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Fantasy - American Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - American genre:

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2009)

This is an abridged version of L. Frank Baum's original novel with new illustrations.

Author(s): Janeen R. Adil
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Charles Santore

Michael Hague’s Treasured Classics (2009)

Fourteen classic tales from Chicken Little to The Ugly Duckling. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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

Beyond the Pawpaw Trees: The Story of Anna Lavinia (2011)

On a lavender blue day Anna Lavinia learns she is to visit her Aunt Sophia Maria, so she sets off next day with an umbrella, a gardenia bush, a carpetbag full of pawpaw jelly and her cat Strawberry.

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

Clorinda Plays Baseball (2012)

Clorinda the cow takes up baseball. In no time at all her protege Deke is in in the big leagues. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (2012)

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

Barnaby Volume One (2013)

This first volume of the complete Barnaby comic strip covers 1942-1943, as Barnaby first meets his Fairy Godfather, Jackeen J. O’Malley, a cigar smoking Irishman. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Green Bath (2013)

Sammy sets out to sea in his beautiful pea green bath tub and returns with the pirates’ treasure.

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

Mr. Wuffles (2013)

Invading space aliens join up with the ants behind the baseboard, but Mr. Wuffles, savior of the planet, is on the job. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 2014

The Twelve Days of Christmas (2013)

On Christmas Eve Emma discovers a music box that takes her on a visit to the North Pole and Santa Claus.

Author(s): Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

The Velveteen Rabbit Christmas (2013)

An early reader based on characters from The Velveteen Rabbit. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Maria S. Barbo
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Barnaby Volume Two (2014)

Further adventures of Barnaby, a precocious five year old and his Fairy Godfather, Mr. O’Malley. These strips were originally published in 1944-1945.

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

Barnaby Volume Three (2015)

Barnaby, a precocious five year old, tries to restrain his Fairy Godfather, Jackeen J. O’Malley a cigar smoking Irishman.

Eye of Newt (2015)

A graphic novel in which Newt, a wizard’s apprentice, explores the Netherworld. Read online at Internet Archive.

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

The Find it Book (2015)

Favorite nursery characters are hiding in the pictures.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Lisa Sheehan

The H.A. Rey Treasury of Stories (2015)

An anthology containing Tit for Tat, Elizabite: Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant, Billy’s Picture and Zebrology.

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

David Wiesner & The Art of Wordless Storytelling (2016)

This is the catalog of an exhibition of the art of David Wiesner.

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

Everyone Except Everett (2016)

When Santa leaves Everett the elf behind at one of his stops, Sam helps him make his way back to the North Pole.

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

Fish Girl (2017)

The little mermaid befriends a human girl, and suddenly there is hope.

Author(s): Donna Jo Napoli
David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

King Rinkitink (2017)

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. This version attempts to restore Baum's original denoument.... View More

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