Adventure

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humorous, Reviews

Super Pancake

Author: Megan Wagner Lloyd Illustrator: Abhi Alwar © Date: 2023 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pages: 165 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, graphic novel Publisher Recommended Age: 7-10 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, a look at the character and environmental design for the book Summary from Book: Life in Breakfast Town is pretty uneventful […]

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Nibbles

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum Illustrator: Michael Sieben © Date: 2013 (story originally published in 1900) Publisher: Harper Design Pages: 222 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Original no, this version yes, most page layouts have an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 7-11 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: In this dazzling full-color gift edition,

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Reviews

The Doldrums

Author: Nicholas Gannon Illustrator: Nicholas Gannon © Date: 2015 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Pages: 340 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, some pages illustrations (a few full page color illustrations are included) Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Archer B. Helmsley has grown up in a house full of

12 years old and up, 8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Realistic Fiction, Reviews

Wonderstruck

Author: Brian Selznick Illustrator: Brian Selznick © Date: 2011 Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 629 Chapters: No, but it is divided into parts Illustrations: Yes, many page layouts are just illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 9 years and up Bonus Activities at End of Book: No, but the acknowledgments include information on inspirations and the history, a

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Nibbles, Page Pig Favorites, Science Fiction

Fortunately, The Milk

Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Skottie Young © Date: 2013 Publisher: Harper Pages: 114 Chapters: No Illustrations: Yes, every page Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Find out just how odd things get in this hilarious story of time travel and breakfast cereal, expertly told by Newbery

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Biography, Nibbles, Nonfiction

Everest – The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Author: Alexandra Stewart Illustrator: Joe Todd-Stanton © Date: 2019 Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Pages: 64 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, every page Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: On the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun shone brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Animals, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

FunJungle: Big Game

Author: Stuart Gibbs Illustrator: Lucy Ruth Cummins (map illustration: Ryan Thompson) © Date: 2015 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 339 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: No Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No, but has an author note that rhinos and elephants are in trouble due to poaching,

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humorous, Reviews, Romance

The Land of Stories

Author: Chris Colfer Illustrator: Brandon Dorman © Date: 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: 438 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Not really, small illustrations are included at the start of each chapter Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Alex and Conner Bailey’s world is about to change.

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Reviews

The Adventurer’s Guide to Dragons (and Why They Keep Biting Me)

Author: Wade Albert White Illustrator: Mariano Epelbaum © Date: 2017 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: 371 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but only on the first page of a chapter Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: There are two kinds of adventure: The kind that involves

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