Sam is still too little to reach the light switch, the bathroom taps, and his clothes hangers, but his grandfather's birthday present makes him feel that he is finally tall enough.

This concise chronicle of the famous explorer's life centers on his boyhood in Genoa, Italy, his dreams of voyaging west and his final voyages.

A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep. On board pages. A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep. Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air. A little bunny bids goodnight to objects in his room before falling asleep.

A little boy wishes so much he could whistle.