Everyone in Avantia knows the terrors of the jungle: creatures that pluck men from the ground and eat them whole; plants whose rich scents could overwhelm a person at twenty paces. Few dare to... This description may be from another edition of this product.
My 9-year-old son loves to read for pleasure, and this series is quite a hit with him. The stories are interesting for kids (I haven't read them all, but it's basic fantasy, brave young people take on the responsibility of facing down monsters in order to save life as we know it without the aid of adults), but also not too complicated, so they're fairly easy to summarize for book reports as well.
My newphew loves this collection
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
My nephew is 8 and loved the first couple books so much instead of toy for Christmas all he wanted was this book collection. Then the collection is so great now my son who is 6 wants the collection too.
My first grader loves these books
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I have a 1st grader who reads at the 4th grade level. While his reading skills are great, he is still only 6 and his topics of interest are ...well, the interests of a 6-year-old boy. My son LOVES this series. He curls up with them and reads them on his own, and yet still loves to have them read aloud. Best of all, his dad and I don't mind reading them aloud --- we love them too.
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