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Fantasy - English Genre
Books in the Fantasy - English genre:
The Silver Chair (1953)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Wind in the Willows (1953)
For this 101st edition, originally published in Britain in 1951, Ernest Shepard supplied six new full page illustrations of the adventures of Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger on the riverbank.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Children of Green Knowe (1954)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Cuckoo Clock (1954)
Griselda discovers that the bird in the cuckoo clock can take her on magic journeys.
Author(s):
Mary Louisa Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Dream Days (1954)
Kenneth Grahame’s second volume of memories of childhood includes his story
The Reluctant Dragon. The illustrations are new, not reprints of the 1930 edition and were never used in any British edition.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
As war clouds gather over Middle-Earth, hobbits, elves, men and a wizard gather to plan their response.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Walter Lorraine
The Horse and His Boy (1954)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Princess and Curdie (1954)
In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie and his beasts restore Irene’s King-Papa to his throne.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Two Towers (1954)
The members of the Fellowship of the Ring are scattered as the forces of Mordor and Isengard put forth their power.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Walter Lorraine
The Borrowers Afield (1955)
The Clock family, Arrietty, Pod and Homily set out to find a new home.
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Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Diana Stanley
The Borrowers Afield (1955)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Carbonel The King of the Cats (1955)
When Rosemary buys a broom so she can earn money doing housework during the holidays, it comes with a royal cat and a spell.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
V. H. Drummond
The Forest of Boland Light Railway (1955)
The forest gnomes build a railway to take them from their village to their gold mine.
Author(s):
BB
Illustrator(s):
Denys Watkins-Pitchford
The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
Digory’s uncle sends him and his neighbor Polly to the land between the worlds and he comes back with the cruel witch Jadis. In an attempt to get rid of her they all end up in the newborn world of Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Return of the King (1955)
In the final book of the Lord of the Rings, Bilbo reaches Mount Doom and the armies of the West confront Sauron.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Walter Lorraine
Sun Slower Sun Faster (1955)
Cecilia and Rickie discover a time warp.
Author(s):
Meriol Trevor
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
At the Back of the North Wind (1956)
Diamond is befriended by the North Wind who takes him on magical journeys.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Enchanted Castle (1956)
Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
The Last Battle (1956)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes