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Adventure stories written specifically for children began in the 19th century. Early examples include Johann David Wyss's The Swiss Family Robinson (1812), Frederick Marryat's The Children of the New Forest (1847), and Harriet Martineau's The Peasant and the Prince (1856). [9]
The Fantastic Flying Journey is a 1987 children's adventure novel by Gerald Durrell. It is a story about three children and their great-uncle Lancelot travelling around the world in a hot air balloon. It was illustrated by Graham Percy and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Silverpoint is a European science-fiction teen television series, which airs on CBBC, created by Lee Walters and Steven Andrew. [1] The series follows a group of kids at an adventure camp who discover a strange artefact, while also drawn to the fate of four children who mysteriously disappeared twenty years ago.
A children's book series is a set of fiction books, written specifically for child readers. Most books have with a connected storyline, filled with a setup of intertwining elements for the reader to follow along in the progressing plot.
Samuel Walkey (10 July 1871 – 29 March 1953) was an English bank inspector, who used his spare time when travelling to write, and became a prolific author of boy's adventure fiction. Walkey wrote at least sixteen novels and hundreds of magazine stories.
The Miraculous Journey won the 2006 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for children's fiction [4] and a Parents' Choice Award for Spring 2006 fiction. [5] It was a Quill Awards finalist in the children's chapter book category. [6] In 2007 the U.S. National Education Association named it one of "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" based on an ...
Beyond the Bright Sea is a 2017 children's historical adventure fiction written by the American author Lauren Wolk. ... Winner Scott O'Dell Award for Historical ...
A selection of children's tales from Uttley's books PS 109: The Haunted Reef: Frank Crisp: R. M Powers: 1957: A boy's dreams of living in the South Pacific atolls are brought to life in this adventure story about boats, lost ships and treasure-seeking. PS 110: The Borrowers: Mary Norton---1957: PS 111: King Solomon's Mines: H. Rider Haggard ...