Adventure, Exploration & Outdoor Kids Fiction

Updated April 20, 2023
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Beyond the bright sea
Wolk, Lauren
Paper Book
- Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction -  From the bestselling author of Echo Mountain and Newbery Honor-winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year. An NPR Best...
The wild robot
Brown, Peter
Paper Book
Now a DreamWorks movie available on Prime Video! This #1 New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from a Caldecott Honor winner tells an extraordinary story full of action and thought-provoking questions as a robot learns to survive--and...
Be prepared
Brosgol, Vera
Paper Book
Already love Vera's work? Don't miss her first novel Return to Sender! "Beautifully drawn, brutally funny, brilliantly honest. Vera is such a good cartoonist I almost can't stand it." --Raina Telgemeier, author of Smile In Be Prepared, all...
Doom's day camp
Hauke, Joshua
Paper Book
"A hilarious postapocalyptic romp full of fun, misfits, and friendship! If you think your friends are oddballs, wait till you meet the kids at Doom's Day Camp!" --John Patrick Green, New York Times bestselling creator of the InvestiGators series The Last Kids on...
Pax
Pennypacker, Sara
Paper Book
* Extensive galley distribution including: Big Mouth mailing with letter from Patty, author or editor; extensive conference and preview distribution; wholesaler preview events * Announcement and Review Advertising in major media outlets such as SLJ, Booklist, and The Horn Book * Featured title at...
The lion of Mars
Holm, Jennifer L.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Life on Mars is pretty standard.... until a mysterious virus hits.  Don't miss this timely and unputdownable novel from the bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish. Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on...
The last kids on Earth and the doomsday race
Brallier, Max
Paper Book
A Netflix Original series!  The highly-anticipated seventh book in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling series, with over 7 million copies in print! "Terrifyingly fun! Delivers big thrills and even bigger...
Hello universe
Kelly, Erin Entrada
Paper Book
* Extensive galley distribution including: Big Mouth mailing with letter from Patty, author or editor; extensive conference and preview distribution; wholesaler preview events * Announcement and Review Advertising in major media outlets such as SLJ, Booklist, and The Horn Book *...
The city on the other side
Scott, Mairghread
Paper Book
In The City on the Other Side, a young girl stumbles into a pitched war between two fairy kingdoms, and the fate of San Francisco itself hangs in the balance! Sheltered within her high-society world, Isabel plays the part of a perfectly proper little girl--she's quiet, well...
We are not eaten by yaks
London, C. Alexander.
Paper Book
Eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel live on the 4-1/2th floor of the Explorers Club with their father, Dr. Navel. Their mother, Dr. Navel, has been missing for years. So when an explorer shows up with a clue as to where his wife could be, Dr. Navel drags Oliver and Celia to Tibet to find...
Long distance
Gardner, Whitney
Paper Book
From the creator of Fake Blood comes another exceptionally charming middle grade graphic novel about friendships both near and far, far away. Vega's summer vacation is not going well. When her parents decide it's time to pack up and leave her hometown of...
Wildwood
Meloy, Colin.
Paper Book
* Launch at 2011 ALA Midwinter with exclusive librarian chapter sampler and booth blow-up (Jan-11, San Diego) * Big Mouth ARC mailing (May-11) * Printed discussion guide with QR code for Teacher's Nights and conference distribution (May-11, Jun-11, Nov-11) * Print announcement...
Breadcrumbs
Ursu, Anne.
Paper Book
* Big Mouth galley mailing * Online discussion guide * Author dinner with key tri-state area librarians and bloggers (Oct-11, NYC) * Extensive galley distribution at preview events and conferences * Targeted...
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
Lewis, C. S.
Paper Book
A full-color paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with full-color cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes. Four adventurous siblings--Peter, Susan,...
April adventure
Roy, Ron
Ebook
From the author of A to Z Mysteries comes a springtime egg hunt mystery featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries kids! It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy! With the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries kids! ...
James and the giant peach
Dahl, Roald.
Paper Book
From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, James and the Giant Peach is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations. One of TIME MAGAZINE's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time After James Henry Trotter's parents are...
The very, very far north : a story for gentle readers and listeners
Bar-el, Dan
Paper Book
An inquisitive polar bear named Duane befriends an array of animals as he discovers where he belongs in this charming classic-in-the making that's reminiscent of Winnie the Pooh. In the Very, Very Far North, past the Cold, Cold Ocean and just below the hill that looks like...
The sand warrior
Siegel, Mark
Paper Book
R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WONDER, hails this adventure series as "Mind-blowingly beautiful. . . . A must-read." Think Star Wars meets Avatar- The Last Airbender! The Five Worlds are on the brink of extinction...
Long lost
West, Jacqueline
Paper Book
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