Based on an old folk legend and brought to life with color illustrations, this story is about a "merman" from the ocean who can walk like any man. While on land

A retelling of a twelth-century tale in which a young woman falls in love with a merman and determines to marry him despite their separate worlds.

A long environmental history of the Aral Sea region, focusing on colonization and development in Russian and Soviet Central Asia.

A poem about the visit that Santa Claus pays to the children of the world during the night before every Christmas.