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Fantasy and Fairy Tales
Tuck Everlasting—Natalie Babbit
~Tuck Everlasting is the story of young Winnie Foster and the Tucks, a family who has a huge secret as timeless as the earth….
Mermaid Princess—Shirley Barber
~A book whose illustrations are actually jigsaw puzzles, along with a charming story about a mermaid princess and her friends who save her
The Sword of Shannara—Terry Brooks
~The Sword of Shannara must be used to defeat the evil lord, but can only be wielded by Shea the last heir to the sword.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland—Louis Carrol
~ When Alice follows a rabbit down its hole, she finds herself in Wonderland, a place where nothing is as it should be
The Witches—Roald Dahl
~ A boys mother tells him there are real witches, who can smell children and it makes them sick! Then at a hotel he finds out that there is a secret witch convention going on! They turn him into a mouse but can he still stop them?
So You Want to be a Wizard—Duane
~ Nita is running from a bully and hides in the library, where she finds a book called So You Want To Be a Wizard. Things sure have changed since the days of Merlin as she finds out when she meets Kit who becomes her partner and they battle an evil being.
Deep Wizardry---Duane
~ More wizardry as Nita and Kit battle evil yet again, this time alongside whales in the ocean
High Wizardy—Duane
~ Shockingly, Nita’s younger sister becomes a wizard too, but before she learns the rules she’s off on another planet! Can Nita and Kit save her?
A Wizard Abroad—Duane
~ To get her away from Kit for awhile, Nita’s parents send her to Ireland to see her aunt. Ireland is more full of wizardry than New York , and its dangerous too, can Nita and her friends stop the evil once and for all?
Once Upon A More Enlightened Time—James Flinn Garner
~ Modern versions of timeless fairy tales
Grimms Fairy Tales—Grimm
~ Fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and many more.
The Giver—Lois Lowry
~ The moving story about a perfect society that is shielded from the outside world and seems flawless and the boy who is chosen to be burdened with the truth.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales—Alfred David and Mary Elizabeth Meek
~ A book of fairy tales from different parts of the world
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass—Philip Pullman
~ The series "His Dark Materials" where you visit different dimensions, and the afterlife in an adventure that is a puzzle until the very end.
The Merry Adventures of Robinhood—Howard Pyle
~ Howard Pyle’s tale of the man who robbed the rich and gave to the poor.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights—Howard Pyle
~ The story of King Arthur and how he became king of England and his knights of the round table.
Harry Potter Series—J.K. Rowling
~ The fantastic books about a boy who finds out he is a wizard and goes to school to learn about wizardry, and to find out who he really is, why he was not killed as a child by the Dark Lord Voldemort, and his true destiny
A Series of Unfortunate Events—Lemony Snicket
~ This series tells the sad story of the Baudlaire orphans, whose parents died in a fire that burned down their whole house. They are shuffled from relatives to schools, even to a wood mill. All the while wondering why their "uncle" Olaf is following them, what happened to their friends the Quagmires, and what is VFD?? This is a fantastic series for kids full of mystery.
The Lord of the Rings—J.R.R. Tolkien
~ The epic tale of four races of beings, hobbits, elves, men, and dwarves, joining together to save Middle Earth. Tolkien’s greatest work, based on his mythology of Middle Earth, the languages and cultures he created.
The Great Good Thing—Robert Townley
~ A "Great" fantasy book about characters inside a book being forced out when their book is destroyed and their effort to survive and not be forgotten inside a young girl’s mind.
Non Fiction
The Ilustrated Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends—Ronan Coghlan
~ An index of places people and things in Arthurian legend.
Mythology- Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes—Edith Hamilton
~ Tales from Greek legend, such as the Trojan War and Hercules
The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide To The Magical World of Harry Potter—Allan Zola and Elizabeth Kronzek
~ A book about the different magical elements in the Harry Potter books and their basis in real myth and legend.
The Tolkien Companion—J.C.A. Tyler
~ An encyclopedia that covers all the creatures places and things in Tolkien’s books
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