Fantasy Younger Readers

Ages 6-9

J BERGSMA Bergsma, Jody. The Little Wizard: An ancient prophecy is fulfilled in the Kingdom of Lugin when young Kevin, while travelling to Royal City to ask Queen Arianna for healing water to cure his sick mother, discovers special powers within himself. P CARROLL Carroll, Lewis. Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland: A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters. (Also in Junior fiction, J CARROLL: Alice in Wonderland & Alice: Through the Looking Glass) P CHILD Child, Laura. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book: A boy who loves books but has not always treated them well falls asleep and finds himself in his book of fairy tales, where his interaction with everyone from Goldilocks to Cinderella wreaks havoc. J GN CRANE Crane, Jordan. The Clouds Above: Simon and his cat, Jack, arrive late for school. They avoid getting in trouble by hiding on the roof, where they find a strange stairway into the sky and meet a lonely cloud named Perch. J DAHL Dahl, Michael. The Beast Beneath the Stairs: When the Librarian returns to his castle after lengthy travels, he finds that someone has stolen his collection of deadly books, and until he can get past a beast that the thief left behind and track them down, the world is in great jeopardy. J DAHL Dahl, Michael. The Book That Dripped Blood: A fur-covered book entitled Claws is loose in the city, and only the Librarian can stop it from claiming more victims. J DAHL Dahl, Roald. The Minpins: Little Billy disobeys his mother and enters the Forest of Sin where he meets the Minpins (tiny creatures who live in tree cities,) and also some creatures of nightmares. P FAULKNE Faulkner, Matt. The Moon Clock: A young girl journeys to a faraway place and finds the inner strength to confront the bullies of other worlds and her own.

J FRIEL Friel, Maeve. Flying Lessons (Witch-In-Training): Jessica discovers she's a witch when presented with her own broomstick by a mysterious old lady. P MAHY Mahy, Margaret. The Boy Who Was Followed Home: A witch's pill is supposed to cure Robert of the hippopotami who daily follow him home from school, but there is a disadvantage to the treatment. E MARZOLL Marzollo, Jean. Blue Sun Ben: In a world of two suns, Ben, who is a boy during Red Sun and a chipmunk during Blue Sun, falls into the clutches of the Animal Singer, an evil man who changes people and animals into shapes to suit his own purposes. P PEET Peet, Bill. The Whingdingdilly: Tired of a dog's life, Scamp visits the wicked little witch in the woods and becomes a whingdingdilly. P PRATCHETT Pratchett, Terry. Where’s my Cow? (a Discworld picture book for people of all sizes): Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch comes home from work to read to his son, Young Sam, from their favorite book. P ROBERTS Robertson, M.P. The Egg: George hatches a dragon from a strange egg that he finds and then faces the challenge of raising him properly. P SENDAK Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are: A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king. P SEUSS Seuss, Dr. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories: Includes three humorous stories in verse, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag. J WILLIAM Williams, Margery. The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real: By the time the velveteen rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real. P WILLIAM Williams, C.K. How the Nobble Was Finally Found: A Nobble has been lonely for many, many years, “playing in the space between Wednesday and Thursday," until one day this Nobble finally finds a friend.