Welcome to Journeys and Adventures

Your Journeys and Adventures pack from BookTrust Cymru includes specially-chosen books for you to read, keep and enjoy.

We know that different books appeal to different people, so we’ve chosen three very different books for you to explore. We hope you’ll love at least one of them, and that you’ll find some videos and activities here to help you get the most out of your new books, too!

[NB] Please note: We sometimes link to third party sites, including YouTube.

Journeys and Adventures books and resources

These are the books in the English Journeys and Adventures book packs.

Go to Cymraeg to access activities and resources for the books in the Welsh packs.

Crater Lake

This is a comic-horror book all about a group of Year 6 pupils’ school trip to the brand-new Crater Lake activity centre. There are three rules for surviving Crater Lake: don’t go anywhere with an adult; don’t follow any instructions you’re given; and don’t ever fall asleep…

Interview, reading and podcast by Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Lake

Play the Geek, Robot, Overlord game

Wales on the Map Activity Book

How well do you really know Wales? Find some surprising facts and enjoy the activities in your Wales on the Map Activity Book.

Test your knowledge with the Wales on the Map Quiz

Fun reviews of Wales on the Map from children and adults

Survivors

Discover some amazing real-life stories of survival, including the 17-year-old girl who fell from the sky in Peru as the only survivor of a plane crash above the rainforest. These stories are thrilling, chilling, motivating and really exciting.

Watch this introduction to Survivors from the author and illustrator

Journeys and Adventures letters for teachers

Download the letter for teachers

The Journeys and Adventures letter for teachers giving information about the project and the packs.

Journeys and Adventures letters for children

Download the letter for children

An engaging letter for children with information about the books in the Journeys and Adventures pack.

Journeys and Adventures letters for parents

Download the letter for parents

The letter for parents, in English and Welsh, includes tips for how families can support the Journeys and Adventures project at home.

Download the bookmark

Welsh and English versions of the colourful Journeys and Adventures bookmark.

Journeys and Adventures feedback postcards

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Use this postcard to tell us what you thought of your Journeys and Adventures books.

Parent and child drawing at home by Hannah Shaw

Open the Cymru HomeTime Cupboard

Have you missed some of our exciting BookTrust Cymru HomeTime treats? Don't worry - we're storing all of them in the Wales HomeTime Cupboard for you! Open it up to enjoy storytimes, how-to-draws, activities and many more treats.

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