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Fantasy - English Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - English genre:

The Borrowers Afloat (1959)

The Clock family of Borrowers is on the move again, in search of a permanent home, this time traveling by water. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Magic World (1959)

This is a collection of twelve short stories, most dealing with magic in one of its forms.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar
Gerald Spencer Pryse

The Rescuers: A Fantasy (1959)

In this, the first adventure of the Mouse Prisoners’ Aid Society, Miss Bianca and Bernard are joined by the Norwegian mouse, Nils, in the rescue of a poet from the Black Castle. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The River at Green Knowe (1959)

Three children are invited to spend the summer at Green Knowe - they must be able to swim - and explore the river. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Peter Boston

Best in Children’s Books Volume 29 (1960)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Island Mackenzie (1960)

When Mackenzie is washed up on a desert island he is unaware that it is also the refuge of a cat-hating woman.

Author(s): Ursula Moray Williams
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Kingdom of Carbonel (1960)

When Carbonel must make his visitation to the Great Cat King, he leaves his two royal kittens under the protection of Rosemary and John who have almost more than they can manage to keep them safe.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): D. Michael Leonard

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1960)

The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.

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

The Story of the Amulet (1960)

The five children re-encounter the Psammead—the “It” in Five Children and It. As it no longer grants wishes to the children, however, its capacity is mainly advisory in relation to the children’s other discovery, the Amulet.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

Winnie Ille Pu (1960)

The adventures of Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends rendered into Latin.

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Book of Dragons (1961)

A collection of eight stories about dragons.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. Granville Fell
H. R. Millar

The Borrowers Aloft (1961)

Kidnapped from their home in Little Fordham, the Clocks, Arriety, Pod and Homily, must find a way to escape their prison. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Diana Stanley

The Borrowers Aloft (1961)

Kidnapped from their home in Little Fordham, the Clocks, Arrietty, Pod and Homily must find a way to escape their prison. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Down in the Cellar (1961)

A band of children, a cellar, a fugitive and a hidden kingdom in a hill.

Author(s): Nicholas Stuart Gray
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Harding’s Luck (1961)

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): H. R. Millar

Peter’s Room (1961)

Over the Christmas holidays the younger Marlows and Patrick Merrick enter the land of Gondal and find more than they expected.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Unknown

A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961)

On his way to a vacation visit, Ping visits the London Zoo and discovers Hanno, the gorilla - whom he meets unexpectedly at Green Knowe. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Peter Boston

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1961

J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: The Story of the Play (1962)

The play of Peter Pan turned into a book. The color plates from the American edition were included in later British editions. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Eleanor Graham
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Light Princess (1962)

Due to her father the king’s neglect to invite her aunt to the christening, that spiteful witch comes anyway and curses the infant princess so that she loses her gravity. This calls for the aid of a handsome prince, and an unusually selfless on... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

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