National Geographic Kids Chapters picks up where the best-selling National Geographic Readers series leaves off. This new series offers young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, full-color true stories just right to carry in a backpack, share with friends, and read under the covers at night. Based on the hit feature in National Geographic Kids magazine, we bring you Animal Adventures! Featuring three amazing stories of explorer Brian Skerry and his incredible encounters with animals, written in fun and lively prose that empowers readers to devour page after page. BRIAN SKERRY is a photojournalist specializing in marine wildlife and underwater environments. Since 1998 he has been a contract photographer for  National Geographic  magazine covering a wide range of subjects and stories. In 2014 he was named a National Geographic Photography Fellow. In 2015 Skerry was named a Nikon Ambassador, and in 2017 he received the National Geographic Photographer's Photographer Award. Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld  is an award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. Her titles include What Lives in a Shell? , winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Best Children's Science Picture Book award; What Is the World Made Of? , a Children's Book-of-the-Month Club main selection; and What's Alive? , also named an AAAS Best Children's Science Picture Book.