Product Description: As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton’s incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times...read more

Butterflies flutter inside the tummy of a young girl as she prepares for the first day of school. At bedtime her mind races with countless questions. The next morning she bravely journeys off to school. Told in her voice, her story mirrors the feelings of anxiety and nervous exhilaration all children encounter the day before school. Children will be happy to find out that they are not alone and that everyone gets butterflies.