Each book can take you on an adventure. Here are some of my favorite adventure books for readers of every age.
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Happy Read Across America Day! Did you know that today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday? Dr. Seuss changed the world of reading for children. Every year …
A Wrinkle in Time Series | The Books and my Thoughts
The inspiration for reading these books came from Netflix. I was browsing one time trying to figure out what I wanted to watch when I …
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs | Parent Guide
Synopsis After a ship’s mutiny strands an English couple on the remote African coast their son is born in the wild. Soon after, he is …
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling | Parent Guide
Synopsis Harry is an orphan and on his eleventh birthday he finds out that he is a famous wizard. Harry discovers Hogwarts, a school of …
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole | Parent Guide
Synopsis The Castle of Otranto was supposed to be a thriller-horror book. However, many of the ‘scary’ elements have been overused, and seem clique today. …
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale | Parent Guide
Synopsis Miri grew up on the top of a mountain where stones have been quarried for generations. But when the king’s priests announce that Miri’s …
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner | Parent Guide
Synopsis Four orphan children are afraid of being split up, so they run away and make a home for themselves in a boxcar. They come …
A Summer Reading List for the Adventurous Reader
Adventure in Every Genre Summer is a great time to relax and read a book between projects or while on vacation. It is also the …