Genre + Age 5

Hand-picked Adventure Books for 5-year-olds

Adventure at five is first big journeys — the kind of stories you read together where every page turn is a cliffhanger. Treasure maps, woodland escapes, small heroes in big worlds. Our picks here are short enough for a bedtime and exciting enough that your child will ask for one more. Each one hand-picked by Hannah, a former English teacher.

44 adventure books for 5-year-olds

A to Z Mysteries – Grand Canyon Grab

Ron Roy

A to Z Mysteries – The Canary Caper

Ron Roy

A to Z Mysteries – The Missing Mummy

Ron Roy

A to Z Mysteries – The Talking T. Rex

Ron Roy

Alexander McCall Smiths Marvellous Mix-ups

Alexander McCall Smith

Baby Badger (Adventures in Fosterland)

Hannah Shaw

Billie B Brown 1-10 – Billie B Brown, Collection 1

Sally Rippin

Billie B Brown 11-20 – Billie B Brown, Collection 2

Sally Rippin

Caitlin the Ice Bear Fairy

Daisy Meadows

Calendar Mysteries – January Joker

Ron Roy

Courage Out Loud: 25 Poems of Power

Joseph Coelho

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

Fibles- 10-Minute Children’s Bedtime Stories for modern-day kids!

M R Everette

Finding Dory

Suzanne Francis

Goodnight Pirate

Michelle Robinson

Joao by a Thread

Roger Mello

Kingdom of Wrenly – The Bard and the Beast

Jordan Quinn

Morgan the Midnight Fairy

Daisy Meadows

Nate the Great

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Paddington

Michael Bond

Pirate School – A Very Fishy Battle

Jeremy Strong

Pirate School – Just a bit of wind

Jeremy Strong

Other ages for adventure

Age 639 books Age 7142 books Age 8147 books Age 9132 books Age 1049 books Age 1149 books

Other genres for 5-year-olds

Action6 books Fantasy10 books Friendship37 books Funny40 books Magic43 books Mystery11 books Real Life16 books Scary2 books Sci Fi1 books War1 books

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