This dashing picture book biography takes us around the world with a daring Victorian female explorer and author.;;Exploring was easier said than done for a young woman in nineteenth-century England. But somehow Isabella persisted, and with each journey, she breathed in new ways to see and describe everything around her. Question by question, word by word, Isabella bloomed. ;;First, out in the English countryside. Then, off to America and Canada. And eventually, around the world, to Africa, Asia, Australia, and more. Always more-more places, more questions, more words-and all those experiences became books, in which she described the land she traveled, the people she met, and the dangers she experienced. ;;And finally, Isabella returned home to England, where she became the first female member of the Royal Geographic Society and was presented to the Queen. But to wild-vine Isabella, the world was home.;; Back matter features an author’s note, bibliography, and timeline.