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Adventure Genre
Genre description for the 'Adventure' Genre. Full text description would go here to introduce the genre before showing a complete list of all the books in that genre.
Books in the Adventure genre:
There’s an Elephant in the Garage (1979)
A young girl and her cat go hunting for elephants in the garage.
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Author(s):
Douglas F. Davis
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Thumbelina (1979)
A very tiny girl has many adventures.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Amy Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Tinker and Tanker: Tales of Pirates and Knights (1979)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tintin in America (1979)
Asterix in Belgium (1980)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Demetrius and the Golden Goblet (1980)
The King asks Demetrius, a sponge diver, to tell him what he finds on the bottom of the sea. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Man From the Sky (1980)
Author(s):
Avi
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Peter Pan (1980)
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
Richard Scarry’s Peasant Pig and the Terrible Dragon (1980)
Peasant Pig rescues Princess Lily with the aid of his trusty henchman Lowly Worm.
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Asterix and the Great Divide (1981)
Author(s):
Albert Uderzo
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Babar’s Anniversary Album (1981)
To celebrate Babar’s 60 years in America, this handsome anthology of six best-loved stories is reissued.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Laurent de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Laurent de Brunhoff
The Fellowship of the Ring (1981)
Elves, dwarves, men and not least, hobbits, join in the perilous quest to destroy the one ring, source of the dark lord’s power.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Fire House (1981)
The alarm bell rings and the firemen are off!
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses (1981)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1981)
Evacuated from London during the Blitz, the four Pevensie children discover a new world in the wardrobe in the spare room - Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Patchwork Cat (1981)
Author(s):
William Mayne
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Asterix and the Black Gold (1982)
Author(s):
Albert Uderzo
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
The Dragon Kite (1982)
A thief tries to steal the golden dolphins on the palace roof using a great kite.
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Author(s):
Nancy Luenn
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Planet of Lost Things (1982)
Luke travels in his spaceship to the planet where all the lost things go.
Author(s):
Mark Strand
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Run Away Home (1982)
The Marlows help a young boy return to his father, but it requires a dangerous sea voyage.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Roger Phillips