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Fantasy - English Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - English genre:

Two Wheels Two Heads (1979)

The two-headed creature from The One and Only Two Heads rides a bike.

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Janet Ahlberg

Winged Magic (1979)

A collection of folk tales and fairy tales about things that fly.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): John Patience

The Worm Book (1979)

This book reveals many surprising facts about our friends the worms. (But don't believe any of them.) Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Janet Ahlberg

Ardizzone’s English Fairy Tales (1980)

Twelve traditional English tales, including Jack the Giant-Killer, Henny-Penny, and The Story of the Three Bears.

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

The Borrowers Aloft (1980)

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

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

The Church Mice at Christmas (1980)

In the spirit of the season, Arthur and Humphrey organize a Christmas party for the vestry mice. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

Funnybones (1980)

The Skeleton family goes out for a walk, but there is no one to scare.

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Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Janet Ahlberg

The Magic World (1980)

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

Oultre Jourdain (1980)

An epic poem about Arabia and the Holy Land.

Author(s): Christopher Thomas Tower
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Peter Pan (1980)

This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian ... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): Trina Schart Hyman

Poems and Stories (1980)

This collection includes the fairy stories as well as many of the poems.

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

Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth (1980)

A collection of material about J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of Middle-Earth.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): None

The Wind in the Willows (1980)

Setting out one spring morning, mole discovers the river, the water rat, toad and badger.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Broomsticks and Beasticles (1981)

A collection of stories and poems about mythical beasts and other creatures.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): John Patience

The Dragon of Og (1981)

When Angus of Og discovers a dragon in the pond he determines to exterminate it, but Matilda of Og has a different idea.

Author(s): Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Fellowship of the Ring (1981)

Elves, dwarves, men and not least, hobbits, join in the perilous quest to destroy the one ring, source of the dark lord’s power.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Hetty and Harriet (1981)

Hetty and Harriet are at the bottom of the pecking order in their barnyard and decide to set out to search for the perfect place. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

The Hobbit (1981)

Having been retained as a burglar by a group of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins sets out one fine spring day for the Lonely Mountain.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1981)

Evacuated from London during the Blitz, the four Pevensie children discover a new world in the wardrobe in the spare room - Narnia.

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Mary Poppins (1981)

In this revised edition of the first Mary Poppins book, some inappropriate language has been removed. The cover image is from the 1997 signed limited edition.... View More

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

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