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The Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Adventurers!

Marcia Williams

Meet legendary warriors, daring explorers and clever kings in this colourful introduction to the Vikings. Join Marcia Williams and discover incredible stories of Viking raids, voyages of discovery and conquered kingdoms. Told in comic-strip style and packed with jokes and facts, this is the perfect guide to the Viking world.

Adventure, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Historical, Non-fiction, Travel, Vikings / Anglo-Saxons, Water

AGES: 7-10

Boy, Everywhere

A. M. Dassu

13 year old Sami has a good life in Damascus, playing football and computer games with his friends, nagging his parents for new trainers and trying to get time on the iPad. Although he knows there is war in the rest of the country, he never seriously imagines it will reach Damascus. It’s a normal […]

Family, Fear, Fiction, Personal/social issues, Politics/human rights, Travel, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Are You The Pirate Captain?

Gareth P Jones

Illustrated by Garry Parsons. First mate Hugh has got the whole crew and the pirate ship ready, but they can’t set sail until they find a captain! Come on this salty adventure as Hugh and his scurvy seadogs try to find the perfect pirate for the job. Rather than a peg leg or a […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Picture Books, Pirates, Travel, Water

AGES: 3-7

Tomorrow

Nadine Kaadan

Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD and Yazan’s little red bike leans forgotten against the wall. Will he ever be able to […]

Adventure, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Picture Books, Travel, Violence, War

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Island

Chris Riddell & Nicky Singer

Urban teenager Cameron arrives on an uninhabited Arctic Island. He’s prepared for ice and storms and, stripped of his smart technology, possibly boredom. But he’s not prepared for 24-hour daylight and erupting graves! At first Cameron believes the explanations of his research scientist mother. But, as the island reveals itself to him, he begins to […]

Animals, Environment/Climate Change, Faith/ Culture, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Night Pirates

Deborah Allwright

By Peter Harris, and illustrated by Deborah Allwright. One night, young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window and what should he see but PIRATES. And stranger still – they’re GIRL PIRATES stealing the front of his house! Tom joins their pirate adventure across the high seas […]

Adventure, Fiction, Picture Books, Pirates, Travel

AGES: 3-7

Freedom

Catherine Johnson

Nathaniel doesn’t want to move to England with his master’s family, leaving behind his mother and sister on the Jamaican plantation. But then he remembers what his mother told him: once a slave sets foot on English soil, they’re free. Perhaps he can earn his fortune and buy his family’s freedom, too.

Adventure, Family, Historical, Historical Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Nimesh the Adventurer

Mehrdokht Amini

A fun-filled story about a little boy with a BIG imagination.

Adventure, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Nature/ Outdoors, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club

Alex Bell

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same.

Adventure, Fantasy, Nature/ Outdoors, Travel

AGES: 7-10

Jasmine Skies

Sita Brahmachari

Continue Mira's story with the beautiful sequel to Artichoke Hearts.

Adventure, Family, Fiction, Multicultural/international, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria.

Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Travel, War

AGES: 10-12

A Walk in New York

Salvatore Rubbino

A charming and witty story about a walk through big apple.

Adventure, City, Multicultural/international, Non-fiction, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

London Calls

Gabby Dawnay

Taking in all the major sights and sounds of the British capital, London Calls zooms past parks and palaces, monuments and museums at a exhilarating pace!

Adventure, Family, Fiction, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

The Queen’s Hat

Steve Anthony

A sudden gust of wind sets off a marvellous London adventure for the Queen

City, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

Monster’s Day at Work

Sarah Dyer

Little monster spends a day at work with his father!

Family, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Monsters, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

Katie in London

James Mayhew

Imagine a friendly lion showing you the sights of London!

Adventure, City, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

A Walk in Paris

Salvatore Rubbino

Paris - the most beautiful city in the world! The most romantic! It's the perfect place for a girl and her grandad to spend the day.

Adventure, City, Multicultural/international, Non-fiction, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Diary of a Time Traveller

David Long & Nicholas Stevenson

Meet some of the most interesting people in history in this time-travelling book that visits the Romans, Greeks, Ancient Egyptians and more than 25 other exciting times and places!

Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Non-fiction, Time Travel, Travel

AGES: 7-10

Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress

Sarwat Chadda

In a land of ancient palaces and ferocious deserts, where the gods and demons of the mythical past never die, one slightly pudgy boy from our time… is going to kick some monster butt!

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Uprooted

Lynne Reid Banks

A nearly-true story of the author’s adventures as a wartime evacuee to Canada.

Biography, Family, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, Self-discovery, Travel, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

Baba’s Gift

Beverley Naidoo

Lindi and her brother go to the sea with their grandmother, taking a little wooden boat to play with that their grandfather has made.

Family, Multicultural/international, Picture Books, Travel, Water

AGES: 3-7

A Walk in London

Salvatore Rubbino

A wide-eyed girl and her mother explore London's busy streets and towering views in this child-friendly tribute to an incomparable city.

Adventure, City, Maps, Non-fiction, Picture Books, Travel

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Atlas of Adventures

Lucy Letherland

Set your spirit of adventure free with this lavishly illustrated trip around the world.

Adventure, Maps, Multicultural/international, Non-fiction, Travel

AGES: 7-10