Theme: Adventure

The Deserter

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

To save the members of his tribe from being devoured by the beasts that share their primitive world, Stopmouth must make his way to the mysterious, futuristic world above, even though a virus is destroying the Upstairs and driving millions of refugees to seek shelter below.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Ireland, Science Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Olympians: Hades: Lord of the Dead

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Volume 4 of the highly acclaimed Olympians series. Hades: Lord of the Deadtells the story of the great God of the Underworld and one of the most famous of all Greek myths: Hades’ abduction of Persephone and her mother’s revenge. Be prepared to see a new side of Persephone in this dynamic adaptation of the [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Graphic Novel, Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Myth » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Arthur’s Dream Boat

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

From the talented Polly Dunbar comes an imaginative adventure that will have children sailing away on their own flights of fancy.One night, Arthur has an amazing dream about a pink and green boat with a striped mast and a beautiful figurehead. He can’t wait to tell his family about it! But when he tries, no [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Fantasy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Ruby Redfort Look into My Eyes

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, along with her sidekick butler, Hitch, work for a secret crime-busting organization called Spectrum. Ruby gets into lots of scrapes with evil villains, but she’s always ice-cool in a crisis. Just take a classic screwball comedy, add heaps of breathtaking action, and multiply it by Lauren Child’s writing [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Down on their luck, the Tooting family buys an old camper van and begins repairing it, but after installing an engine that once belonged to an extraordinary car, they are off to find other original parts, pursued by a sinister man who wants Chitty for himself.

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Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder: Who Cut the Cheese?

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

New adventures await Doctor Proctor, Lisa, and Nilly as they try to protect Oslo, Norway, from invading aliens, enormous snakes in the sewers, seven-legged Peruvian sucking spiders, and sinister waffle irons.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Norway, Realistic Fiction, Scandinavia » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

In 1934, Ruth Harkness had never seen a panda bear.  Not many people in the world had. But soon the young Mrs. Harkness would inherit an expedition from her explorer husband: the hunt for a panda.  She knew that bringing back a panda would be hard. Impossible, even.  But she intended to try. So she [...]

Descriptors: Asia, China, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Rude Ramsay And The Roaring Radishes

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

In Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, bestselling author Margaret Atwood offers a delightfully ridiculous tale about the virtues of resisting restrictions.  Rude Ramsay has reached the end of his rope!  Sick of dining on rock-hard rice, rubbery ribs, wrinkled ravioli, and raw rhinoceros, Ramsay and Ralph the red- nosed rat resolve to leave their [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

This delightfully illustrated book introduces children to the concept of time through the mishaps and misdaventures of Mr. Wolf.  the Story traces the escapades of the bumbling Mr. Wolf as he pursues Mouse and Squirrel through their daily activities.  A large clock accompanies each activity, representing the passage of time.  Bob Beeson’s vivid pen and [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard

By Book Importer | Published: March 3, 2012

A comic romp through Shakespeare’s London featuring an intrepid little boy, a friendly bear, and-in the role of dastardly villain-the Bard himself. What happens when a boy bursts through the curtain of a deserted theatre and onto the world’s most famous stage? He lands on the Bard himself and the chase is on-through the streets [...]

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