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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  • Christmas time the snow queen

    Miles Kelly · ages 4–6

  • Octonauts and the Frown Fish

    VIcki Wong and Michael C. Murphy · ages 4–6

  • Dora saves Crystal Kingdom

    ages 4–6

  • Harold and the Purple Crayon

    Crockett Johnson · ages 4–6

  • You can do anything, Tyrone

    Lenny Henry · ages 4–7

  • What's the Time Mr Wolf

    Amanda Enright · ages 4–6

  • Ten Little Aliens

    Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty · ages 4–6

  • Riverside Adventure

    Frank Endersby · ages 5–7

  • The two Stubborn Pirates

    Oakley Graham · ages 4–6

  • The Old Toy Room

    ages 4–6

  • The Great Snortie Hunt

    Claire Freedman · ages 4–6

  • What pirates really do

    Melanie Joyce · ages 4–6

  • The emperor of Absurdia

    Chris Riddell · ages 4–6

  • The Adventures of Akara and Linio

    Kuzhali Manickavel · ages 4–6