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Books in Kids' Ventures series

  • The Kids' Invention Book

    Arlene Erlbach

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions TM, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Turning dreams into inventions can be a challenge, but lots of kids do it every day. The Kids' Invention Book takes kids step-by-step through the creative process, from finding the inspiration to building a model. The book also includes information on applying for a patent, entering invention contests, and starting an inventors' club.
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  • The Kids' Invention Book

    Arlene Erlbach

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Aug. 1, 1997)
    Profiles eleven inventors between the ages of eight and fourteen, describes the steps involved in inventing a new product, and discusses contests, patents, lawyers, and clubs
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  • The Kids' Business Book

    Arlene Erlbach

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, June 1, 1998)
    Profiles business owners who began their businesses between the ages of seven and twelve, describes simple methods of starting a business, and includes tips on accounting and advertising
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  • Return to the Cave of Time

    Edward Packard, Drew Willis

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, March 6, 2012)
    Turn the pages, turn back time—and turn your fate.U-Ventures®: Edward Packard’s classics, revised and expanded for today’s readers! The best in interactive adventure fiction—challenging, stimulating, and tremendous good fun! Also at the App Store on iTunes. In Return to the Cave of Time, you should understand that there are some strange things about time—and you’re about to learn what they are. Walk into the Cave of Time and don’t turn back. Keep going. Yes, it’s dark and your hands feel clammy. The passageway you’re in may only be half an inch wider than you are. But keep going. You are about to see the beginning of time, the end of time…and some wild times in between. There’s no telling what can happen to you, but here’s hoping you’ll know what to do when the time is right….
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  • The Forbidden Castle

    Edward Packard, Drew Willis

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, April 30, 2013)
    Choose your fate—and multiple endings—as you quest for medieval gold in this custom-made adventure.U-Ventures®: Edward Packard’s classics, revised and expanded for today’s readers! The best in interactive adventure fiction—challenging, stimulating, and tremendous good fun! Also at the App Store on iTunes. In The Forbidden Castle, The Cave of Time has brought you back to medieval England. Can you solve the riddle of the Forbidden Castle? Riches await, but the king wants the fortune for himself—and his army is right behind you. Will you be able to get away? Or should you stay for the gold? In the U-Ventures series, you decide how the story ends. And the more choices you make, the more endings there can be!
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  • The Kids' Business Book

    Arlene Erlbach

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, April 1, 1998)
    Profiles business owners who began their businesses between the ages of seven and twelve, describes simple methods of starting a business, and includes tips on accounting and advertising
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  • The Kids' Volunteering Book

    Arlene Erlbach

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, May 1, 1998)
    Presents some opportunities for young people to perform volunteer service, and briefly profiles some children who are volunteers
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  • The Kids' Volunteering Book

    Arlene Erlbach

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, May 1, 1998)
    Presents some opportunities for young people to perform volunteer service, and briefly profiles some children who are volunteers
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  • Through the Black Hole

    Edward Packard, Drew Willis

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Aug. 21, 2012)
    Turn the pages of this spaced-out sci-fi adventure and choose your fate!U-Ventures®: Edward Packard’s classics, revised and expanded for today’s readers! The best in interactive adventure fiction—challenging, stimulating, and tremendous good fun! Also at the App Store on iTunes. In Through the Black Hole, you’re in command of the most advanced spaceship in the galaxy on the wildest mission in history—trying to make it through a black hole. Why? Because beyond the black hole may lie a whole new universe. Some scientists say it can’t be done. They say you’ll be compressed into nothingness by tremendous gravity. They say that there are no other universes where humans could survive. They may be right. But what if they’re wrong?
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  • The Kids' Business Book

    Arlene Erlbach

    Paperback (Lerner Publications, April 1, 1998)
    Profiles business owners who began their businesses between the ages of seven and twelve, describes simple methods of starting a business, and includes tips on accounting and advertising.
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  • The Grouchy

    Mr Michael T Walker

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 14, 2014)
    The Grouchy A story about 2 brave adventurous girls that have a close shave with the Grouchy. Adventure does not happen by itself. Sometimes a little bit of bravery and encouragement is all that is needed to take you on a new journey. This tale will take you into a world you haven't seen before and may inspire you to take the journey you didn't know was waiting for you. There is adventure everywhere, it's just that sometimes we forget how to seek it.
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