Swimming with Sea Lions and Other Adventures in the Galapagos Islands

The book is a diary-style account of a child around ten years old who travels with her grandmother on a two-week (thirteen-day) trip to the Galápagos Islands, accompanied by a guide named Andy. The child, her grandmother, and Andy record their observations of the islands' wildlife including sea lions and their daily experiences in diaries, illustrated with more than fifty photographs. The narrative presents a factual overview of the Galápagos environment, geography, and animal life as seen through the perspective of a young traveler and her grandmother.