Entries Categorized as 'Adventure'
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Dogs, Meindert DeJong, Out of Print
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A boy named Dirk lives in the town of Weirom. One day, an English ship wrecks and Dirk saves a dog, whom he names Bello. Bello then belongs to him by the right of the sea. But how will he and his family afford to feed the enormous dog? And will the English come and claim the saved timbers of their ship — and Bello?
A pretty good book. At one point I was a bit confused as to whether Dirk was running on land or sea, and if he was running in the sea, how he had gone out so far… but I got it figured out. Dirk’s Dog, Bello is written somewhat like a movie script — mostly in present tense. Also, if you take a look at the first couple pages, or the first one, you may think it is probably somewhat boring. However, there is adventure in this book! Though it’s probably not as adventureish as a Narnia book, it still has some action. I’m not sure whether this book would be All Ages or Younger Readers (which is <13). I went ahead and rated it All Ages. This is a rather long review for me, isn’t it? Enjoy!
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Easy Read, Funny, Good Read Aloud, James Thurber, Quick Read
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The evil Duke is so cold, he froze time on the clocks in his castle. He also claims to be the uncle of the beautiful princess Saralinda, who (of course) every prince wants to marry. Enter Prince Zorn, who (again, of course) wants to marry the princess. But it’s not that easy. The duke has a test for every prince who comes along, and he tells Zorn to bring him jewels equal to Zorn’s father’s treasury in 24 hours! Even with the help of the one and only Golux, can Zorn accomplish this task?
Well, it’s a fairy tale, what do you think happens? Thurber has quite a weird take on fairy tales. If you want more, try The White Deer.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Funny, James Thurber
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King Clode and his three sons, Thag, Gallow, and Jorn, are hunting in the forests and give chase to a White Deer. The chase leads them all over and through the Enchanted Forest, but when they finally corner the Deer, it is transformed into a Princess. A Princess who cannot remember her name or kingdom. The Princess sets a task for each of the three Princes to perform, in order to see which one shall marry her. But in the middle of all this, the Royal Recorder is beginning to wonder whether the Princess is a Princess turned Deer and back again, or whether the Princess is really a Deer.
This is a Thurber book. You can’t explain it much clearer than that. He has such a nonsensical way of putting things, it’s almost ridiculous. It’s a nice easy story, so if you’re looking for heart-pounding adventure, don’t even consider this book. But if you’re looking for something light and funny, go for it!
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Review
Tags:Animals, Easy Read, Funny, Holly Hobbie, Insects, Pigs
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Toot and Puddle are two pigs who live at Woodcock Pocket. One day, Toot, who really likes to travel, goes on a trip to the Wildest Borneo and Puddle receives postcards from him.
A funny, well-illustrated book. There are several other Toot and Puddle books, and the first of the series is Toot and Puddle.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Cats, E. Nesbit, Funny, Good Read Aloud
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Anthea, Cyril, Robert, and Jane are back in a second book of adventures. This time, their mother buys a carpet, and when the children unroll it, an odd glowing egg falls out. Robert claims it and puts the egg on the mantle. Later, while the children are playing and waving tea-towels around, Robert’s knocks the egg into the fire and up from the flames rises the Phoenix! All the children are amazed, and even more so, when the Phoenix tells them that the carpet is a magic wishing carpet that will take them anywhere!
E. Nesbit is a great author. If you’ve read Five Children and It, you know that the children’s wishes never turn out the way they plan. It’s twelve chapters of wishes come true – but is that always a good thing?
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