Barrington Area Library

Kids' Catalog | Fantasy

A fantasy is a story that could never happen in real life.  A fantasy book can include talking animals, time travel, dragons, fairies, magic, or imaginary worlds.

Grade 3 | Grades 4–5 | Grades 6–8

Grade 3

Beginning Readers | Fiction

Beginning Readers

Allen, Laura Jean.  Rollo and Tweedy and the Ghost at Dougal Castle.
Black, Robyn Hood.  Sir Mike.
Buller, Jon.  Captain Zap and the Evil Baron von Fishhead.
Buller, Jon.  Felix and the 400 Frogs.
Cazet, Denys.  Minnie and Moo series.
Cole, Joanna.  Monster Manners.
Farber, Erica.  Kiss of the Mermaid.
Hautzig, Deborah.  Little Witch series.
Impey, Rose.  Wanda Witch and the Stray Dragon.
Jaffe, Nina.  I Am Wonder Woman.
Jewell, Nancy.  Two Silly Trolls.
Maccarone, Grace.  Magic Matt series. 
Madsen, Ross Martin.  Perrywinkle’s Magic Match.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.  The Boy with the Helium Head.
O’Connor, Jane.  Dragon Breath.
Perkins, Al.  Hugh Lofting's Travels of Doctor Dolittle.
Pickett, Anola.  Old Enough for Magic.
Pilkey, Dav.  Dragon Tales series.
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus.  Second Grade Ape.
Rockwell, Anne F.  The Story Snail.
Slater, Teddy.  The Littles First Readers series.
Smith, Janice Lee.  Wizard and Wart series.
Thomas, Shelley Moore.  Good Night, Good Knight.
Welch, Sheila Kelly.  Little Prince Know-It-All.
Wyler, Rose.  Magic Secrets.
Yolen, Jane.  Commander Toad series.

Fiction

Abbott, Tony.  Secrets of Droon series.
Bos, Burny.  Meet the Molesons.
Cooper, Susan.  The Magician's Boy.
Coville, Bruce.  The Dragon of Doom.
Coville, Bruce.  The Mischief Monster.
Cuyler, Margery.  Invisible in the Third Grade.
Cuyler, Margery.  Weird Wolf.
Dahl, Roald.  Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Davis, Tim.  Mice of the Westing Wind: Book One.
diTerlizzi, Tony.  Spiderwick Chronicles series.
Duey, Kathleen.  Unicorn's Secret series.
Dyer, Heather.  Ibby's Magic Weekend.
Farber, Erica.  Werewolves for Lunch.
Farshtey, Greg.  Bionicle Legends series.
Funke, Cornelia.  Igraine the Brave.
Grahame, Kenneth.  The Reluctant Dragon.
Hamilton, Richard.  Jack Bolt and the Highwaymen's Hideout.
Herman, Gail.  Tooth Fairy Travels.
Holman, Felice.  Cricket Winter.
Hooks, William H.  The Girl Who Could Fly.
Koller, Jackie French.  Dragonling series.
Krulik, Nancy.  Katie Kazoo series.
Leroe, Ellen.  Leap Frog Friday.
Levine, Gail Carson.  Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand.
Levy, Elizabeth.  Wolfman Sam.
Lipkowitz, Daniel.  Search for the King.
Martin, George R. R.  The Ice Dragon.
Mayer, Marianna.  Noble-Hearted Kate: A Celtic Tale.
Mazer, Anne.  Sister Magic series.
McMullan, Kate.  Dragon Slayers' Academy series.
Murphy, Jill.  The Worst Witch Saves the Day.
Nabb, Magdalen.  The Enchanted Horse.
Osborne, Mary Pope.  Magic Tree House series.
Pennypacker, Sara.  Stuart Goes to School.
Peterson, John Lawrence.  The Littles series.
Petty, J. T.  The Scrivener Bees.
Rodda, Emily.  Fairy Realm series.
Scieszka, Jon.  Time Warp Trio series.
Spinner, Stephanie.  The Magic of Merlin.
Stewart, Jennifer J.  If That Breathes Fire, We’re Toast!
Thomson, Sarah L.  Dragon's Egg.
West, Tracey.  Pixie Tricks series.

Grades 4–5

Aiken, Joan.  A Necklace of Raindrops, and Other Stories.
Alexander, Lloyd.  The Chronicles of Prydain series.
Avi.  Poppy series.
Babbitt, Natalie.  Tuck Everlasting.
Bailey, Len.  Clabbernappers.
Baker, E. D.  The Salamander Spell. 
Barron, T. A.  Tree Girl.
Batson, Wayne.  The Door Within series.
Buckley, Michael.  Sisters Grimm series.
Carmody, Isobelle.  Little Fur: The Legend Begins.
Carroll, Lewis.  Alice through the Looking-Glass.
Codell, Esmé Raji.  Diary of a Fairy Godmother.
Collins, Ross.  Medusa Jones.
Collins, Suzanne.  Underland Chronicles series.
Cooper, Susan.  The Boggart.
Coville, Bruce.  The World's Worst Fairy Godmother.
deMatteis, J. M.  Abadazad.
diCamillo, Kate.  The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread.
diTerlizzi, Tony.  Spiderwick Chronicles series.
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee.  The Conch Bearer: A Novel. 
d'Lacey, Chris.  Fire Star.
Donaldson, Julia.  The Giants and the Joneses.
Eager, Edward.  Half Magic.
Elish, Dan.  The Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks.
Freeman, Martha.  The Spy Wore Shades.
Funke, Cornelia.  Inkheart.
Gardner, Lyn.  Into the Woods.
Griffin, Adele.  Witch Twins and Melody Malady.
Hennesy, Carolyn.  Pandora Gets Jealous.
Hoffman, Alice.  Aquamarine.
Hornik, Laurie Miller.  The Secrets of Ms. Snickle's Class.
Ibbotson, Eva.  Island of the Aunts.
Jacques, Brian.  Redwall: The Graphic Novel.
Jenkins, Martin.  Jonathan Swift's Gulliver.
Johnson, Jane.  The Shadow World.
Kandel, Charlotte.  The Scarlet Stockings: The Enchanted Riddle.
Kennemore, Tim.  Circle of Doom.
Kingsley, Kaza.  Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye.
Lasky, Kathryn.   Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
Levine, Gail Carson.  Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg.
Lewis, C. S.  Chronicles of Narnia series.
McLerran, Alice.  Dragonfly.
McNamee, Eoin.  The Navigator.
Nimmo, Jenny.  Children of the Red King series.
Nix, Garth.  One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales.
Ogilvy, Ian.  Measle and the Mallockee.
Oppel, Kenneth.  Silverwing series.
Petersen, David.  Mouse Guard: Fall, 1152.
Petty, J. T.  Clemency Pogue series.
Primavera, Elise.  The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls.   
Pullman, Philip.  I Was a Rat!
Reeve, Philip.  Starcross.
Rodda, Emily.  The Key to Rondo.
Rogan, S. Jones.  The Daring Adventures of Penhaligon Brush.
Rogers, Jonathan.  The Secret of the Swamp King.
Rowling, J. K.  Harry Potter series.
Rupp, Rebecca.  Journey to the Blue Moon: In Which Time Is Lost and Then Found Again.
Sage, Angie.  Septimus Heap series.
Scieszka, Jon.  Time Warp Trio series.
Selden, George.  The Cricket in Times Square.
Sherman, Delia.  Changeling.
Shipton, Paul.  The Pig Who Saved the World.
Shreve, Susan Richards.  Ghost Cats.
Stewart, Paul and Chris Riddell.  Far Flung Adventures series.
Trumbore, Cindy.  The Genie in the Book.
Vande Velde, Vivian.  Wizard at Work: A Novel in Stories.
Venokur, Ross.  The Cookie Company.
Weatherill, Cat.  Snowbone.
Whinnem, Reade Scott.  Utten and Plumley.
White, E. B.  Charlotte’s Web.
Whitehouse, Howard.  The Strictest School in the World:  Being the Tale of a Clever Girl, a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Amazing Flying Machines, Mostly Broken.
Yep, Laurence.  Tiger's Blood.
Yolen, Jane.  Wizard's Hall.