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Books in the Adventure genre:

The Drovers Road Collection (2003)

A collection including Drovers Road, Cape Lost and The Golden Country.

Author(s): Joyce West
Illustrator(s): Joyce West

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955 (2003)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades.

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 2 1956-1957 (2003)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades. This is the second volume of Sun... View More

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 3 1958-1959 (2003)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades. This is the third volume of Sund... View More

Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England’s First Airplane (2003)

Samuel Cody came to England with a Wild West show and stayed to build her first aeroplanes. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): John Hulls
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

Around the World in Eighty Days (2004)

Phineas Fogg wagers he can travel around the world in just eighty days. The year is 1872 as he sets out on the adventure with his valet Passepartout.

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): None

Bat: The Story of a Bull Terrier (2004)

The dramatic and moving tale of a courageous bull terrier.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Buffalo and Beaver (2004)

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

Carbonel The King of the Cats (2004)

When rosemary buys a broom so she can earn money doing housework during the holidays, it comes with a royal cat and a spell.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): V. H. Drummond

Down the Big River (2004)

Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Jonathan Goes West (2004)

Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 4 1960-1961 (2004)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades. This is the fourth volume of Sun... View More

Lumberjack (2004)

Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz

Sabre Pilot (2004)

Kirk Owen signs up for the Air Force and is assigned to mechanic’s school where he trains on the F-86 jet fighter. When he gets a chance to attend pilot’s training he jumps at it and winds up fighting in the skies over North Korea.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John Polgreen

Tintin in America (2004)

Tintin visits the USA and meet Al Capone before heading west where he encounters a tribe of Blackfeet. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

Asterix and the Falling Sky (2005)

The Gauls have only one fear: that the sky may fall on their heads tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes, says Chief Vitalstatistix. Or does it? Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Albert Uderzo
Illustrator(s): Albert Uderzo

Honey … Honey … Lion! (2005)

The Honey Guide Bird finds the honey and the Honey Badger steals it -- then they share the sweetness. But one day the Badger doesn’t share, and then the next day … watch out for lions! Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

If You Decide to go to the Moon (2005)

What would it be like to go to the moon?

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Faith McNulty
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Jungle Book Mowgli’s Story (2005)

The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the regular edition.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story (2005)

The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the limited edition.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

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