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Peter explores fresh snow through play: he makes snow angels, builds a snowman and slides down slopes. The story also returns to his discovery of new snow the following morning.

The story turns a disagreement over familiar lunch foods into a friendship conflict, then uses tasting one another’s sandwiches as a route towards changed minds and coming together.

The book offers a structured way to explore caring for the earth together, combining stories with practical activities and suggestions for extending them.

A long-held dream draws Lazlo towards a lost city, where the journey brings him into contact with a legendary warrior band and questions about gods, history and the blue-skinned goddess in his dreams.

A speculative story about a teenager who starts questioning a closed society after finding a forbidden book. Its central tension is between the dome’s rules and Sempra’s curiosity about what lies beyond them.

A child-centred fantasy adventure about friendship across very different ways of life, with a final episode that invites readers to decide what really happened.

A large New Year’s Eve party takes place at the Peterson family home, near an abandoned house associated with strange happenings. The story centres on what emerges when old mysteries demand attention.

This is a comic family story centred on a young child’s curiosity about anatomical differences, told through his account of his sister’s wish to have a penis.

This is an animal adventure in which a curious young monkey faces predators, with her father nearby. It also introduces readers to pygmy marmosets.

A mystery-led story mixes school-life questions with romance and action. Gina’s search for answers gives the plot a suspenseful direction, while dance and the desert setting add other strands.

A 21-book adventure collection, with the featured stories involving secret places, a circus-linked mystery and someone watching on an island.

This fairy-tale adventure follows a mysterious moonlit route to a magical garden, with a flying horse adding another fantastical element. The premise may suit readers drawn to imaginative journeys and traditional story patterns.

A curious girl challenges the mystery surrounding a feared king. Magic, a spell, and an unexpected new place in village life give this fanciful tale a playful premise.

A hotel-dwelling mouse gets the chance to ride a toy motorcycle, turning his wish for excitement into an adventure involving a young guest.

A lively animal-centred class-trip story combines comic mishaps with Clifford helping a baby whale. The overview does not explain how the trip’s accidents are put right.

The pairing offers two different kinds of encounter: one shaped by friendship and unequal wealth, the other by a journey and a riddle-solving challenge.

A fantastical mystery-adventure pairs two young recruits on a mission involving disappearing school oddbods, with a hidden museum ministry as their unusual base.

A family story built around a famous aunt, a previously unknown cousin and an old rift between siblings. The children’s curiosity brings them into their parents’ unresolved history.

Consider it for a reader drawn to a ghostly fantasy built around a curious character, a changed appearance and a journey through secret passages.

A child’s curiosity drives a small mystery set in a Renaissance palazzo. The book combines a fictional search with a story said to be based on a true event from 1494; the exact relationship between history and invention is unclear.

This is a book about giving shape to an abstract idea. It links expressing what you want with the idea of “nothing” becoming smaller and disappearing.

A mystery in a Renaissance painting draws Peter into a fantasy adventure. The premise may appeal to readers interested in art and historical settings, alongside an imaginative quest.

Virena's question—what is it like to be a fish? —sparks Papa's next invention.

A gentle-looking story pairing a child’s curiosity with a friendship with a heron, and inviting reflection on nature and growing up.

This is a school-set fantasy about Mildred trying to improve her year while puzzling over a new teacher. A spell mishap, friction around Ethel’s help and Tabby’s reluctance to fly add complications.

This is a gentle-sounding adventure about wanting to explore beyond a familiar view and accepting help from friends. The story centres on Tiny Narwhal’s growing readiness to venture out.

A gentle, rhyming animal adventure pairs lively encounters with a wind-down towards nap time, offering a simple setting for sharing curiosity about creatures.

This is a social story centred on friendship, dating and a getaway that becomes entangled with other people’s mysteries and relationship changes.

A quiet night-time journey home becomes an occasion for the bunny to imagine the unseen lives behind neighbours’ windows.

A young detective story built around a mysterious coin, an old unsolved murder and a secret someone is determined to protect. Charlie’s investigation brings him into danger.

A family visit to an art-gallery party turns from a dull-looking outing into an adventure. The story’s central appeal appears to be comic mischief and seeing an ordinary event differently.

A time-travel adventure turns on Luis’s pursuit of buried treasure and his decision to take a special book home. The outline hints at trouble, leaving the nature and resolution of the consequences open.

This offers a childhood-focused view of Newton: a curious boy observing, recording and making things before becoming known for scientific achievements.

A fantasy adventure centred on Juniper’s rule-breaking, risk-taking and friendship with Oak.

This combines historical adventure, time travel and family mystery. Its emotional centre is two siblings trying to make sense of divorce, relocation and separation while pursuing clues across centuries.

Choose this for a child drawn to imaginative adventure, airborne fantasy and unusual inventions. The central appeal appears to be entering an extraordinary kingdom rather than following a realistic everyday story.

A gentle travel adventure combining a grandfather’s journals, famous New York sights and a visual mystery about Lady Liberty. It offers a picture-led way to explore place, curiosity and following clues.

This is a browseable question-and-answer collection that can turn a child's unexpected question into a shared investigation. Its breadth is a strength: it moves from bodies and animals to space, numbers, music, religion and identity.

This is a suspenseful dark-fantasy adventure built around discovery, hidden spaces and alternate worlds. Its strongest appeal is likely the imaginative mystery of the cupboards, while the hundredth cupboard introduces a more direct threat from dangerous outsiders.

This is a horse-centred adventure about riding, a mysterious trail and an avalanche threatening home.

A theatre fantasy turns familiar roles upside down: the ogre is frightened and unhappy, while the beautiful princess is cruel. Margot’s curiosity leads her backstage, where she helps challenge the spell holding children captive.

Choose this for an adventurous reader who enjoys strange worlds, giant creatures, trains and literary experimentation. Its imaginative premise is paired with pursuit, danger and a story that plays knowingly with Moby-Dick-like quest patterns.

Expect an energetic blend of imaginative field trips and science learning. The book offers factual material through class conversations, reports and illustrations, making curiosity and discovery central to the reading experience.

A compact, fact-focused introduction to dinosaurs, likely suited to sharing aloud or browsing together.

This is a French-language children’s title recognised in a young readers’ selection.