Box Set #6-1 Choose Your Own Adventure Books 1-6:: Box Set Containing: The Abominable Snowman, Journey Under the Sea, Space and Beyond, the Lost Jewel by R. A. Montgomery (1-Aug-2006) Paperback

by R.A. Montgomery

This Choose Your Own Adventure 6-Book Boxed Set includes the following storied titles from the classic, interactive, children's The Abominable Snowman * Journey Under the Sea * Space and Beyond * The Lost Jewels of Nabooti * Mystery of the Maya * House of Danger.Book Paperback Publication 6/1/2011 864 Reading Age 9 and Up

Genres: Childrens

Unknown Binding

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

Raymond A. Montgomery (born 1936 in Connecticut) was an author and progenitor of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure interactive children's book series, which ran from 1979 to 2003. Montgomery graduated from Williams College and went to graduate school at Yale University and New York University (NYU). He devoted his life to teaching and education.

In 2004, he co-founded the Chooseco publishing company alongside his wife, fellow author/publisher Shannon Gilligan, with the goal of reviving the CYOA series with new novels and reissued editions of the classics.

He continued to write and publish until his death in 2014.

Reviews

[Xio · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just thought these were the bees knees when I was little. The notion of controlling the choices was both pleasing and instructive.

Especially given that one of my major inhibitions to pleasure when reading or watching a film is when I encounter what I consider to be stupid decisions on the part of a character.

This lets me be responsible for throwing them into danger or resolution. Much more enjoyable.

[Lara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was a really lucky book-loving kid: my mom was a librarian, and I've been reading since age 5.

Every Saturday and some weekday evenings, I would go hang out at work with her.

I'm adding this to represent the countless CYOA books I read in the Story Bowl - a giant padded slouching vessel, upholstered with primary-colored vinyl - at the Cortez Public Library.

[Kevin Wesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

i went through an addiction with these things in the third grade. i was definitely the kid who would always backtrack if i made the wrong decision. yep, that's right. surprised?

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

I added this series because there is no way I can recall all the choose your own adventure books that I read, Here is a list of every one of them... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
pretty much they are all awesome ("Spy for George Washington" "Return to Atlantis" "Vanished!"<--searching for a friend lost in the Bermuda Triangle "You Are A Shark" "Inside UFO 54-40"<--totally awesome etc..etc..

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

this series is fun and entertaining for those kids who are getting into chapter books but feel like their new level is a bit overwhelming. these books will amaze kids with their power to suck them in to these fantastical stories only to make them start over again to see how it could have turned out. yay for this newly reissued series! rad!

[Pete · Rating 5 out of 5]

there was one in the series about a ghost indian that would be scalping kids..scared the wheaties outta me!

interactive reading...sorta. it was fun.

[Ashley Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

its very interesting about these choose your own adventure books.