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Fantasy - American Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - American genre:

Frogs Jump (1996)

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Count up, then count down.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Alan Brooks
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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I was Born about 10,000 Years Ago (1996)

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Steven Kellogg has updated this traditional ‘boast’ or tall tale with new verses. Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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The Perfect Present (1996)

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Jack Rabbit finds the perfect present for Ginger, but then the little kangaroo escapes from the toy store. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Thief (1996)

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Gen boasts he can steal anything, and the King’s Magus takes him up on it.

Author(s): Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s): Walter Gaffney-Kessell

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1997
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Tik-Tok of Oz (1996)

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Betsy Bobbin and Hank the Mule are shipwrecked on the shores of the Nonestic Ocean. They meet the Shaggy Man, discover Tik-Tok the mechanical man and help defeat Queen Ann Soforth and her army of conquest among many other adventures. Read online at H... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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The Master Key (1997)

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When Rob strikes the Master Key, the demon of electricity appears to ply him with wondrous electrical inventions. The scan is from the first edition. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Nick Bruel

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The Royal Book of Oz (1997)

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In search of his family tree the Scarecrow tumbles down through the earth to the Silver Islands. Is he really the Emperor, Chang Wang Woe? Originally credited to L. Frank Baum, The Royal Book of Oz was actually written by the young Ruth Plumly Thomps... View More

Author(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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The Scarecrow of Oz (1997)

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Trot and Cap’n Bill are joined by Button Bright and find their way to the Land of Oz. The first scan is incomplete but does have most of the color illustrations. Read online at Archive.org. Or at Hathitrust, although their scan lacks the color ... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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A Summertime Song (1997)

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One warm summer night, a frog jumps into Lucy’s room with an invitation to a birthday party. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Irene Haas
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

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A-Hunting We Will Go (1998)

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Steven Kellogg has written new verses to a traditional nursery song and enlivened it with his fanciful illustrations. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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Kabumpo in Oz (1998)

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Prince Pompa and his friend Kabumpo the elephant must save Ozma and her fairy kingdom from Ruggedo, the wicked gnome king. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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The Little Scarecrow Boy (1998)

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The little scarecrow boy goes out into the cornfield alone to see if he can scare the crows. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): David Díaz

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The Lost Princess of Oz (1998)

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Ozma is missing and with her all the magic treasures of Oz. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Rinkitink in Oz (1998)

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When the pearl pirates capture the people of Pingaree, it is up to the King of neighboring Rinkitink, his talking goat, Bilbil, and the young prince Inga of Pingaree to rescue them. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon (1998)

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A boxed set containing My Father’s Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s): Ruth Chrisman Gannett

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Charlotte’s Web (1999)

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Fern adopts the runt of the litter and names him Wilbur, but it is Charlotte, A. Cavatica, who ensures he will always have a home on the Arable farm. For this new Collector’s Edition Rosemary Wells has colored the illustrations. Read online at ... View More

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Rosemary Wells
Garth Williams

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The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies (1999)

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A collection of stories and poems about fairies, elves and goblins.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Various
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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The Gingerbread Baby (1999)

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In Jan Brett’s telling, the Gingerbread Baby finds a home -- and not in the fox’s stomach! Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

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The Magic of Oz (1999)

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This is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 7, 1919, one month after the author’s death, The Magic of Oz relates the unsuccessful attempt of the Munchkin boy Kiki Aru and former Nome King Ruggedo to conque... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Michael Hague’s Magical World of Unicorns (1999)

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A collection of unicorn paintings with short poems and quotations.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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