Dear Parents and Teachers Rourke’s Adventure Chapter Books engage readers immediately by grabbing their attention with exciting plots and adventurous characters Our Adventure Chapter Books offer longer more complex sentences and chapters With minimal illustrations readers must rely on the descriptive text to understand the setting characters and plot of the book Each book contains several detailed episodes all centered on a single plot that will challenge the reader Each adventure book dives into a country Readers are not only invited to tag along for the adventure but will encounter the most memorable monuments and places culture and history As the characters venture throughout the country they address topics of family friendship and growing up in a way that the reader can relate to Whether readers are reading the books independently or you are reading with them engaging with them after they have read the book is still important We’ve included several activities at the end of each book to make this both fun and educational Are you ready for this adventure Enjoy Rourke Educational Media
TABLE OF CONTENTS Hello Africa Welcome to Maasai Mara Hot Air Balloon Zebras Giraffe Encounter Elephant Stampede The Maasai Lake Bogoria Goodbye Africa
Chapter One HELLO AFRICA Who’s coming to Africa with me Tomas Marisol Mom asked excitedly She was selected to research the lesser flamingo in Kenya As a bird biologist Mom has had the chance to travel all over the world but never to Africa This was a chance of a lifetime for her Tomas my twin brother jumped up and down waving his hands in the air I’m in I’m in he shouted Tomas loves animals and he’s dreamed about going on safari for most of his life Oh you’re not leaving me behind I said Visiting Africa and watching lions and zebras in the wild was something I wasn’t going to miss either Fantastic We’ll all go Alberto Mom said as she glanced at Dad I’ll go book the flights
