Children’s books for ages 3 to 12: time-travel adventures, mysteries, fantasy, logic puzzles, nonfiction and activity books.
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Trapped in Historypage 3
Ages 8-12
Grid Mysteriespage 4
Ages 6-8Ages 9-12
I misteri di Silvana Nuccipage 5
Ages 8-12
L’Accademia della Magiapage 6
Ages 8-12
Enciclopedie per Bambini Curiosipage 7
Ages 5-12
Giochi interattivi per bambinipage 8
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Who we are Lanterna Books Junior is the children’s line of Lanterna Books, a small independent publisher: illustrated novels, logic puzzle books, nonfiction and activity books for ages 3 to 12, in five languages.
Time travel · Ages 8-12
Trapped in History
Illustrated adventure novels · by Elizabeth Gusman
Luca and Giulia travel through the ages with a mysterious astrolabe, without ever being allowed to change the past. Illustrated novels that turn history into a great adventure.
Trapped in HistoryBook 1 · The Six Dials of Time
Ages 8-12121 pages
On a school trip to the Egyptian Museum, Luca and Giulia touch an ancient astrolabe and are swept through six ages of history, from ancient Egypt to Victorian London.
✓ Six ages
✓ Illustrations
✓ “What’s true in this book”
FRPiégés dans le tempsB0FC2LTZVK★ 4.4 (31)
ITIntrappolati nella storiaB0F8VWF38Y★ 4.3 (201)
ESPerdidos en el tiempoB0FBJPBSCZ★ 4.6 (104)
DEVerloren in der ZeitB0FCRKR82V★ 4.1 (70)
ENTrapped in HistoryB0HN38CCK7
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Trapped in HistoryBook 2 · Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebook
Ages 8-12
In Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, Luca and Giulia find a message from their friend Philippus, who stayed behind in the Renaissance. Six new ages, from a prehistoric cave to 16th-century Florence.
✓ A real novel
✓ Illustrations
✓ “What’s true in this book”
FRPiégés dans le temps 2 – Le Carnet de Léonard de VinciB0HMG1SBVN★ 5.0 (2)
ITIntrappolati nella storia 2 – Il taccuino di Leonardo da VinciB0HKRC9WQB
ESPerdidos en el tiempo 2 – El cuaderno de Leonardo da VinciB0HLBRNLNW
DEVerloren in der Zeit 2 – Leonardo da Vincis NotizbuchB0HLPVSW16
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Logic cases · Ages 6-8 · Ages 9-12
Grid Mysteries
Logic puzzle books · by Milo Carter
Something has gone missing. Read the clues, place the suspects in the grid, one per row and per column, and find the culprit. No screen needed.
Grid MysteriesThe Little Detectives
Ages 6-894 pages
60 cases that get harder bit by bit, from 4×4 to 6×6 grids, a guided practice case, 24 tokens to cut out and every solution explained.
✓ 60 cases that get harder bit by bit
✓ 3 levels
✓ A guided case
FRMystères en grille – Les petits détectivesB0HLBBZ84G★ 5.0 (2)
ITMisteri in griglia – I piccoli detectiveB0HN7F2VCK
ESMisterios en cuadrícula – Los pequeños detectivesB0HN227HY6
DERätsel im Raster – Die kleinen DetektiveB0HNKHWXGC
ENGrid Mysteries (6-8)B0HMXHYP63
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Grid MysteriesThe Great Detectives
Ages 9-12114 pages
80 cases, from 6×6 to 8×8 grids, and a mysterious case that builds up file by file, all the way to the big final case.
✓ 80 cases that get harder bit by bit
✓ From 6×6 to 8×8 grids
✓ The Shadow mystery
FRMystères en grille – Les grands détectivesB0HLBMZ2LK★ 5.0 (2)
ITMisteri in griglia – I grandi detectiveB0HMF77CVP
ESMisterios en cuadrícula – Los grandes detectivesB0HLGC3FD6★ 5.0 (1)
DERätsel im Raster – Die großen DetektiveB0HNNF9JR9
ENGrid Mysteries (9-12)B0HN17TGGJ
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Mysteries and riddles · Ages 8-12
I misteri di Silvana Nucci
Illustrated adventure novels · by Silvana Nucci
Not yet in English
A pyramid in Egypt, a museum where history wakes up, a magic door, a ring from Atlantis: four illustrated adventures full of mysteries and riddles, each with fact pages and a quiz at the end.
Il mistero della piramide
Ages 8-12
Samir, Giulia and Luca win a trip to Egypt and venture at night into a pyramid full of traps. Riddles, hieroglyphs to decipher, pages on what’s true and a final quiz.
✓ Three friends, three talents
✓ Riddles to solve
✓ What’s true
ITIl mistero della piramideB0FG85MNQW★ 4.4 (120)
ESEl misterio de la pirámideB0HM85RGNV
Il mistero dell’antico museo
Ages 8-12
Iris, Jordan and Ivan, 12, get locked inside the big museum in their town: five rooms, five ages of history, five challenges to pass to get out.
✓ Five ages, five challenges
✓ Rivals who become friends
✓ What’s true
ITIl mistero dell’antico museoB0FSRJ5KBF★ 4.5 (2)
ESEl misterio del viejo museoB0HNPMLRMZ
Il mistero della porta magica
Ages 8-12
Maisy and Skyler, 12, take up a dare from the class bully: get into the off-limits wing of their school. Behind a hidden door lies Elyniss, a magical world.
✓ A magical world
✓ Friendship and forgiveness
✓ The bestiary
ITIl mistero della porta magicaB0FG85PDXJ★ 4.1 (27)
ESEl misterio de la puerta mágicaB0HPGXCZJJ
Il mistero del quinto anello di Atlantide
Ages 8-12
A package from Greece arrives at Irene’s grandfather’s house: a ring made of a long-lost metal that sings. Next stop: Santorini, a cave under the sea and a city everyone thinks is made up.
✓ A challenge for every ring
✓ Nobody wins alone
✓ What’s true
ITIl mistero del quinto anello di AtlantideB0HN88DHRR
ESEl misterio del quinto anillo de la AtlántidaB0HNP592XD
Magic and friendship · Ages 8-12
L’Accademia della Magia
Illustrated fantasy novels · by Charlotte Guard
Not yet in English
Kyron, Harvey, Judith and Enora receive a silver coin and find themselves in an academy of magic floating in the air. Friendship, courage and trials to pass.
L’Accademia della MagiaVolume 1
Ages 8-12
Kyron, Harvey, Judith and Enora, 12, each receive a silver coin engraved with their initial. They say a magic phrase together, and there they are, in an academy of magic floating in the air.
✓ A school in the sky
✓ Four special heroes
✓ Three trials
ITL’Accademia della Magia – Volume 1B0DY6KTHRW★ 4.6 (21)
DEDie Akademie der Magie – Band 1B0F23L5JD5★ 4.7 (93)
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L’Accademia della MagiaVolume 2 · La battaglia degli stregoni
Ages 8-12
Clover Morgen, a former student who was expelled, comes back to attack the Academy. Seven first-year students, led by Kyron, have two weeks to get ready to defend it.
✓ The direct sequel
✓ Seven powers, one plan
✓ A complex opponent
ITL’Accademia della Magia – Volume 2B0DYHLCZ9W★ 4.7 (16)
DEDie Akademie der Magie – Band 2B0F1YJVKRS★ 4.2 (61)
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Science and discovery · Ages 5-12
Enciclopedie per Bambini Curiosi
Illustrated nonfiction · by Mondo Giovani
Not yet in English
Dinosaurs, science, space, the human body, great scientists: full-color encyclopedias for kids who are always asking “why?”
Enciclopedia dei Dinosauri
Ages 5-10
A full-color encyclopedia: 59 entries from the Triassic to the Cretaceous, including 50 dinosaurs, with marine reptiles, pterosaurs, sizes compared with a person and the extinction.
✓ 59 entries, 50 dinosaurs
✓ Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
✓ Sizes compared
ITEnciclopedia dei DinosauriB0F7F91Q5S★ 4.8 (49)
Enciclopedia per Piccoli Geni
Ages 7-10
The planet, dinosaurs, animals, history, science, inventions, space and the human body, with 12 experiments to do at home.
✓ Eight chapters
✓ 12 experiments
✓ One page, one topic
ITEnciclopedia per Piccoli GeniB0FH2JXN3Y★ 4.6 (37)
Geniale come Einstein
Ages 7-12
Eight chapters, 144 science facts and portraits of eight great scientists (Galileo, Darwin, Mary Anning, Turing…), with Einstein as the guide.
✓ Eight scientists
✓ 144 fun facts
✓ “Wow! Ma è vero?!”
ITGeniale come EinsteinB0F9SM6JCW★ 4.4 (24)
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First games · Ages 3-4 · Ages 4-5
Giochi interattivi per bambini
Activity books · by Mondo Piccoli Giochi
Not yet in English
Letter mazes, dot-to-dots, shapes to cut out, simple addition: full-color activity books for learning through play before school.
Giochi interattivi per bambiniAges 3-4
Ages 3-4
80 full-color pages with Pina la Pinguina: letter-shaped mazes, dot-to-dots, shapes to cut out, counting, simple addition and coloring pages.
✓ The alphabet through play
✓ First numbers
✓ Shapes and colors
ITGiochi interattivi per bambini 3-4 anniB0FK2CZNSC★ 4.7 (9)
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Giochi interattivi per bambiniAges 4-5
Ages 4-5
72 pages with Leonardo il Gufo: dot-to-dots with a word to trace, mazes, spot-the-difference games, shadows, color-by-number pictures and simple addition.
✓ Letters and words
✓ Numbers
✓ Observation
ITGiochi interattivi per bambini 4-5 anniB0FKN3VQVV★ 4.6 (7)
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Before you close it
The curious corner
Eight words from our books are hidden in the grid, across, down or diagonally. Can you find them all?
Puzzle of the weekA free logic case to play online.lanternabooks.com/en/puzzles/
Teaching guidesPrintable missions for Trapped in History and Grid Mysteries, with answer keys.lanternabooks.com/en/teachers/
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Amazon ratings checked on November 11 and 13, 2026; number of ratings in parentheses. Price and availability on Amazon. The books are printed on demand by Amazon.
