Cappy West

Cappy West went looking for a hat. He found the Sahara.

Meet Cappy West — a friendly capybara with a brass compass, a sage-green bandana, and absolutely no sense of direction. He never sets out to learn anything. The learning just keeps finding him.

In Book 4 of Cappy West: The Global Explorer, Cappy washes up in Morocco and gets everything delightfully wrong. He sets out to buy a hat and gets gloriously lost in a maze of market lanes. He looks for the beach and lands in the desert. He hunts for the post office and wanders into the oldest university in the world — and along the way he meets goats sitting calmly in the branches of a tree.

Along the way, young readers discover real, verified facts about Morocco: the only African country with coastline on two seas; the souks, where getting lost is half the fun; couscous and slow-cooked tajine shared with family; mint tea poured from high above the glass; goats that climb thorny argan trees; the vast Sahara and the snow-capped Atlas Mountains; playful, protected Barbary macaques; a soccer team that made World Cup history in 2022; and the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fes, founded in 859.

Every short chapter pairs a funny blunder with a true discovery, a Fun Fact, and a gentle Cappy Tip about kindness, curiosity, and slowing down to notice the world. The book closes with a Travel Scrapbook, a fact recap, and a quiz to share.

Perfect for ages 6–8 (grades 2–3), confident new readers, bedtime read-alouds, and homeschool trips around the globe. Each book stands on its own — or collect the whole around-the-world series.

"I wasnt lost — I was just taking the scenic route to this fact!"