SuitabookElephant Island
Leo Timmers
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A lively visual story about making a home from mishaps. Its strongest pleasures are comic accidents, inventive machinery, expressive illustrations and the animals’ growing community.
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Leo Timmers
A lively visual story about making a home from mishaps. Its strongest pleasures are comic accidents, inventive machinery, expressive illustrations and the animals’ growing community.
Cornelia Funke
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Rob Colson
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Ole Könnecke
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Joe Todd-Stanton
Expect an atmospheric Norse-inspired adventure in which a boy, rather than a god, becomes central to solving a community-threatening crisis. The visual storytelling is as important as the written narration.
Jasbinder Bilan
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Gary Paulsen
An intense survival adventure centred on persistence, practical problem-solving and changing self-understanding. Brian’s isolation makes ordinary needs—food, shelter, fire and safety—into urgent challenges, while the wilderness remains dangerous rather than comfortably picturesque.
Geoffrey Trease
An energetic historical adventure where two young performers move from local danger into espionage, using acting, observation and quick thinking while travelling between Cumberland and London.
Roald Dahl
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Sarah Holding
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Yoko Mori
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Janet Ahlberg
A tense adventure built around a child’s improvised storytelling: Antonio is held by outlaws, then turns their demand for a story into a possible route towards escape.
Kieran Larwood
Expect a lively, illustrated fantasy quest built around an underdog team. The story combines dungeon challenges, comic world-building and a friendship arc, while Kit’s impulsive decision creates the central problem.