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Willard DeMille Price (28 July 1887 – 14 October 1983) was a Canadian-born American natural historian and author of children's fiction.Price was born in Peterborough, Ontario, and his family subsequently moved to the United States when he was four. He acquired his MA and Litt.D from Columbia University, before going on to edit the journal Survey and World Outlook. He travelled on many expeditions for the National Geographic Society and the American Museum of Natural History, in particular to Japan. He documented his travels in a series of non-fiction books and also used them as inspiration for his Adventure series of novels for young readers, which depict the exploits of teenage zoologists Hal and Roger Hunt.

Shortly before his death, in 1983, Price commented that:
My aim in writing the Adventure series for young people was to lead them to read by making reading exciting and full of adventure. At the same time I want to inspire an interest in wild animals and their behavior. Judging from the letters I have received from boys and girls around the world, I believe I have helped open to them the worlds of books and natural history.


Professor Laurie Barber of Waikato University (Hamilton, New Zealand) has presented a case that Willard Price may have been spying for the United States, especially during his Japanese travels in the 1930s.

In 2006, the Price family sold the copyrights and related legal rights for the fourteen Adventure series titles, plus the right to use Price's name, to London-based Fleming Literary Management.

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Total Books: 65
African Adventure
2013 - African Adventure (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781782950165
ISBN-10: 1782950168
Genre: Children's Books
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Diving Adventure
2013 - Diving Adventure (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781782950172
ISBN-10: 1782950176
Genre: Children's Books
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Whale Adventure
2013 - Whale Adventure (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781782950189
ISBN-10: 1782950184
Genre: Children's Books
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Volcano Adventure
2013 - Volcano Adventure (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781782950219
ISBN-10: 1782950214
Genre: Children's Books
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Lion Adventure
2012 - Lion Adventure (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781849417471
ISBN-10: 1849417474
Genre: Children's Books
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Underwater Adventure
2012 - Underwater Adventure (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781849417457
ISBN-10: 1849417458
Genre: Children's Books
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Elephant Adventure
2012 - Elephant Adventure (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781849417464
ISBN-10: 1849417466
Genre: Children's Books
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Arctic Adventure
2012 - Arctic Adventure (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780099482277
ISBN-10: 0099482274
Genre: Children's Books
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South Sea Adventure
2012 - South Sea Adventure (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780099482246
ISBN-10: 009948224X
Genre: Children's Books
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Amazon Adventure
2012 - Amazon Adventure (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780099482260
ISBN-10: 0099482266
Genre: Children's Books
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Hal and Roger Hunt Complete Collection
2012 - Hal and Roger Hunt Complete Collection [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787530130810
ISBN-10: 7530130811
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Ancient Peoples at New Tasks
2009 - Ancient Peoples at New Tasks (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781150334030
ISBN-10: 1150334037
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Gloucestershire Cotswolds Geodiversity Audit and Local Geodiversity Action Plan
2005 - Gloucestershire Cotswolds Geodiversity Audit and Local Geodiversity Action Plan [LGAP] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781904530077
ISBN-10: 1904530079
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Adventure Double Arctic / Safari
2005 - Adventure Double Arctic / Safari [Adventure Double] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099487722
ISBN-10: 0099487721
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Adventure Double Diving  Amazon Adventures
2005 - Adventure Double Diving Amazon Adventures [Adventure Double] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099487739
ISBN-10: 009948773X
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Adventure Double South Sea  Volcano Adventures
2005 - Adventure Double South Sea Volcano Adventures [Adventure Double] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099487746
ISBN-10: 0099487748
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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The Adventure Collection
1998 - The Adventure Collection [Red Fox Fiction] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099265924
ISBN-10: 0099265923
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Teen & Young Adult
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Cannibal Adventure
1993 - Cannibal Adventure [Red Fox older fiction] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099184812
ISBN-10: 0099184818
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Safari Adventure
1993 - Safari Adventure [Red Fox Older Fiction] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099183419
ISBN-10: 0099183412
Genre: Children's Books
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Gorilla Adventure
1993 - Gorilla Adventure (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780099183518
ISBN-10: 009918351X
Genre: Children's Books
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Tiger Adventure
1993 - Tiger Adventure (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780099184911
ISBN-10: 0099184915
Genre: Children's Books
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