Younger Readers (K-2nd) | Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th) | Older Readers (5th & Up) |
Nonfiction Adventure Books
| Story of Little Babaji Babaji confronts some bully tigers in this new edition of “Little Black Sambo.” |
Bannerman, Helen |
| Just a Minute While Johnny waits for his mother to finish her shopping, he feels that so much time has passed that he has become an old man. |
Becker, Bonny |
| Tell Me Some More Andrew introduces Tim to a place where he can hold an elephant under his arm, pat a lion, and pick up a river. |
Bonsall, Crosby |
| Friends Go Adventuring Tired of the monotonous routine on the farm, three farm animal friends venture out into the wide world looking for adventure. |
Heine, Helme |
| Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon A boy takes an exciting trip to the moon. |
Yaccarino, Dan |
| The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree In this early reader, 3 bears dare to go into some spooky places. |
Berenstain, Stan and Jan |
| Minnie and Moo and the Musk of Zorro Two cows, inspired by a book, dress up as Zorro and try to save the barnyard, with unexpected results. |
Cazet, Denys |
| Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Young Bill becomes a rider with the Pony Express, delivering the mail in spite of storms, attacking wolves, and robbers. |
Coerr, Eleanor |
| Bill and Pete Bill the crocodile and Pete, his “toothbrush” bird friend, have many adventures, including starting school and meeting up with a bad guy. There are 2 more books about Bill and Pete. |
DePaola, Tomie |
| Meanwhile Raymond discovers that he can "meanwhile..." from one perilous adventure to another, where he encounters pirates, martians, and a mountain lion. |
Feiffer. Jules |
| Story about Ping The young duck Ping is late returning home to his boat on the Yangtze River. Rather than receive a spanking, he hides, then realizes it is not so easy to find his home. |
Flack, Marjorie |
| Lisa in the Jungle Although she spent the summer at the community swimming pool, Lisa tells her classmates that she visited the jungle where her uncle raises panthers and leopards |
Gutman, Anne |
| Starring Mirette and Bellini Master high-wire walker Bellini teaches the young Mirette all he knows. When he is sent to prison, she must perform her bravest act ever to free him. |
McCully, Emily Arnold |
| Batman’s Dark Secret Once there was a boy named Bruce Wayne. How did he become Batman, who isn’t afraid of anything? |
Puckett, Kelley |
| We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Through the river, through the mud, through the forest, watch out for the bear! |
Rosen, Michael |
| Mr. Putter and Tabby Take the Train Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby and Mrs. Teaberry and her dog Zeke are going for a train ride - or are they? |
Rylant, Cynthia |
| Alistair and Kip’s Great Adventure Alistair and Kip build a boat and soon find themselves sailing down the creek to the river to the bay and out to sea where a violent storm threatens to capsize them. |
Segal, John |
| Alistair in Outer Space When Alistair is kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, his main concern is for his overdue library books. |
Stadler, Marilyn |
| Zeke Pippin Angry with his family for falling asleep when he plays his harmonica, Zeke runs away from home, only to confront a treacherous return journey. |
Steig, William |
| Benny’s New Friend Benny isn't sure he wants to be friends with his new neighbor Beth. Then he hurts his ankle in the woods and needs help. |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th)
| Ghost of Windy Hill The lady who lives at Windy Hill is convinced it is haunted. Her husband invites a family with no fear of ghosts to live there. Will anyone find a ghost? |
Bulla, Clyde Robert |
| The Most Beautiful Place in the World Juan lives with his Grandma in a small town in Guatemala, a place of great beauty but also terrible poverty. Will he ever be able to go to school? |
Cameron, Ann |
| The Watertower In this eerie picture book, two friends decide one hot summer day to climb up into the water tower for a swim. Then, weird things start to happen. |
Crew, Gary |
| Bandit’s Moon Annyrose narrowly escapes the clutches of nasty O.O. Mary. Searching for her long-lost brother, she is captured by a famous Gold Rush bandit. What will her fate be? |
Fleischman, Sid |
| Terror at the Zoo Ellen and Corey Streator are excited about their overnight camp-out at the zoo. When they are locked in the zoo with a dangerous criminal, the night's events become very scary. |
Kehret, Peg |
| Chasing the Falconers (On the Run series) Aidan and Meg Falconer are their parents' only hope. The Falconers are facing life in prison -- unless Aidan and Meg can follow a trail of clues to prove their innocence. |
Korman, Gordon |
| Shibumi and the Kitemaker When Shibumi, the emperor’s daughter, realizes how poor and ugly the city is beyond the palace walls, she devises a courageous plan to end the suffering. |
Mayer, Mercer |
| Homer Price When Homer is not in school, doing chores, or building radios, he has wonderful adventures, like capturing four robbers and not being able to turn off the automatic doughnut machine in his uncle's coffee shop. |
McCloskey, Robert |
| Little Soup’s Hayride How do you go on a hayride if you don't have a wagon or a horse? Leave it to Rob's best friend Soup to figure it out. |
Peck, Robert Newton |
| Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World Whiteblack the Penguin, Chief Storyteller of Penguinland, is worried because he has run out of stories to tell. He sets out on a journey that takes him to many different places. |
Rey, Margret and H.A. |
| Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride A fictionalized account of the night Amelia Earhart flew Eleanor Roosevelt over Washington, D.C. in an airplane. |
Ryan, Pam Munoz |
| The Not so Jolly Roger (Time Warp Trio series) Three friends are sent back in time by a magic book and they find themselves prisoners of the evil pirate Blackbeard. |
Sciezska, Jon |
| The Cay World War II is raging, and Phillip and his family need to leave their island home. When his boat is torpedoed, Phillip is left blind and stranded on a desert island with an old black man and a cat. |
Taylor, Theodore |
| Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio Naive and bumbling Carlo, his shady camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities of the infamous Golden Road, as mysterious strangers try in vain to point them toward real treasures. |
Alexander, Lloyd |
| Heaven Eyes An exciting story about a girl and two friends who leave their orphanage to set out on an adventure. They reach the “Black Middens” by boat, find an abandoned factory, and meet a strange girl named Heaven Eyes. (233 pp) |
Almond, David |
| True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle It is 1832 and Charlotte is the only passenger and the only female on a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Hours after the ship sets sail, she is handed a dagger for her protection. Will she survive the treacherous voyage? |
Avi |
| Williwaw! In their father's absence, thirteen-year-old September and her younger brother Ivan disobey his orders by taking the boat out on their Alaska bay, where they are caught in a terrifying storm called a williwaw. |
Bodett, Tom |
| The Incredible Journey A Labrador retriever, a bull terrier, and a Siamese cat face starvation and wild animals as they trek through the Canadian wilderness in search of the family they love. |
Burnford, Sheila |
| Quake! With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain. |
Cottonwood, Joe |
| Overboard Escaping from a sinking ferry in the waters off Sumatra, fourteen-year-old Emily fights for survival for herself and a young Indonesian boy, who draws courage from his quiet but firm Islamic faith. |
Fama, Elizabeth |
| Black Stallion Alec is left stranded on a deserted island with a wild stallion. Gradually, boy and horse learn to trust each other. |
Farley, Walter |
| Julie of the Wolves Miyax, a young Eskimo girl, runs away from an unhappy marriage. She takes off for her pen pal’s home in San Francisco, but gets lost in the Alaskan wilderness and meets up with a wolf pack. |
George, Jean Craighead |
| My Side of the Mountain Sam Gribley, tired of living in a crowded apartment in New York City, decides to run away and live in the woods. |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Winter Camp Toughboy and Sister, recently orphaned, live with Natasha, an elderly Athabascan Indian. When Natasha takes them to her winter training camp, the two children must learn how to survive the harsh Alaskan winter. |
Hill, Kirkpatrick |
| Stormbreaker (series) After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6. |
Horowitz, Anthony |
| Monsieur Eek The 21 people living in the coastal city of Oongafoondsen know nothing of life outside their borders. Then one day a ship washes up with a lone survivor – a small hairy creature the townspeople assume is a Frenchman and who they name "Mr. Eek." |
Ives, David |
| Phantom Tollbooth Milo is always bored. Then he receives a tollbooth, a map, and a car, and drives to some unusual places you won’t find on any regular map. |
Juster, Norton |
| From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler When Claudia decides to run away, she plans carefully. She will invite her younger brother Jamie, who has money, to come with her, and they will live in comfort at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (162pp) J/Fiction/Konigsburg, J/ |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
The Wreckers (High Seas series) |
Lawrence, Iain |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins Left behind on an island when her tribe decides to move, 12-year-old Karana learns to live on her own. |
O’Dell, Scott |
| Airborn Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface. |
Oppel, Kenneth |
| Hatchet After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian must learn to survive in the Canadian wilderness. In the process, he also learns how to deal with his parents’ divorce. |
Paulsen, Gary |
| Zach’s Lie Jack Osborne’s life is changed forever when his father is arrested and he and his family must enter the Witness Protection Program. |
Smith, Roland |
| Maniac Magee Jeffrey Lionel Magee is always running, looking for a home and a family he never had. |
Spinelli, Jerry |
| The Mysterious Benedict Society Four brilliant orphans are chosen for a secret mission to infiltrate an evil organization that wants to take over the world. A wonderful blend of fast-moving adventure, mystery and sci fi. |
Stewart, Trenton Lee |
Nonfiction Adventure Books
You can find many exciting books about real events and people in the history and travel (J/900’s) and the biography (J/Biography) sections.