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This week we looked at classic adventure books for young readers, as recommended by now-grown people who look fondly on them.<\/p>\nThis week we looked at classic adventure books for young readers, as recommended by now-grown people who look fondly on them.<\/p>\n
The nineteenth century \u2018Great Game\u2019 of espionage is recalled in Kim<\/a><\/em>, which is still popular after more than a hundred years.<\/p>\n Several female readers suggested\u00a0\u00a0 Nancy Drew:<\/a> she\u2019s been a role model since 1930, and the pigtailed Swedish strong-girl Pippi Longstocking<\/a><\/em> was also highly recommended by several people<\/p>\n The Other Side Of The Mountain <\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a stirring tale of a boy who runs away from city life to live in an old cabin in the Catskills. And finally, for a recent \u2018old school\u2019 adventure \u2013 a very funny adventure, we suggested Howard Whitehouse\u2019s The Strictest School in the World<\/em> from Kids Can Press.<\/a><\/p>\n There were many other suggestions for classic children\u2019s adventures. Arthur Ransome\u2019s\u00a0 Swallows and Amazons<\/em> was mentioned more than once. Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s Treasure Island<\/em> and Kidnapped<\/em> had fans. Rosemary Sutcliff\u2019s historical fiction was suggested. Chances are, if you ask any adult reader what they liked as a kid, they\u2019ll have some titles for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week we looked at classic adventure books for young readers, as recommended by now-grown people who look fondly on them. The nineteenth century \u2018Great Game\u2019 of espionage is recalled in Kim, which is still popular after more than a hundred years. Several female readers suggested\u00a0\u00a0 Nancy Drew: she\u2019s been a role model since 1930, … Continue reading “A Selection of Great Adventures!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-school-childrens-adventure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}