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Adventure Genre

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Books in the Adventure genre:

The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (2012)

On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

Watership Down (2012)

The rabbits of Sandleford Warren set out to find a new home on Watership Down.

Author(s): Richard Adams
Illustrator(s): Aldo Galli

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Six 1945-1946 (2013)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Asterix and the Picts (2013)

Asterix and Obelix journey to Caledonia (Scotland) to reunite two separated lovers. This is the first Asterix adventure from a new creative team. Read online at archive.org ... View More

Author(s): Jean-Yves Ferri
Illustrator(s): Didier Conrad

Can I Come Too? (2013)

A mouse journeys to see the largest creature, picking up other curious animals along the way.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Brian Patten
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Christmas on Bear Mountain Volume 5 (2013)

This full color volume of Barks comics leads off with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Nine Daily and Sunday Comics 1940-1941 (2013)

This is the ninth volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips and Sunday strips in color from 1940-1941.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile (2013)

This edition only includes the single story of the title in which a family of fishermen search for one wondrous fish. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Henry Fisher

The Green Bath (2013)

Sammy sets out to sea in his beautiful pea green bath tub and returns with the pirates’ treasure.

Author(s): Margaret Mahy
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Moomin Volume 8 (2013)

After the success of Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, the London Evening News commissioned Tove Jansson to write a comic strip based on the characters.... View More

Author(s): Lars Jansson
Illustrator(s): Lars Jansson

The Old Castle’s Secret Volume 6 (2013)

This volume of Carl Barks full-color adventures of the Disney ducks opens with the second appearance of Uncle Scrooge. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

Tintin and Alph-Art (2013)

Tintin and Haddock get involved in an art forgery scheme in this last of the Tintin books, which was left unfinished at the author’s death. This completion by a fan was issued in a very limited edition. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hergé
Yves Rodier
Illustrator(s): Hergé
Yves Rodier

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Christmas Treasury Gift Box Set (2013)

This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge, then Donald and the nephews join Scrooge in their first “fortune lost and found” classic adventure to lead off the second volume.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Seven 1947-1948 (2014)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Bambi (2014)

Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.

Author(s): Felix Salten
Illustrator(s): Lou Fancher
Steve Johnson

Classic Tales of Babar (2014)

This anthology includes The Story of Babar and Babar the King.... View More

Author(s): Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s): Jean de Brunhoff

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Ten Daily and Sunday Comics 1941-1943 (2014)

This is the tenth volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips and Sunday strips in color from 1941-1943.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

The Complete Terry and the Pirates Dailies and Color Sundays Volume 1 1934-1936 (2014)

This is the first volume in a reprinting of the adventure strip set in China which stars Terry Lee - a “wide-awake American boy” - his friend journalist Pat Ryan and a large cast of friends and enemies. It was written and drawn by Milton ... View More

Author(s): Milton Caniff
Illustrator(s): Milton Caniff

Moomin Volume 9 (2014)

After the success of Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, the London Evening News commissioned Tove Jansson to write a comic strip based on the characters.... View More

Author(s): Lars Jansson
Illustrator(s): Lars Jansson

The Seven Cities of Gold Volume 14 (2014)

Scrooge leads Donald and the nephews on a search for the lost cities of Cibola to start off this collection of Barks stories in full color.

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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