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Books in the Fantasy - American genre:

The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (1956)

On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby.

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

Magic by the Lake (1957)

On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of magical adventures after Mark captures an ancient turtle that seems to have extraordinary powers. Read online at archive.o... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1957)

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle sometimes comes up with surprising cures for childrens’ problems. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Warmhearted Polar Bear (1957)

Whitey is a polar bear who is tamed by a ship’s crew and doesn’t want to go back to the rough life of the arctic -- so he heads for Florida.

Author(s): Robert Murphy
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Harold at the North Pole (1958)

Harold goes looking for a Christmas tree, but first he has to lend Santa Claus a helping crayon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

The Time Garden (1958)

While spending the summer in a house by the sea, four cousins, Roger, Ann, Eliza, and Jack, discover a bank of wild thyme whose magic propels them on a series of adventures back and forth through time. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

Upside-Down Town (1958)

As you might guess, everything is upside-down in this strange town, but the inhabitants seem to enjoy it.

Author(s): F. Emerson Andrews
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Wide-Awake Owl (1958)

Olga the owl cannot get to sleep. She asks all the other birds and animals but nothing works, until at last the thrush explains the secret to her.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Clean Clarence (1959)

Clarence is not piggish, but after a time he wearies of his television show and just wants to be a pig.

The Gammage Cup (1959)

A light on the mountain brings conflict to the Land Between the Mountains, and the only Minnipins who stand in the breach are a band of outcasts. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Carol Kendall
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1960

Magic or Not? (1959)

When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

Martin’s Dinosaur (1959)

Martin’s education has been neglected and he doesn’t recognize a dragon when he sees one.

Author(s): Reda Davis
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Marshmallow Ghosts (1960)

The little ghosts go trick-or-treating as children!

The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)

When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s): Julian de Miskey

The Well-Wishers (1960)

Laura, Lydia, James and Kip put the old wishing well on its mettle, and it delivers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

The Witch Family (1960)

Amy and Clarissa banish the wicked Old Witch to the Glass Hill, but she is not done with them yet. Fortunately Malachi the magic bumble bee is on their side. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Diamond in the Window (1962)

Following the clues scratched on a window in their attic Eleanor and Eddy embark on a series of adventures across time and space. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Langton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Singing Cupboard (1962)

When great-aunt Gerda brings the singing cupboard, magical things begin to happen.

Author(s): Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Three-Seated Space Ship (1962)

Marty the Martinean is back for another visit with his friend Eddie and they are off to London, with Eddie’s grandmother along for the ride. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Beautiful Culpeppers (1963)

One day Debby’s father cuts her a family of paper dolls, and a house for them to live in.

Author(s): Marion Upington
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Whisper of Glocken (1965)

The Watercress River has been dammed. Five intrepid Minnipins set out to find the cause and save the people of the Land Between the Mountains.

Author(s): Carol Kendall
Illustrator(s): Imero Gobbato

The Muffletumps The Story of Four Dolls (1966)

When the family goes on summer vacation, the Muffletumps come down from the attic.

Author(s): Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Trumpet of the Swan (1970)

When Louis, a trumpeter swan is born, he is mute. This is the story of how he finds a voice, with the help of his friends and wins his true love.

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Edward Frascino

The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace (1971)

When the Finches move into Number Seven Pride Street, they discover something in the cellar. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Roger Wolcott Drury
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Freaky Friday (1972)

One Friday morning Annabel Andrews wakes up to find she has turned into her mother.

Author(s): Mary Rodgers
Illustrator(s): Edward Gorey

A Billion for Boris (1974)

When Benjamin ‘Ape Face’ Andrews fixes an old TV set it starts to show tomorrow’s news. Complications ensue.

Author(s): Mary Rodgers
Illustrator(s): Edward Gorey

The Maggie B (1975)

Margaret wants to sail for a day in a boat named for her with someone nice for company.

Read online at archive.org

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

A Book of Unicorns (1978)

A collection of historical writings about unicorns.

The Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock (1978)

Fiona the cabbage moth and Jeremy the shamrock find friendship.

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

Inside a Sand Castle (1978)

What is it like to go inside a sand castle? Or slide down a hay stack? Or climb a tall pine tree?

Author(s): Mary Louise Cuneo
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Dream Weaver (1979)

A collection of newly written fairy tales and fables.

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

A Necklace of Fallen Stars (1979)

Princess Kaela runs away from home and her father sends a wizard to bring her back.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Bramble Beaver’s Bright Idea (1980)

Bramble Beaver helps the forest animals harvest the mast crop on Pine Cone Island.

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

A Mouse Called Junction (1980)

A foolish and inexperienced mouse is rescued by a rat.

Read online at archive.org.

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

The Seasons with V. B. Bird (1980)

The Very Blue Bird is the postman for the town of Woodseyville.

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

The Unicorn and the Lake (1982)

The unicorn heals the waters of the lake so the animals can safely drink from it again.

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

The Velveteen Rabbit (1983)

The velveteen rabbit learns what it means to be real.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Birth of the Firebringer (1985)

Aljan, son of the prince of the unicorns, joins his people’s struggle against the Wyrms.

Author(s): Meredith Ann Pierce
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Legend of the Veery Bird (1985)

The Keeper of the Forest gives the world the Veery Bird.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Michael Hague’s World of Unicorns (1986)

Pop-ups give greater scope to the powers of the unicorn.

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

Out of the Nursery, Into the Night (1986)

A collection of teddy bear dreams.

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

Rootabaga Stories - Part One (1988)

Fairy tales as American as the Iowa cornfields.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Rootabaga Stories - Part Two (1989)

American fairy tales including how the Huckabuck family raised popcorn in Nebraska.

Read online at archive.org.

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

The Unicorn Alphabet (1989)

Unicorns introduce the alphabet.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Berlioz the Bear (1991)

The Bear Band is on their way to play in the Village Square for the gala ball when the band wagon gets stuck in a rut. Who can get them out? Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

June 29, 1999 (1992)

When third grader Holly Evans sent her portable gardens into the ionosphere the results are amazing, stupendous, gigantic! Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Trouble with Trolls (1992)

The Trolls decide they want a dog and they have their heart set on Tuffi, but Treva figures out a way to trick them and rescue her dog. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Christmas Trolls (1993)

When two trolls make off with Treva’s family Christmas pudding, she knows something has to be done. Hedgie the hedgehog makes his first appearance. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

The Thief (1996)

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

The Gingerbread Baby (1999)

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

Sector 7 (1999)

A boy on a trip to the Empire State Building gets a tour of Sector 7, where the clouds are made. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 2000

Hedgie’s Surprise (2000)

Hedgie helps Henny hen hide her eggs from the mischievous Tomten.

Read online at archive.org.

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

The Queen of Attolia (2000)

Eugenides, the Queen’s thief of Eddis sets out to steal the Queen of Attolia’s heart.

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

The Wizard of Oz (2000)

Dorothy and her little dog Toto are carried to the Land of Oz in a cyclone. The have many adventures as they look for a way home. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Christmas Treasury (2001)

Seven favorites from Jan Brett in one volume.

Author(s): Jan Brett
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Umbrella (2004)

While Carlos is searching for the Quetzal bird in the cloud forest, his umbrella is having an adventure of its own. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Hedgie Blasts Off! (2006)

Hedgie volunteers for an important space mission when the Big Sparkler stops sparking. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

The King of Attolia (2006)

Married to the Queen of Attolia, Eugenides must consolidate their power before the Medes return.

Author(s): Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s): Vince Natale

Gingerbread Friends (2008)

The Gingerbread Baby wants some friends to play with him when Mattie is busy. What better place to look for friends than a bakery? Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

A Conspiracy of Kings (2010)

Sophos, heir to the King of Sounis, finds himself a field slave on the estate of his father’s enemy.

Author(s): Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s): Vince Natale

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