Must-read Adventure Book: Before They’re Gone Sep 28,2012 Read this! Before They’re Gone: A Family’s Year-Long Quest to Explore America’s Most Endangered Parks by Michael Lanza What if you could spend a year taking your family to as many of the most amazing National Parks in the country as you could? Before your kids are grown and gone and before these magical places might be gone. Well,one dad did just that. You don’t have to be a parent to appreciate …

Sylvan Learning s Book Adventure program is more than just a summer reading program because it goes on all year long. It s a great way to motivate kids to read by earning prizes. When a child participates in Book Adventure, they get to take quizzes over books they ve read and then exchange their quiz points for prizes. How to Get Freebies From Book Adventure: Visit Book Adventure and register your child to get them started. You can register as a student …

It sought to illustrate themes of common virtues through well-known international heroes and stories, based on the Book of Virtues collected and edited by conservative commentator and former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. The core audience were families with children who were between the ages of 2 and 9 years old. It was produced by PorchLight Entertainment, series created by Bruce D. Johnson, music by J.A.C Redford.Adventures from the …

A list we had hoped our readers would enjoy turned out to be one of the most popular features in Adventure s five-year history. You asked for itrepeatedlynow you got it: the 100 Greatest in all their glory. 1. The Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922) As War and Peace is to novels,so is The Worst Journey in the World to the literature of polar travel: the one to beat. The author volunteered as a young man to go to the Antarctic …

In this week’s edition of FDL: steampunk adventures in Australis from author Steve DeWinter. The Scarecrow of OZ is an action-packed sequel to The Wizard of OZ: A Steampunk Adventure. Caleb – a half-human, half-lion hybrid – is imprisoned in the Australis Penal Colony, where an ancient, and devastating, weapon was hidden millennia ago. His best shot at freedom is to find the weapon before a shadow organization uses it to conquer the world. In a race …

Arthur Adventure is an original series of Arthur books written and illustrated by Marc Brown and published by Little, Brown and Company between 1976 and 2, with a total of 26 books. As the appearance of Arthur and the other characters were changing over time, many of the early books (except for Arthur s Nose ) had a re-illustrated cover to show their more up-to-date appearance, although the page illustrations were recycled from their first editions …

Tintin bypassed me in my comic reading youth. I started with the Beano and moved on to Asterix before progressing to the men in tights crowd. Tintin was an unknown. Still, it s always felt like a hole in my comic reading heritage and I enjoyed Spielberg s film so decided to start reading them I knew in advance I would be stepping in at the weak (and controversial) end of the series but I like progression and continuity too much to read them out of …

The nominees for this year’s Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — the comic book industry’s version of the Oscars — were announced this week, with plenty of nods for mainstream hits like Marvel’s Hawkeye, Brian K. Vaughan’s sci-fi favorite Saga … and Adventure Time? Most modern comic book readers are grownups, after all, so it’s a bit of a surprise to see an adaptation of a kids’ cartoon getting so much attention. Then again, Adventure Time isn’t just …

This article is about the Adventure Time activity books . You may be looking for the comic series . There are a number of books based on the TV series Adventure Time . So far, the only books areAdventure Time Mad Libs ,It’s a Slamacowtastic Story Mix-Up ,Righteous Rules for Being Awesome ,Dude-It-Yourself Adventure Journal,Get Your Lump On With Lumpy Space Princess, and Finn & Jake s Awesome Activities On The Go. Righteous Rules for Being …

Philip Webb had a happy childhood, roaming and exploring and being fascinated by the local rubbish dump where he played out lots of post-apocalyptic adventures with his friends. His first novel, Six Days, is published by Chicken House, and comes with a competition to feature in Philip s next book. Find out more on the Six Days website: Six Days by Philip Webb at the Guardian bookshop When I set out to write Six Days, I was clear about one thing – …