The cover of The Sea book in the series.
Eyes on Adventure is an illustrated reference book series for children first published by Dorling Kindersley (DK) in the late '90s. The name refers to the fact children reading this book series are going on a metaphorical "adventure" with their eyes while reading.
Books in the series include:
- Earth's Treasures by Donald Olson
- Great Inventions by Philip Koslow
- Natural Disasters by Stella Sands
- The Sea by Celia Bland
- Space by Leigh Hope Wood
- Unsolved Mysteries by Celia Bland
- Weather by Kathy Wilmore
- Weird Science by Rebecca L. Grambo
- Wonders of the World by David Seidman
The series was a spinoff of DK's Eyewitness Books line. Companion series include Eyes on America and Eyes on Nature.
This series provides examples of:
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The titles in the series are what they're about.
- Giant Squid/Kraken and Leviathan: Monster squids are mentioned as one of the Sea Monsters in The Sea book.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: Mermaids are mentioned to temp sailors into joining them in the kingdoms under the sea, possibly making them like the siren.
- Sea Monster: Mentioned and briefly discussed in The Sea book.
- Stock Ness Monster: Sea serpents are mentioned as one of the Sea Monsters in The Sea book.
