Browse

string(6) "Public"

Fiction - Novel Genre

default book cover image

Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

The Sea Fairies (1988)

Trot and Cap’n Bill visit the undersea kingdom of the mermaids. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Sky Island (1988)

Trot and Cap’n Bill meet Button Bright and Polychrome, the Rainbow’s daughter, on their visit to Sky Island. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

At the Back of the North Wind (1989)

The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

The Land of Narnia (1989)

A reader’s guide to the Narnia stories.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Brian Sibley
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Ozma of Oz (1989)

Dorothy returns to Oz, but first she has to rescue Ozma and her friends from the evil Gnome King. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Railway Children (1989)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Pamela Kay

The Box of Delights (1991)

Kay Harker is on his way home for the Christmas holidays when he falls asleep on the train and has a marvelous adventure.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Quentin Blake

The River (1991)

Brian returns to the Canadian wilderness to record his survival skills, and finds himself in more peril than he counted on.

Author(s): Gary Paulsen
Illustrator(s): Neil Waldman

The Road to Oz (1991)

In one of the most exciting volumes in the Oz series, Dorothy meets the Shaggy Man and along with Button Bright and Polychrome, the Rainbow’s daughter, makes her way to Oz. Johnny Dooit helps them cross the Deadly Desert and John R. Neill&rsquo... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Star Fisher (1991)

A Chinese-American family moves from Ohio to West Virginia in the 1920’s.

Author(s): Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Early Candlelight (1992)

A story of early pioneer days in St. Paul, when Fort Snelling was on the frontier.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Karen Ritz

The Enchanted Castle (1992)

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): Paul O. Zelinsky

The Fields and the Hills: Book 1, The Journey Once Begun (1992)

Weyr, a thirteen year old orphan joins a troupe of traveling players in this fantasy version of a familiar story.

Author(s): Harald Bakken
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

The Jungle Book (1992)

These stories from the two Jungle Books tell the adventures of Mowgli.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Midnight Folk (1992)

Young Kay Harker must fight his evil governess and her coven to recover the lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral but he has the assistance of the Midnight Folk.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Quentin Blake

The Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1993)

Dora and Oswald, Dicky and Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius try to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family. This set includes The Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods and The New Treasure Seekers.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

A Book of Narnians: The Lion, the Witch and the Others (1993)

Brief biographies of the major characters and a timeline of Narnian history. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): James Riordan
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Emerald City of Oz (1993)

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry have joined Dorothy in Oz. While they are enjoying a tour of their new home, the evil Nome King is tunneling under the Deadly Desert in his scheme to conquer the Emerald City. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Adventures of the Five Children (1994)

An omnibus edition containing Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, and The Story of the Amulet.

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

Dot and Tot of Merryland (1994)

Dot and her neighbor Tot travel by boat to a new fairyland.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Donald Abbott

Sign up for our free book-of-the-week email!

Looking for updates from the Treasury of Great Children's books? Look no further, our Book-of-the-Week email is free and will keep you informed of the latest happenings!

Please fill out the form to subscribe:

* indicates required