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Hand-picked Adventure Books for Children

Quests, expeditions, runaways and rescues. Books that pull a reader out the door and into somewhere bigger.

648 adventure books

Chicken School

Jeremy Strong

Christmas in Camelot

Mary Pope Osborne

Cinders and Sparks 2 – Fairies in the Forest

Lindsey Kelk

Civil War on Sunday

Mary Pope Osborne

Clover Moon

Jacqueline Wilson

Cluey Crew 3 – Grandma’s Game Show

Lisa Thompson (Reading Eggs)

Cluey Crew 4 – Pop-up Party

Lisa Thompson (Reading Eggs)

Conjure Island

Eden Royce

Cows in Action – The Moo-my’s Curse

Steve Cole

Crazy in Poughkeepsie

Daniel Pinkwater

Crime Biters 4 – Fangs for Everything

Tommy Greenwald

Cuddle the Magic Kitten 3 – Princess Party Sleepover

Hayley Daze

Daisy and the Trouble with Giants

Kes Gray

Daisy and the Trouble with School Trips

Kes Gray

Daisy and the Trouble with Vampires

Kes Gray

Danny the Champion of the World

Roald Dahl

Dark Day in the Deep Sea

Mary Pope Osborne

Darkmouth 2 – Worlds Explode

Shane Hegarty

Day of the Dragon King

Mary Pope Osborne

Dead Sea Squirrels 02 – Boy Meets Squirrels

Mike Nawrocki

Dead Sea Squirrels 03 – Nutty Study Buddies

Mike Nawrocki

Dead Sea Squirrels 04 – Squirrelnapped

Mike Nawrocki

Dingoes at Dinnertime

Mary Pope Osborne

Doctor Bonkers

Jeremy Strong
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