Classic Children S Adventure Stories

Four timeless tales of adventure that have delighted generations of readers, young and old. Peter Pan is the enchanting story of a boy who wouldn’t grow up and the girl he promised to always remember. One magical night, two mischievous denizens of an island of the imagination visit Wendy Darling and her younger brothers in their London home. Peter Pan and Tinker Bell whisk the children away to Neverland to join the Lost Boys in their epic struggle against the evil Captain Hook. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the story that taught the world “there’s no place like home.” In a fairy tale so powerful that it seems every child is born knowing it, a tornado transports Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, from the flat prairies of Kansas to the marvelous Land of Oz. A fantastic journey soon follows as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion travel the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City, where they hope all their dreams will come true. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an irresistible ode to the joys of childhood. An immediate sensation when it was first published one hundred fifty years ago, Lewis Carroll’s groundbreaking fantasy novel takes readers on a incredible journey from a drowsy riverbank in England to an extraordinary world populated with unforgettable characters including the anxious White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the grinning Cheshire Cat, and the notorious Queen of Hearts. The Swiss Family Robinson is the beloved story of a family marooned on a desert island. Left behind by the crew and other passengers of their wrecked ship, four brothers and their steadfast parents build a home in the jungle wilderness, complete with livestock, a small farm, and a sturdy tree house for shelter. In no time, the Robinson family learns how much can be accomplished through hard work, cooperation, curiosity, and perseverance. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Ellas Adventures is a children's picture book about the story of a real Sea Turtle, called Ella which ended up in a Turtle Hospital in Cairns Australia. Ella tells her story, and the story of all the other Turtles in the Hospital, what happened to them and what people did to help them. Ella then gets released back to the wild, we learn about other species of the Reef and the changed we as human have to undertake in order to keep our Oceans healthy.

A young man, searching for his lost love, commits suicide. A murdered man's spirit returns to seek revenge on his killer. An elderly woman keeps a window open for the dead to come in. An Englishman spends the night by a tomb with the inscription 'Th e dead travel fast'. Excerpted from some of the best-known classics in the horror genre, Classic Tales for Children: Scary Stories is guaranteed to keep you awake at night.

One of Willard Price's adventure stories featuring Hal and Roger Hunt. The boys have a new quarry - the big-game poachers who threaten to wipe out a huge African game reserve. They capture a band of poachers red-handed, but the leader, Blackbeard, continues to elude them.

A write-in book which will allow children to pen their very own adventure story. With lots of hints and tips on how to create characters, plan plots, write dialogue and stage all-important action scenes, this book will start budding writers off with simple exercises, and build them up until they are racing through their own short stories.

The reader, lost in a strange cave, decides how the story comes out.

Eva and her classmates go camping and work together on a treasure hunt. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.