The Treasure Hunt: True Stories of Treasures Lost, Stolen, and Found written by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe, illustrated by Gordy Wright - ADVISABLE

The Treasure Hunt: True Stories of Treasures Lost, Stolen, and Found written by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe, illustrated by Gordy Wright. PICTURE BOOK. Charlesbridge, 2025. $19. 9781623546298

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: SEVERAL

Calling all treasure hunters and puzzlemasters! Join your best friends Saksham and Zuri as you jet around the world solving mysteries left for you by a mysterious figure you think might be the ghost of Captain Kidd trying to recover his lost treasure. Along the way, you will learn a lot about other treasures, real and imagined, throughout world history as you crisscross the globe solving these different kinds of clues.

A great nonfiction adventure book for upper grades, this text will have your students flipping madly through the pages as they try to figure out all the clues. I delighted in the riddles and cryptograms sprinkled in between interesting tidbits of history. This could give you some great ideas for a breakout room classroom activity, or brain teasers for your kids throughout the year.

Kiera, ELA teacher, #bookswithbeddes