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Fantasy - English Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - English genre:

The Little White Horse (1946)

As Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor she catches a glimpse of the little white horse.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1946

Mistress Masham’s Repose (1946)

Maria, the mistress of Malplaquet, is ten years old and under the opression of a wicked guardian and her governess, then she discovers a settlement of Lilliputians living in Mistress Masham’s Repose on an island in the middle of her private lak... View More

Author(s): T. H. White
Illustrator(s): Fritz Eichenberg

That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups (1946)

This fairy-tale about “magicians, devils, pantomime animals, and planetary angels” was prescient. Colleges like Bracton are now more the rule than the exception and the N.I.C.E. was indeed set up in England where its work is much the same... View More

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947)

Two years after their adventures with the magic bed-knob, Carey, Charles and Paul return to spend the summer with Miss Price - and the magic begins.

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Mary Adshead

The Butterfly that Stamped (1947)

The butterfly has a quarrel with his wife and is overheard by King Solomon.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Crowns (1947)

The authors of The Far-Distant Oxus turn their hands to fantasy.

Three Brothers and a Lady, a Tale (1947)

Two brothers and an invisible playmate rescue a princess.

Author(s): Margaret Black
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The True and Pathetic History of Desbarollda the Waltzing Mouse (1947)

A mock heroic tale in an exalted 18th century style.

Author(s): Noel Langley
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Works of Sir Thomas Malory (1947)

This first major work in modern English was printed by William Caxton in 1485, not long after its composition around 1470. Thus it was to great delight among readers that a nearly complete manuscript copy of the original work, very likely that used b... View More

Author(s): Sir Thomas Malory
Illustrator(s): None

Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (1948)

The Doctor and his friends travel to darkest Africa to rescue an ancient turtle. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Down the Bright Stream (1948)

The last four gnomes in England are driven from their home on the banks of the Folly and must seek a new residence.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Five Children and It (1948)

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): J. S. Goodall

The Witch of Scrapfaggot Green (1948)

The twins are fascinated when a big American bulldozer visits their small English village, but when she digs up the witch amazing things begin to happen.

Bertie’s Escapade (1949)

Bertie the pig and his friends have a delightful Christmas eve.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Farmer Giles of Ham (1949)

The story of a brave farmer and an evil dragon by the author of The Hobbit.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Harding’s Luck (1949)

Dickie is a lame child living in a slum, but in the past he is an Arden of noble birth and wealth. Cousin to Edred and Elfida of The House of Arden, he proves to be the true heir to the family titles. When the family treasure is discovered he returns... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Desmond E. Walduck

The House of Arden (1949)

Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Desmond E. Walduck

The Little Grey Men (1949)

The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More
Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1949

The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea (1949)

Timothy and Hew join forces with Davy Jones to foil the villainous Dan Scumbril and his dastarly crew in their attempt to take over the ocean depths.

Author(s): Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s): William Reeves

The Princess and the Goblin (1949)

The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued by Curdie, a miner’s son. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Charles Folkard

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