Books for 5-Year-Olds Who Love Adventure and Mystery

Five is the year many children start recognising words on the page. Read-aloud picture books and simple early readers both have a place. These are stories with a mystery to solve or a journey to go on: the kind that end with a child asking for one more chapter.

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  • An Adventure of Tia Mia

    Cara Tejpal · ages 3–5

  • The Smartest Giant in Town

    Julia Donaldson · ages 4–6

  • Harry and the Dinosaurs Go Wild

    Ian Whybrow & Adrian Reynolds · ages 4–6

  • Alfie's Feet

    Shirley Hughes · ages 4–6

  • Little Panda Jacob helps to save the planet

    ages 4–6

  • The Best Seat In Kindergarten

    Katharine Kenah · ages 3–5

  • Little World , To the Moon

    ages 3–5

  • Treasure hunt

    Gillian Tyler · ages 4–6

  • In my heart

    Nandana Dev Sen · ages 4–6

  • Damayanti The Detective

    Niveditha Subramaniam · ages 4–6

  • Little Monsters

    David Walliams · ages 3–5

  • We are going on a Bear hunt

    Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury · ages 3–6

  • Winter Wonderland, Follow the Trail

    ages 3–5

  • Harry and the Dinosaurs make a splash

    Ian Whybrow · ages 4–6

  • Ten minutes to bed Where is Little Unicorn

    Rhiannan Fielding Chris Chatterton · ages 3–5

  • My curious Encyclopedia Space

    Miles Kelly · ages 4–6