Action & Adventure - Kids Fiction

The perfect Halloween read for trick-or-treators of all ages. Best-selling illustrator Lynn Munsinger puts pumpkins and autumn center stage in this rollicking take on the classic song, We're Going on a Bear Hunt. A spooky nighttime hunt for the biggest pumpkin in town results...

A multi-award winning The Night Circus for children, with dashes of Harry Potter Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award 2016 and the Scottish Children's Book Award 2016, and the North East Book Award 2015. When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow,...

Forget naughty or nice--this is a battle of good vs. evil. Discover the origins of St. Nick and follow along as the Guardians start their quest to rid the world of nightmares in the first Guardians chapter book from Academy Award winner William Joyce...

Lies and secrets abound in this dark and suspenseful story about a boy who must run from his past but can't outrun the danger. Zach Granger's whole identity is a lie--his name, his hometown, even his eye color. All because of one night that...

The classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning. Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking refuge in the vast Sherwood Forest with his band of men, he...

⭐️ Gold Recipient, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence⭐️ First Place, Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Awards⭐️ Bronze Medal, 2022 International Readers' Favorite AwardsThe explosive reveal about who John and Sarah really are and why they're traveling through time, with their most gut-wrenching challenge yet. In...

Neil Gaiman meets Hans Christian Andersen in this delicious fairy tale full of mysterious spirits, daring escapes, and a beautiful message about the power of found families. In all the years that Elinora Gassbeek has been matron of the Little Tulip Orphanage, not once...

From Emily Calandrelli--Emmy-nominated host of Xploration Outer Space, correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, and graduate of MIT--comes the fourth novel in a fun illustrated chapter book series about an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries with technology....

Nancy, Bess, and George race to catch an international jewel thief in this eighteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series. Nancy is helping out her Dad's friend, Louise Alain, and her dog, Marge, at an upcoming...

Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull...

Curious George makes lots of new animal friends, and even helps the zookeepers out, in this story about a trip to the zoo. When a cuddly koala at the zoo takes an interest in George's snack, George is happy to share. In fact, George...

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. This summer the Penderwick sisters have...

The Redwall series is soon to be a Netflix original movie The bestselling Redwall saga continues in Rakkety Tam. There has never been a Redwall hero quite like Rakkety Tam, the roguish Highlander squirrel who sets off for Mossflower Wood on a mercenary errand...

The Redwall series is soon to be a Netflix original movie The sixteenth installment of the bestselling Redwall saga sheds light on the Abbey's ancient origins in a thrilling adventure. Loamhedge, the deserted Abbey, has been forgotten for countless seasons. What secrets do it's...

Hop aboard Wind Rider, a magical sailboat, with Max and Sofia, two ordinary kids trying to save the environment one problem at a time. Their third mission? Saving harbor seals from an oil spill! You never know where Wind Rider will take you...Max and...

Follow FunJungle's resident zoo sleuth, Teddy Fitzroy, as he continues uncovering more wild mysteries in books four through six of Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling FunJungle series. Now available in a collectible paperback boxed set When Teddy Fitzroy moved into FunJungle, the nation's...

Twice the quests means twice the adventure for Zeus and his fellow Olympians. After battling fireball-throwing Titans, the young Olympians find themselves on a double quest: Not only must they find more Olympians that Cronus has swallowed, but they're also in search of magic...

Beware a tooth fairy queen scorned in this, the third chapter book of Academy Award winner William Joyce's The Guardians series. There's a lot more to this tooth-swiping sprite than meets the eye When last we heard, the Guardians were resting easy with the...

Every night, Shahrazad begins a story. And every morning, the Sultan lets her live another day -- providing the story is interesting enough to capture his attention. After almost one thousand nights, Shahrazad is running out of tales. And that is how Marjan's story...

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same. When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane...

A mysterious sickness from the Imaginary World is sweeping the town of Buttonville. Dr. Woo, Metalmouth, and even the sasquatch have fallen ill. According to Mr. Tabby, the only known cure is a griffin's feather, but there is none in the hospital. Keeping an...

El Skippito is back His doggy pals want to visit the Under Mundo--the underworld--where mummitos rest in peas. But they need El Skippito's brains and courage to answer the riddle of the Finx and enter the mummy's tomb. Our hero is up to the...

A little stick of gum leads to a lot of bubble trouble in this fifteenth creepy adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series! The candy at Kersville Elementary School is usually sweet. But when a brand-new type of bubble gum gets passed around,...

Percy Jackson meets Star Trek PSS 118 is just your typical school--except that it's a rickety old spaceship orbiting Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. Jack's dad used to be the science teacher, until he got fired for tinkering with the ship. Now Jack just...

Shannon Hale's Princess Academy meets Stu Gibbs's Spy School series in the third book in the Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls series. Abby and her classmates have all been invited to Briar Academy to participate in The Challenge, a prep school competition where...

A Mighty Girl Book of the Year With magical animals, science, mystery, and adventure -- the brand new series Zoey and Sassafras has something for everyone! Easy-to-read language and illustrations on nearly every page make this series perfect for a wide range of ages....

William Shakespeare is arguably the most pivotal and widely read figure in the history of English literature. This comprehensive collection highlights some of the bard's best works, adapted to be more easily read and digestible for children. Featured within are some of the bard's...

In Greenwich Village an orphaned black cat lives happily with her master, a sea captain. Still, the gentle Jenny Linsky would like nothing more than to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, an elegant Persian, the high-stepping Macaroni, and stately,...

In this fourth book of the classic chapter book series by award-winning author Sharon M. Draper, four boys who call themselves the Black Dinosaurs go to space camp Ziggy and his friends can't wait for space camp, where they'll get to learn about weightlessness...

After helping Chip and Alex survive 15th century London, Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child, Andrea, face her fate. Andrea is really Virginia Dare, from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Jonah and Katherine are confident in their ability to help...

Based on the real-life scheme to take down one of history's greatest monsters, this heart-pounding trilogy puts two courageous kids at the center of the plot to kill Adolf Hitler.Berlin, November 1943. With bombing raids commencing, the city is blanketed by explosions.Siblings Gerta and...

Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby, are going for a train ride with their neighbors, Mrs. Teaberry and her good dog, Zeke. They've planned the perfect afternoon trip. But when they get to the station, they're in for a big surprise: No pets...

The Redwall series is soon to be a Netflix original movie The bestselling Redwall saga continues in Doomwyte. On a moonless night, two rats follow hypnotic lights into the forest, never to be seen again. Such is the power of the Doomwytes, sinister ravens...

"Looking for a fantastically fast-paced and funny read? Your wish is granted " --Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Twelve-year-old Ace's life is about to change in the most unexpected and magical ways--all because of a...

Epic adventures. Fierce warrior cats. A thrilling fantasy world. It all begins here.Read the book that began a phenomenon--and join the legion of fans who have made Erin Hunter's Warriors series a #1 national bestseller.For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the...

The second book in Disney's Spooky Zone series, spooky middle-grade mysteries starring Disney's world-famous troublemaking triplets, Huey, Dewey, and Louie After solving a soccer-related, curse-driven mystery in Germany, Huey, Dewey, and Louie--the world-famous nephews of Donald Duck--find themselves on a hot new case when...

"A thrilling adventure full of magic and wonder." --Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows is the captivating conclusion in the middle grade fantasy-adventure series from master screenwriter John...

Desmond Cole goes on a field trip to the museum in the ninth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series Museums are great places to see really old stuff. The Kersville Museum has old paintings, old statues, and even old mummies that come...

In book 2 of the Mighty Meg series, Meg must save her school from a frozen phenomenon! Strange things are happening in Plainview! When Meg sees a wall of ice holding back a mountain of stones, she knows once the warm, spring weather comes...

Dive into the world of Harry Hammer, a hammerhead shark with a penchant for (mis)adventure in this fin-tastic start to a chapter book series. Harry Hammer is a hammerhead shark, although he'd rather be a great white shark, or a tiger shark--anything but himself....

Discover the marvelous land of Oz in this collection of the first three books in L. Frank Baum's classic American fairy tale series. The first three books of the iconic Oz series, now in one collection! In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and...

This bind-up of the first three John Carter of Mars books is an ideal 100th anniversary keepsake. Ever since A Princess of Mars was published in 1912, readers of all ages have read and loved Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. Now, 100 years later,...

Here is the book that launched a thousand chimichangoes - the first in the best-selling series about the rambunctious Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese kitty boy with the overactive imagination. He would rather be El Skippito, the great sword fighter, who can do anything. Like...

The Secret Series continues in this dangerous and daring fourth adventure. Cass finds herself alone and disoriented, a stranger in a dream-like, medieval world. Where is she? Who is she? With the help of a long-lost relative, she begins to uncover clues and secrets--piecing...

Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull...

Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional worlds are torn apart in this fifth and final book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves--which was called a "fast-paced, action-packed tale" by School...

Nancy and her friends are on an epic quest to discover the identity of a treacherous Greek scholar in this fifteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series. Nancy, Bess, and George are excited to attend Oracle...

Discover how Jack Frost keeps the hearts of children happy in the third picture book in Academy Award winner William Joyce's New York Times bestselling and "dazzlingly inventive" (Publishers Weekly) The Guardians of Childhood series. Before Jack Frost was Jack Frost, he was Nightlight,...

Jack Truck and his best friend Dump Truck Dan are spending the day doing their favorite thing... Smashing and Crashing throughout the whole town Along the way the meet up with their friends and give us a rollicking tour But when a mysterious shadow...

The forest heaves and splits in a terrible quake, and Griffin, a newborn Silverwing, is sucked deep into the earth. Drawn into the underworld, he must confront the ghosts of his father's past before they threaten to take him, too. When Griffin is sucked...