This is the first of eight books that features world-famous zoologist Brian Keating and his travels to experience unique ecosystems and observe animals from pole-to-pole and around the equator.

"Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World" is a nature book like no other, as children learn about wildlife, the environment, and conservation through first-person accounts from one of Canada_s foremost animal adventurers. In this book, lavishly illustrated by his own photographs, Keating describes ten of his most memorable wildlife-watching trips in his trademark energetic and upbeat style.

Join Keating as he describes: Miraculously escaping from a pride of charging lions in Africa on the scariest day of his life Strolling down a penguin superhighway in Antarctica Discovering (the hard way) the memorable defence mechanism of Norway_s petrels - projectile vomiting Marvelling at Borneo_s amazing proboscis monkeys with their huge light-bulb noses dangling between their eyes Looking into the eyes of Godzilla when getting up close-and-personal with marine iguanas in the Galapagos

Brian Keating is a keen naturalist, avid outdoorsman, world traveller, intrepid adventurer, and extraordinary spokesperson for the world_s wild places and the creatures that inhabit them. Keating_s first job with the Calgary Zoo in 1981 was in their education program. Now he is Head of the zoo_s Conservation Outreach Department, and responsible for national and international conservation projects, such as the Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary in Ghana, West Africa, and the nature-based eco-tour program that he started in 1983.