Caroline Starr Rose

In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly, inspired by Jules Verne's book Around the World in 80 Days, began an around-the-world journey that she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by her employer, the newspaper The World. Just hours after her ship set out across the Atlantic, the publisher of The Cosmopolitan magazine put writer Elizabeth Bisland on a westbound train. Bisland was headed around the world in the opposite direction,...

A traveling medicine show promises to cure all that ails, but thirteen-year-old Jack and his friend Cora learn it takes more than faith in the miraculous to fix things that are broken. Dr. Kingsbury's "Miraculous Tonic" is guaranteed to relieve everything from pimples to hearing loss to a broken heart. Jack himself is a witness to the miraculous results and the doctor's kindness. Now Jack travels with him from city to city selling his cure-all elixir....

Various wetland creatures, from alligators to egrets, enjoy what begins as a calm and peaceful day in the bayou, then prepare for and endure a passing hurricane, and finally settle in for a peaceful night. Includes author's note and facts about the animals mentioned.