Dear Parents and Teachers Rourke’s Adventure Chapter Books engage readers immediately by grabbing their attention with exciting plots and adventurous characters Our Adventure Chapter Books offer longer more complex sentences and chapters With minimal illustrations readers must rely on the descriptive text to understand the setting characters and plot of the book Each book contains several detailed episodes all centered on a single plot that will challenge the reader Each adventure book dives into a country Readers are not only invited to tag along for the adventure but will encounter the most memorable monuments and places culture and history As the characters venture throughout the country they address topics of family friendship and growing up in a way that the reader can relate to Whether readers are reading the books independently or you are reading with them engaging with them after they have read the book is still important We’ve included several activities at the end of each book to make this both fun and educational Are you ready for this adventure Enjoy Rourke Educational Media
Table of Contents Vacation Change of Plans Mayan Ruins Surprise Shopping Kindness Let’s Be Tourists Giddy Up Chichen Itza Butterflies End of the Road
Chapter One Vacation Catch me if you can Tomas shouted to me He dove headfirst from the diving board and swam as fast as he could to the far edge of the pool I wasted no time Splash I sliced through the water like a knife Got you I laughed as I tugged on my twin brother’s calf I caught Tomas in mid-stroke and pulled his head under the water He flailed and kicked I let go and up he shot like a rocket You thought you could out swim me I boasted I’m the athletic one in the family It is true Tomas has many talents just usually not in sports Mom said someday Tomas might be taller and stronger than me She said at 12 it’s hard to tell what you’ll look like when you grow up But I doubt Tomas will change much from the short rather round boy he is I’m taller than he is and I’m good at all sorts of sports soccer volleyball softball tennis You name it I can play it
