Where does true adventure come from? A young Latino boy and his grandfather find the true answer together. Eliot imagines sailing wild rivers and discovering giant beasts, right there on his block! But he wishes his adventures were real. Eliot's grandpa, El Capitan, once steered his own ship through dangerous seas, to far-off lands. But he can't do that anymore. Can Eliot and El Capitan discover a real adventure... together? Come find out! All aboard The Greatest Adventure!

Issues consist of lists of new books added to the library ; also articles about aspects of printing and publishing history, and about exhibitions held in the library, and important acquisitions.

A "healer of souls" named X. Anaxagoras persuades a married couple that the life they are living is too perfect, too safe, too dull, and they are too much of a prisoner of "The Proper Thing" aboard their luxury yacht moored at the Vancouver Yacht Club. Tossing overboard all nautical discipline and propriety, the crew of the Sprindrift embark in a series of adventures that involves kidnappings and claim-jumping a gold mine.