Books in World Adventures series

The “Space Explorer’s Guides” are intended for children between the ages of 5-10. Beautiful photos and graphic illustrations of the planets and space are on every page. Information on each planet has been trimmed down to make the text as straight forward and easy to comprehend as possible. The author wants the reader to be engaged and excited about what they are reading, not bored by it. Every book ends with a question to encourage your child to continue learning about the subject.

Some Super Villains are just too powerful for one Super Hero alone to conquer — and this is where The Avengers come in! These brave adventurers have been using their powers to protect the Earth for many years — but once they join forces, they become truly unbeatable. From Iron Man to the Hulk, meet all the fascinating Heroes that make up Earth's mightiest team of Super Heroes in the all-new DK Adventures: Marvel Avengers: Battle Against Ultron.

In Mummy's Curse join DK Adventure's exclusive SLIP club (Secret Living In the Past) — a group of young history buffs who belong to a top-secret club that allows them to travel throughout history to any time, any place through a phone app, on their next action-packed adventure as they go back to Ancient Egypt to uncover the truth about the mummy's curse. Travel along the Nile and through the city of Memphis with Musa, Seth, and Luana and discover the secrets of the pyramids. Will the gods help them on their quest, or will they be cursed forever? DK Adventures are an innovative mix of narrative and nonfiction for kids ages 8-11 featuring engaging, action-packed stories that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. With diaries, recipes, poetry, instructions, graphics, or songs, the genre spreads in each DK Adventures title enhance the story and reinforce curriculum learning, while the expansive range of entertaining nonfiction subjects will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Are you ready for the adventure to begin? DK Adventures are nonfiction narratives for kids ages 8-11 featuring engaging, action-packed stories that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. With diaries, recipes, poetry, instructions, graphics, or songs, the genre spreads in each DK Adventures title enhance the story and reinforce curriculum learning, while the expansive range of entertaining nonfiction subjects will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. From the acklay to wampas, banthas to the sarlacc, young readers will travel to a galaxy far, far away to meet the scariest monsters from the Star Wars universe. DK Adventures: Star Wars®: What Makes a Monster? explores where these creepy creatures come from, what they live on, and all about those who have battled them and lived to tell the tale!

What child wouldn't be fascinated with a book about dinosaurs AND the Wild West? Your child will learn about both through DK Adventures: Dinosaur Hunters, a book that teaches facts about dinosaur bones and the Wild West through story. DK Adventures books combine story and visual elements to appeal to both avid readers and visual learners. Kids might not even realize they're learning at all! In DK Adventures: Dinosaur Hunters, our time travelers find themselves caught up in the rivalry between dinosaur bone hunters Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope. They have to use critical thinking and historical knowledge to decide whether to interfere with scientific discovery or leave well enough alone. DK Adventures: Dinosaur Hunters is Wild West adventure of cowboys and Indians, steam trains — and dinosaurs! DK Adventures is a book series that reluctant readers can enjoy as much as bookworms do! This series combines captivating, fictional stories with nonfiction facts to encourage learning and engagement in your child. The stories keep children interested, and the facts teach critical skills and knowledge — the fiction and nonfiction elements work together to keep each child's interest high, to build knowledge, and to enrich the narrative reading experience with fascinating background information. These books are filled with information, but the stories make them incredibly readable. DK Adventures are available in a range of kid-friendly topics, including dinosaurs, cars, and the human body, and each book supports Common Core State Standards and literacy skills.

If your child is interested in early humans, hunters and gatherers, or ancient methods of hunting, DK Adventures: Secrets of the Cave will be a fascinating adventure that teaches history and science, too. We combine facts and pictures with a compelling story that appeals to both avid readers and visual learners. With the fun story and complementary facts of DK Adventures: Secrets of the Cave, kids may not realize they're learning at all! In this story, we step back in time to the days of early hunters and gatherers of nearly 20,000 years ago. Jason wants to be a great hunter like his father — but will he be ready to seek out and hunt the stag alone? Inspired by the cave paintings of Lascaux, France, this story helps children sense the danger of the hunt and experience the drama of the shaman-trance rituals of an ancient world where surviving every day is an adventure. Through story, children learn about ancient hunting tools, animals, and cave paintings. DK Adventures is a book series that reluctant readers can enjoy as much as bookworms do! This series combines captivating, fictional stories with nonfiction facts to encourage learning and engagement in your child. The stories keep children interested, and the facts teach critical skills and knowledge — the fiction and nonfiction elements work together to keep each child's interest high, to build knowledge, and to enrich the narrative reading experience with fascinating background information. These books are filled with information, but the stories make them incredibly readable. DK Adventures are available in a range of kid-friendly topics, including dinosaurs, cars, and the human body, and each book supports Common Core State Standards and literacy skills.

Experience the harsh conditions of this polar landscape, discover how researchers survive, and find out about the intrepid explorers from the past who have set out to reach the South Pole.DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.

In Mummy's Curse join DK Adventure's exclusive SLIP club (Secret Living In the Past) — a group of young history buffs who belong to a top-secret club that allows them to travel throughout history to any time, any place through a phone app, on their next action-packed adventure as they go back to Ancient Egypt to uncover the truth about the mummy's curse. Travel along the Nile and through the city of Memphis with Musa, Seth, and Luana and discover the secrets of the pyramids. Will the gods help them on their quest, or will they be cursed forever? DK Adventures are an innovative mix of narrative and nonfiction for kids ages 8-11 featuring engaging, action-packed stories that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. With diaries, recipes, poetry, instructions, graphics, or songs, the genre spreads in each DK Adventures title enhance the story and reinforce curriculum learning, while the expansive range of entertaining nonfiction subjects will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. Supports the Common Core State Standards.