Book an Adventure (Part 3 - where the book takes you on an adventure to other places)

Many of the themes chosen for Book Week have leant themselves to travelling to other places...One World Many Stories; Escape to Everywhere; Sail Away With Books, and I have had fun taking students to other countries adventuring. I have used passports, wide reading contracts where the students had to read  books from different countries or continents and focused on places the students may or may not have been. These places make for good adventures.

Some books are very helpful as they do the travelling for you, visiting a whole lot of different places all in one book. These books do that:

• The Best Book in the World  by Rilla Alexander

If you found the best book in the world, would you stop reading? Could you stop reading? If you had homework to do, or dinner to get through, could you put the book down? On a train to the zoo or on a flight to Kalamazoo, would that break the spell? If in a forest you walked, while scary monsters stalked . . . would that be enough? If you'd crossed a desert that baked or were swept off by a river that snaked, would you even take a break?

• Jeremy's Tail  by Duncan Ball

Jeremy is at a birthday party and it is his turn to 'pin the tail on the donkey'. His attempts to locate the donkey take him all the way around the world before successfully returning and pinning the tail accurately.

• Emma Jane's Aeroplane  by Katie Haworth

Emma Jane zooms off in her aeroplane around the cities of the world. Along the way she makes a crew of animal friends who save the day when the little plane gets into trouble...

• A Ticket Around the World  by Natalia Diaz 

Join a young boy as he hops around the globe, visiting friends in 13 different countries spanning all 6 populated continents. Along the way, each friend introduces us to their country's environment and customs, and shares interesting facts about their country's culture, language, food, geography, wildlife, landmarks and more. 

• Papa Brings Me the World  by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw 

Most parents drive a car or ride a bus or train to work-but not Lulu's papa. He navigates mountains, deserts, and oceans, each time returning home with pockets full of treasures. There's an ancient calculator from China, a musical mbira from Zimbabwe, and special games from Sumatra. But the best treasures are special stories Papa tells when he comes home-tales of playing peek a boo with rare birds in the Andes and riding dragons in the Irish Sea. 

• Walk This World  by Lotta Neiminen

Travel to a new country with every turn of the page, each with new surprises to discover: peep through windows, open doors and delve underground by opening the many lift-flaps designed into every spread.

• One World Many Colours by Ben Lerwill

A lyrical celebration of the vibrant colours waiting to be found in all corners of the world. From the ice-white plains of Antarctica to the soft pink blossoms of the Japanese countryside. 

• My Big World  by Maggie Li

Follow Koko and Alex as they ask questions about the world while intrepid explorers go on adventures to find out how and where we live. Starting from inside the home, Koko and Alex move on to explore the wider world. Step by step the reader encounters different plants and animals, exploring various locations around the world and even visiting outer space! 

• Our World Full of Wonders  by Javita Nilsen

Our world is full of amazing natural wonders. From sparkling seas and towering trees, to valleys, lakes and waterfalls, there are extraordinary places that seem too magical to be true but can be found right here on planet Earth.

•  Atlas of Adventures  by Lucy Letherland

Set your spirit of adventure free with this lavishly illustrated trip around the world. Whether you're visiting the penguins of Antarctica, joining the Carnival in Brazil or a canoe safari down the Zambezi River, this book brings together more than 100 activities and challenges to inspire armchair adventurers of any age. Find hundreds of things to spot and learn new facts about every destination. 

• Wild World  by Angela McAllister

Discover thirteen incredible habitats, from the crystal kingdom Arctic to the dusty savannah and the black-as-space deep sea, in this beautiful tribute to the last wildernesses of our world.

And this book is long out of print, but your library might have it. Ours does.

• Around the World  by Lindsay Barrett George

Here the teacher goes on the adventure. What would you hear and see if you travelled to every corner of of the world in search of wildlife in all its forms? Here is your answer and your passport to adventure. Follow Miss Lewis as she circumnavigates the globe aboard the ship 'Explorer' and reports her experiences in photographs, sketches and letters sent back to her students at home.