These five books are about two young co-workers who work at Park Museum. They are assistants to the museum's director, Claire Long, who sends them to the "four corners of the world" on exciting explorations. The young co-workers go to Egypt to see the 4000-year-old pyramids, to St. Petersburg to look for the lost Fabergé egg, to Greece to see some strange bones, to China to look at the tomb of the Emperor and to Zimbabwe to find a lost city.

Students found the stories interesting because they learned lots of information on various parts of the world. For instance, they learned about the culture in the past in Egypt from the pictures inside the pyramids. Another example is that each year the Russian Czar gave his wife a fancy egg made of gold, diamonds or porcelain. Inside each egg was a different object. In one egg there was a tiny silver dog.

Other student comments include: “The space is good and the size of print is good.” “They don’t take too long to read.”

One instructor suggests finding the different countries on a map before reading each book so people have a better understanding of the settings.

The print of the books is easy to read. Some of the words are broken down so you can understand the pronunciation better. Each book has 44 pages and three black-and-white drawings. The pictures give you a better understanding of the book.

We found adult students really liked the books and would be willing to read them again, to the class or to their children.