Charlie Takes An Adventure

This book was written when author Haley Marguerite was 11 years old, part of a class project. The book got published 13 years later after many people discouraged her from following her dream of becoming an author. In this book Charlie ventures to Florida to find warm weather, nice people and things to do. He ends up heading back home to Antartica after a slew of events make him understand how good he had it with his family and friends in Pickering Wharf.

In this book Charlie has just won a trip to the moon and he is taking his best friend Phil! Charlie and Phil learn all about what an astronaut must do during training at Cape Canaveral. While at the training and throughout the book, Charlie encounters a good amount of bullying from his peers and tries to figure out how to deal with it. Charlie meets Captain Chapman at a dinner party and learns about these anti-bullying programs his organization have been implementing for some time and have been working. In an effort to spread peace on the moon and back on Earth Charlie lines up meetings with big name organizations to inform them about the programs. Towards the end of the book Charlie's peers turn to him for help back on the spaceship as a faulty switch is broken and he is the only one that is small enough to fit through the opening. Charlie ends up fixing it and being everyone's hero. The reader learns heroes come in all different shapes and sizes. on the moon Charlie encounters his peers bullying him. This book and the other Charlie Takes an Adventure book series includes 22+ anti-bullying programs all 100% free.

The Newberry Medalist brings humor and heart to this story of a Civil War–era boy struggling to do right in the face of history’s cruelest evils. Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died, and Cap’n Buck—the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina—has come to collect a debt. Fearing for his life, Charlie strikes a deal with Cap’n Buck and agrees to track down some folks accused of stealing from the cap’n and his boss. It’s not too bad of a bargain for Charlie . . . until he comes face-to-face with the fugitives and discovers their true identities. Torn between his guilty conscience and his survival instinct, Charlie needs to figure out his next move—and soon. It’s only a matter of time before Cap’n Buck catches on. Praise for The Journey of Little Charlie A National Book Award Finalist “This is a compelling and ugly story for middle-grade readers told with genuine care. Little Charlie is a product of his Southern upbringing, yet in Curtis’s skillful hands he learns the world is not as he’d thought . . . Christopher Paul Curtis does it again.” —Historical Novel Society “A characteristically lively and complex addition to the historical fiction of the era from Curtis.” —Kirkus Reviews

Children's picture book about a penguin's adventures

This heart-pounding mystery-adventure follows three kids who get lost in the woods at night and experience something they cannot quite explain. Secrets, spies, or maybe even a monster . . . what lies in the heart of the woods? Charlie Noon and Dizzy Heron are determined to find out. When their nemesis, Johnny Baines, plays a prank on them and night falls without warning, all three end up lost in the woods, trapped in a nightmare. Unforeseen dangers and impossible puzzles lurk in the shadows. Like it or not, Charlie and Dizzy must work with Johnny if they are to find a way out. But time can be tricky. . . . What if the night never ends?

Meet Charlie, an ever-inquisitive monkey, and his best friend Trike, a calm ceratopsian dinosaur with vital faith answers, as they wind their way along the rim of the Grand Canyon, and take a mule trip with their guide Captain Wes down into this incredible landscape. Experience the adventure each time you read this unforgettable book with its pull-out features, maps, flaps, and a panoramic three-page Canyon drawing!

In this book Charlie ventures to Massachusetts hoping his time will be a bit different from Florida. While in Massachusetts he meets some locals, eats delicious food at must eat at hot spots and tries to do all the touristy things one would do when visiting Massachusetts. It's filled with history, landmarks and a hear warming ending. to find warm weather, nice people and things to do. He ends up heading back home to Antartica after a slew of events don't quite go Charlies way.In Charlie's 2nd adventure, Charlie Takes an Adventure to Massachusetts, Charlie sets out to Massachusetts hoping Massachusetts can be a place Charlie can call home. While Charlie is in town visiting Massachusetts, he stops by some popular well-known, must-see places; Boston, Plimoth Plantation, The North End, Fenway, and Salem.And?Charlie sets foot in a famous fast-food chain restaurant ONLY found in Massachusetts. Can you guess that place!?I can't spoil too much for you. But I can tell you if you are from Massachusetts like I myself you will totally just LOVE book 2. (I was born in Natick, MA? at the Leonard Morse Hospital to be exact!) Not only are the illustrations wicked awesome but the storyline really keeps you glued to your chair and wanting to know where Charlie goes in his third adventure! New Englanders this book is a must-have in your library! Charlie meets Myrna, a school teacher dressed up as a witch in Salem telling Charlie something very profound of what he must do next in order to be happy again. Get the book to find out what happens and how Charlie even ended up in Salem.