Book Reviews: A Timely Christmas: Back to the Future… and Beyond!
Celebrate Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day (DEC. 8)
by Andrea Rose
Celebrate Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day (DEC. 8)
by Andrea Rose
Nov 25, 2025
This is a day to ponder what it would be like to go back in time—or forward in time! Here are a few books that will take you on an adventure into a different time and place. Don’t forget to come back!
Back to the Future
By Arie Kaplan & Meg Dunn
$5.57; Ages: 2-5
Publisher: Little Golden Books
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Who doesn’t love the story of Marty McFly and his journey back to 1955? This Little Golden Book uses Funko POP! Illustrations, which appeal to little ones, and Funko POP! Collectors.
By Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
$7.18; Ages: 3-7
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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Hop on the bus and let Ms. Frizzle take the kids to Dinosaur Land to learn all about the prehistoric beasts. It will be so much fun!
By Kate Messner and Kelley McMorris
$5.99; Ages: 7-9
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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Ranger is a time-traveling golden retriever whose adventures help teach children history. In this first book of a 12-book series, Ranger visits the Oregon Trail in 1850. Kids who love adventure will love Ranger!
By SJ King & Esther Hernando
$6.50; Ages: 7-9
Publisher: DK flip
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This chapter book is one in a series that uses adventure and fun characters to teach young readers about history. In this installment, the Timekeepers are visiting 1903 Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where Orville and Wilbur Wright are focused on being First in Flight.
By Karen Inglis
$8.99; Ages 8-12
Publisher: Well Said Press
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This adventure takes readers to London in the early 1900s, where brother and sister travel back 100 years! The first of three Secret Lake books.
By Kekla Magoon
$8.19; Ages: 8-12
Publisher: Candlewick Press
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When a young girl searches for family secrets, she discovers a library of secrets where every book is a portal in time.
By Madeleine L’Engle
$4.83; Ages: 9+
Publisher: Square Fish
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Book 1 in the Time Quintet Series tells the tale of Meg and Charles Murry, who journey through space and time in an attempt to rescue their father. First published in 1962, the book has sold more than 10 million copies, won a Newbury medal and inspired two films.
By Ross Welford
$9.99; Ages: 9-12
Publisher: Yearling
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A young boy discovers a letter from his deceased dad directing him to a time machine. He and his pet hamster then travel to 1984 to prevent his father’s go-kart crash.
By Emma Straub
$10.19; Ages: Adult
Publisher: Riverhead Books
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Alice is turning 40 and although she’s comfortable in life, something’s missing. One morning, she wakes up to discover she is back in 1996 reliving her 16th birthday.
and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her sixteenth birthday. What does it all mean?
By H.G. Wells
$5.99; Ages: 10+
Publisher: Fingerprint! Publishing
This sci-fi classic speaks volumes when a time traveler discovers a future divided into two distinct societies and the threats that come with them.
