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 The Faun’s Cave Navel of the Ancient World Lost and Found What about Monsters Going Under Dangers on Land and Sea Ancient Disasters The Minotaur Creatures of the Sea Saving the Day
Chapter One THE FAUN’S CAVE Grace stood with her father and her younger brother Jaden in front of the cave opening They stared at the triangle of darkness opening into the pale gray cliff Dad said What do you think we’ll find inside It doesn’t look that big Grace said The top of the triangle was only ten or 15 feet high They’d gone to a lot of trouble to reach that little hole in the cliff They’d flown to Greece two days earlier The previous afternoon they’d caught a bus from the big city of Athens to a small mountain town In the morning they’d taken a taxi then walked to the cave Grace had been expecting something more impressive after all that travel Let’s go Jaden darted for the opening Dad grabbed Jaden’s shoulder before he could get away No running ahead It could be dangerous Jaden was eight two years younger than Grace and his middle name should have been Trouble Dad kept his hold on Jaden and went into the cave Grace followed close behind Dangerous how
