{"id":8867207446765,"title":"The Treasure Hunt","handle":"the-treasure-hunt","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/leisa-stewart-sharpe\"\u003eLeisa Stewart-Sharpe\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/gordy-wright\"\u003eGordy Wright\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYOU are the treasure hunter . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing a trail of intriguing clues, take an epic journey around the world and discover heart-stopping true stories of treasure lost, stolen, and found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  • Exactly where is Queen Nefertiti’s mummy HIDDEN?\u003cbr\u003e  • Can the Titanic’s treasures be SAVED from the waves?\u003cbr\u003e  • Could you help find a Viking HOARD with a metal detector?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountries around the world readers will visit:\u003cbr\u003e  • Scotland\u003cbr\u003e  • Norway\u003cbr\u003e  • Egypt\u003cbr\u003e  • Indonesia\u003cbr\u003e  • India\u003cbr\u003e  • Colombia\u003cbr\u003e  • Madagascar\u003cbr\u003e  • And many more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKids will love this engaging and interactive book that's chock-full of information and facts. THEY are the treasure hunter, and THEY get to be a map reader, code cracker, and puzzle solver, searching for lost treasure and figuring out the mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/how-does-chocolate-taste-on-everest\"\u003eHow Does Chocolate Taste on Everest?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n[TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/treasure-hunt-spread.jpg?v=1731092504\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/treasure-hunt-cover-hires.jpg?v=1731092499\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/treasure-hunt-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1731092503\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/treasure-hunt-sample-pages.pdf?v=1747150172\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Sample Pages\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeisa Stewart-Sharpe, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeisa Stewart-Sharpe is a journalist turned children’s author who grew up in Australia. She has traveled and adventured all over the world. Leisa has come face-to-face with an aye-aye in the Madagascan jungle, sweated across the grasslands of Kenya (chased by a herd of elephants!), and has snorkeled with sharks Down Under. Today Leisa writes children’s books from a shed in her English garden, including her bestselling nonfiction books. All of her books have one thing in common: they’re about wild places and written for wild children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/leisa-stewart-sharpe\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Leisa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordy Wright, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGordy Wright is an illustrator, printmaker, and picture-book maker from the UK. He studied illustration at the University of the West of England, and he enjoys playing with narratives and evoking natural, textured feeling in his illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/gordy-wright\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Gordy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/star-fade.gif?4673889858015672850\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBooklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis solve-a-mystery-on-the-run treasure hunt takes readers through a dozen of the world’s most puzzling and famous disappearances, including stolen art masterpieces, jewels buried with the Titanic, and still-missing artifacts, like Viking Lewis chessmen and Russian Fabergé eggs. It also showcases great finds, such as the Terracotta Warriors, 8,000 strong, unearthed by a Chinese farmer in 1974. The story, written in the second person, is extremely involving, starting with the declaration that this is “your” story, beginning with you and your two best friends, Saksham and Zuri, finding a message (signed by Captain Kidd) in a bottle about hidden treasure. The trio of sleuths follows a trail of clues left by a reported ghost captain in real time. Is the captain trying to nab treasures or destroy them? A fun interactive feature here is the opportunity to solve the clues left by the captain, including pigpen ciphers, Morse code, inscriptions, runes, and GPS coordinates, by using a pencil and a separate sheet of paper. The illustrations, hand-painted in gouache, acrylic, and inks, propel readers through the narrative with a mix of representational artwork, informational sidebars, and cartoon panels. Back matter includes a section on how to go on your own treasure hunt, such as orienteering or geocaching. This deft blend of history, mystery, and code-cracking is sure to delight young sleuths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n \n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearching for treasure exhumes much more than pieces of eight.\u003cbr\u003eBrown-skinned Saksham and Zuri and an unnamed pale-skinned child referred to as “you” (a stand-in for readers) undertake a round-the-world journey, always just one step behind the ghost of the infamous pirate Captain Kidd, who’s apparently trying to purloin treasures “as revenge for the riches he lost all those years ago.” Their pursuit depends on the many convenient clues that Kidd has left for readers, providing motivation for aspiring map readers, code crackers, puzzle solvers, and inscription decipherers. Along the way, the children discover stories of both found and still-missing lost loot, including the Mona Lisa, the Viking ship Gokstad, India’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, and China’s Terracotta Army. The quest takes the indefatigable trio across the globe, digging up a fair amount of history on the way. Interspersing comics panels with captioned vignettes and full-page illustrations, Wright’s brightly detailed and watercolorlike images evoke the far-flung destinations. Despite some editorial lapses, this engaging and information-packed U.K. import offers plenty of visual excitement, including changes of perspective, time period, and composition. The protagonists unearth facts related to geography, history, paleontology, archeology, and cryptic communication during their journey. 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She has traveled and adventured all over the world. Leisa has come face-to-face with an aye-aye in the Madagascan jungle, sweated across the grasslands of Kenya (chased by a herd of elephants!), and has snorkeled with sharks Down Under. Today Leisa writes children’s books from a shed in her English garden, including her bestselling nonfiction books. All of her books have one thing in common: they’re about wild places and written for wild children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/leisa-stewart-sharpe\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Leisa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordy Wright, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGordy Wright is an illustrator, printmaker, and picture-book maker from the UK. He studied illustration at the University of the West of England, and he enjoys playing with narratives and evoking natural, textured feeling in his illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/gordy-wright\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Gordy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/star-fade.gif?4673889858015672850\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBooklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis solve-a-mystery-on-the-run treasure hunt takes readers through a dozen of the world’s most puzzling and famous disappearances, including stolen art masterpieces, jewels buried with the Titanic, and still-missing artifacts, like Viking Lewis chessmen and Russian Fabergé eggs. It also showcases great finds, such as the Terracotta Warriors, 8,000 strong, unearthed by a Chinese farmer in 1974. The story, written in the second person, is extremely involving, starting with the declaration that this is “your” story, beginning with you and your two best friends, Saksham and Zuri, finding a message (signed by Captain Kidd) in a bottle about hidden treasure. The trio of sleuths follows a trail of clues left by a reported ghost captain in real time. Is the captain trying to nab treasures or destroy them? A fun interactive feature here is the opportunity to solve the clues left by the captain, including pigpen ciphers, Morse code, inscriptions, runes, and GPS coordinates, by using a pencil and a separate sheet of paper. The illustrations, hand-painted in gouache, acrylic, and inks, propel readers through the narrative with a mix of representational artwork, informational sidebars, and cartoon panels. Back matter includes a section on how to go on your own treasure hunt, such as orienteering or geocaching. This deft blend of history, mystery, and code-cracking is sure to delight young sleuths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n \n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearching for treasure exhumes much more than pieces of eight.\u003cbr\u003eBrown-skinned Saksham and Zuri and an unnamed pale-skinned child referred to as “you” (a stand-in for readers) undertake a round-the-world journey, always just one step behind the ghost of the infamous pirate Captain Kidd, who’s apparently trying to purloin treasures “as revenge for the riches he lost all those years ago.” Their pursuit depends on the many convenient clues that Kidd has left for readers, providing motivation for aspiring map readers, code crackers, puzzle solvers, and inscription decipherers. Along the way, the children discover stories of both found and still-missing lost loot, including the Mona Lisa, the Viking ship Gokstad, India’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, and China’s Terracotta Army. The quest takes the indefatigable trio across the globe, digging up a fair amount of history on the way. Interspersing comics panels with captioned vignettes and full-page illustrations, Wright’s brightly detailed and watercolorlike images evoke the far-flung destinations. Despite some editorial lapses, this engaging and information-packed U.K. import offers plenty of visual excitement, including changes of perspective, time period, and composition. The protagonists unearth facts related to geography, history, paleontology, archeology, and cryptic communication during their journey. The revelation at the end might be somewhat of a letdown, but no treasures were harmed during this protracted hunt.\u003cbr\u003eInteractive fun that demonstrates that knowledge is the most rewarding treasure of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-629-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 6–9\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 64\u003cbr\u003e8\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication date: June 10, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]"}