When Phileas Fogg decides to travel around the world in eighty days, he says he's prepared for anything, but he never expects to be chased around the world by a policeman.

When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England.

Joe the tugboat dreams of traveling around the world but, realizing how much his help is needed in the harbor, decides his voyage can wait for another day. Includes facts about boats, a related activity, and word list.

Follows the fictional Scotsman, James Mac Killian, as he travels around the world in 1923-1925 in the Zephyr, a motorized hot-air balloon he invented, seeking to learn the traditions and cultures of the people of different nations.

Twelve-year-old Adam Story is challenged by the deposed ruler of Babababad and his mongoose companion to become the first youngster to travel around the world in forty days without an adult.

Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.