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Fantasy - English Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - English genre:

The Little Grey Men (1962)

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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. Edward Ardizzone did the cover for this paperback edition.... View More

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

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Mary Poppins from A to Z (1962)

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Twenty-six short stories about the denizens of Cherry Tree Lane.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

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The Mary Poppins Library (1962)

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A boxed set of the four Mary Poppins books: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door and Mary Poppins in the Park.

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

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Miss Bianca: a Fantasy (1962)

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Miss Bianca and Bernard, representatives of the Mouse Prisoners Aid Society, set out to rescue a little girl from an evil Duchess. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Sailor Rumbelow and Britannia (1962)

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A collection of stories old and new.

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Five Children and It (1963)

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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): H. R. Millar

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J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: The Story of the Play (1963)

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The play of Peter Pan turned into a book. This edition has six colored plates not in the original British edition. Read online at archive.org.   This is the later British edition.... View More

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

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The Jungle Books (1963)

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The complete adventures of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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The Lord of the Rings (1963)

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This was a deluxe edition issued in a publisher’s slipcase with a tryptych illlustration by Pauline Baynes.

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

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Stig of the Dump (1963)

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Barney meets Stig, a caveman, while playing in the local dump.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Clive King
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Turret (1963)

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Miss Bianca, Bernard and the Mouse Prisoner’s Aid Society are called on to rescue Miss Bianca’s mortal enemy from a gruesome fate. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Alicia in Terra Mirabili (1964)

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A Latin translation of the most famous and popular fantasy novel in English.

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

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Borrobil (1964)

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Two children get caught up in a contest involving dragons, puppies, magic and midwinter.

Author(s): William Croft Dickinson
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
John Morton-Sale

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Diana and Her Rhinoceros (1964)

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Diana befriends a sick rhinoceros and it becomes a valued pet.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

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An Enemy at Green Knowe (1964)

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Tolly and Ping learn the story of Dr. Vogel, an evil magician who came to his end at Green Knowe, but now a modern-day witch is searching for his book of spells. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Gulliver’s Travels (1964)

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Captain Lemuel Gulliver travels to various strange lands from the Lilliputian to the Brobdingnagnian.

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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Linnets and Valerians (1964)

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Fleeing the threat of boarding schools, the four Linnet children leave their grandmother’s house and find refuge with their uncle and enter a magical kingdom. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Ian Ribbons

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The Story of Jackie Thimble (1964)

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Little Jackie Thimble gets stuck in a post box and sings for his supper.

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Castle of Yew (1965)

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Joseph is pulled into a yew bush shaped as a castle chess piece and shrinks to lilliputian size He joins the owner of the castle in the adventure of living as the smallest creatures in the garden. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Margery Jean Gill

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Open the Doors (1965)

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An anthology of stories.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Kate Seredy
P. L. Travers
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Et al
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone
Robin Jacques
Charles Keeping
Mary Shepard
Et al

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