity of the African continent by describing daily life in some of its fifty-three nations.

Presents the true story of a six-year-old named Ryan Hreljac who built a well halfway around the world and how it created a life-changing friendship with the Ugandan boy whose village benefitted from Ryan's generosity.

Travel to the African bush with the authors as they join the internationally acclaimed woman researcher conducting one of the longest and most important studies of African mammals in the history of science.

Introduces the plants, animals, and peoples that co-exist within the landcapes of the Serengeti.