Adventure

Ready to go back in time? Explore a new world? Try to survive in the wilderness? Scare yourself? Maybe just ready to read a good book? Enjoy an adventure!

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 12/06 

Graphic Novels

Anna Sewell's Black Beauty by June Brigman(2005)A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Presented in comic book format.

Babymouse: Our Hero by Jennifer Holm(2005)An imaginative young mouse is terrified to face her enemy in dodgeball, but with the help of her best friend and support from her mother, she not only plays the game, she proves herself a hero.

Bone by Jeff Smith(2005)Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of their home, Boneville, and become separated in the wilds, but better fortune begins when the three cousins reunite at a farmstead in a deep forested valley, where Fone meets a young girl named Thorn.

It Was a Dark and Silly Night(2003)A collection of comic strips by various artists, each of which begins with the phrase, "It was a dark and silly night..."

L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz by Michael Cavallaro(2005)A graphic adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic story about the adventures of Dorothy and her dog Toto after a tornado whisks them away from their home in Kansas to the fantastic, magical land of Oz.

Zodiac P.I.(2003)Lill is just like any other normal girl--except she can foretell the future! This "Zodiac P.I." transforms herself into the magic Detective Splca and looks to the stars to guide her way. Before long, she is joined by her childhood friend, Hiromi, who dreams of becoming a detective as skilled as Spica. Soon, no astral investigation is too arduous for this dynamic duo!Syndetics