The Dark Frigate
by Charles Boardman Hawes
Age: 12+
Interests: ships, pirates, adventure, action, violence, travel, history, British history More
The Dark Frigate
30 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 12+ Tags: action, adventure, boats, British history, crime, history, orphans, pirates, travel, violence
A Land Divided
17 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, Canadian books Tags: action, adventure, boats, Canada, Canadian history, country life, history, travel, war
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD WINNER – 1951
by John F. Hayes
illustrated by Fred J. Finley
Age: 10+ (independent reading)
Interests: Canadian history, war, adventure
Mrs. Easter and the Storks
22 May 2013 3 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: adventure, birds, boats, chase, London, royalty, travel
Mrs Easter and the Storks
by V.H. Drummond
Age: 4+
Interests: birds, travel, London, adventure, chase, royalty
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
07 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: American history, boats, cities, history, immigration, New York, orphans, romance, sewing, strong girls, travel
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
Amy Hest, text
P. J. Lynch, illustrations
Age: 6+
Interests: history, ship, travel, immigration, American history, New York City, sewing, romance
Black Ships Before Troy
12 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, books 8+ Tags: action, adventure, boats, gods, Greece, history, Magic, morality, myths, romance, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER -1993
Rosemary Sutcliff, text
Alan Lee, illustrations
Frances Lincoln Limited: 1993
125 pages, 19 chapters
Age: 8+ (read to) ; 10+ (independent reading)
Interests: Greek history and mythology, war, romance, ethical dilemmas
Next: Sutcliffe’s The Wanderings of Odysseus, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
Also by this author: many historical fiction novels for young people, including The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (3 books about the Romans in Britain, including Carnegie winner The Lantern Bearers), Warrior Scarlet (about life in the Bronze Age), Tristan and Iseult, The Shining Company (medieval Britain)
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
17 Jan 2013 3 Comments
in Books, books 4+, books 7+, Classics Tags: adventure, boats, circus, horses, ocean, pirates, royalty, toys, travel
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
by Ursula Moray Williams
originally published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1938
253 pp. – 19 chapters
Age: (read to) 4+ ; (independent reading) 7+
Interests: horses, toys come to life, travel, adventures, pirates, circus
by the same author: Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat, The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse
Swallows and Amazons, Pigeon Post
10 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: adventure, birds, boats, camping, country life, island, maps, nature, siblings, strong girls, wilderness survival
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930
363 pp.
CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER – 1936
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936
433 pp.
Age: (read to) 6+, (read independently) 9+
Interests: boats, sailing, camping, adventures, summer vacation, maps, exploring
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
25 Sep 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: action, adventure, American history, bad behavior, boats, British history, history, ocean, pirates, travel, violence
GREENAWAY AWARD WINNER – 2001
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
Richard Platt, text
Chris Riddell, illustrations
Candlewick Press: Cambridge, MA, 2001
112 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: pirates, history, sailing, ships, adventure, ocean
Also by this author and illustrator: Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess
Also by this illustrator: Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver”
Where the Wild Things Are
14 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: adventure, bad behavior, boats, monsters, night, ocean, travel
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1964
by Maurice Sendak
Harper Collins, 1963
40 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: monsters, bad behavior, adventure, travel, boats
Also by this author: Outside Over There, In the Night Kitchen, Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Note: The 2009 movie Where the Wild Things Are is quite brilliant but is not aimed at the same preschool audience as the book! Moving, complex, gorgeous and frightening – definitely more for grownups than youngsters.
Noah’s Ark
27 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, Bible, boats, god, religion, wordless books
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1978
by Peter Spier
Doubleday, 1977
46 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: bible stories, animals, boats, wordless books, religion, God
Also by this author/illustrator: People, Circus, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, London Bridge is Falling Down, Christmas!
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