18 books like Darby O'Gill and the good people
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories
In this, A king and queen have a daughter and invite everyone to the christening except the King's sister Princess Makemnoit, a spiteful and sour woman. She arrives without an invitation and curses the princess to have no gravity.
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David Blaize and the blue door
"David Blaize and the Blue Door" by E.F. Benson is a captivating tale of adventure and mystery. Young David Blaize embarks on a thrilling journey, unlocking secrets behind the mysterious blue door. Benson's vivid prose and engaging characters weave a captivating narrative, blending elements of fantasy and suspense to create an enchanting story that will delight readers of all ages.
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Phantasmion
Phantasmion is the king of a fantastical realm who is forced into a series of trials that require him to seek help from unexpected allies. It’s a captivating adventure full of vibrant characters and internal and external conflicts. King Phantasmion is desperate to protect Palmland from agressive invaders. His people are being targeted by multiple groups including humans and evil spirits. When…
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Fifty-one tales
A Wildside Fantasy Classic. Contains 51 of Dunsany's choice fantasy short stories.
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The light princess, and other fairy tales
"George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. The Complete Fairy Tales brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination." The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: fairies good and wicked, and children journeying into unsettling dreamworlds or undertaking life-risking labors.
But…
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Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
A clever wandering minstrel rescues an imprisoned young lady when she charms the seven man-hating damsels guarding her by telling them stories, one by one.
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Old-fashioned fairy tales
There was once upon a time a child who had Good Luck for his godfather. “I am not Fortune”, said Good Luck to the parents; “I have no gifts to bestow, but whenever he needs help I will be at hand”. “Nothing could be better”, said the old couple. They were delighted. But what pleases the father often fails to satisfy the son: moreover, every man thinks that he deserves just a little more than he…
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Rapunzel
Ibook project for DTC 375 at Washington State University in Vancouver, Fall 2014. Illustrates the story of Rapunzel followed by a short essay describing the author’s experience with iBooks Author.
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Fairy legends and traditions of the south of Ireland
In Tipperary is one of the most singularly shaped hills in the world. It has got a peak at the top like a conical nightcap thrown carelessly over your head as you awake in the morning. On the very point is built a sort of lodge, where in the summer the lady who built it and her friends used to go on parties of pleasure; but that was long after the days of the fairies, and it is, I believe, now…
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Black Beauty
(Ages 9-12, Gr. 4-7) An animal rights classic that's also an engaging read, BLACK BEAUTY follows the life of an ebony horse from birth to old age, and from pasture to the cobblestone streets of 19th century England This morality tale and animal "autobiography" gives a sweet and kind horse a voice that's relatable yet unsentimental.. Black Beauty's life begins on the grounds of an aristocratic…
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James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl's first and most widely celebrated book for young people continues to thrill readers around the world.
When James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. When James discovers a secret entrance-way into the fruit and crawls inside, he meets…
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Princess and the Pea
A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.
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Scrambled Eggs Super!
Tired of scrambled eggs always tasting the same, Peter T. Hooper goes on an egg hunt, for his new recipe. He also finds loads of words that rhyme, to put in the keywords for his cook, book.... look!
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My Teacher Fried My Brains
The first day of seventh grade was probably the worst day of Duncan Dougal’s life. He knows that things are really bad when he finds an alien’s hand in a dumpster and then gets plugged into an alien brain fryer!
Can Duncan find out which of the four new teachers in his school is an alien before his brains get fried to a pulp—or before the aliens try to fry the whole planet?
"Coville deftly…
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Phantastes
One of George MacDonald's most important works, Phantastes is the story of a young man named Anotos and his long dreamlike journey in Fairy Land. It is the fairy tale of deep spiritual insight as Anotos makes his way through moments of uncertainty and peril and mistakes that can have irreversible consequences. This is also his spiritual quest that is destined to end with the supreme surrender of…
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Many Waters (Time Quintet #4)
Sandy and Dennys have always been the normal, run-of-the-mill ones in the extraodinary Murry family. They garden, make an occasional A in school, and play baseball. Nothing especially interesting has happened to the twins until they accidentally interrupt their father's experiment.
Then the two boys are thrown across time and space. They find themselves alone in the desert, where, if they…
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The blue bird
A brother and sister search for happiness.
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Rewards and fairies
Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies are classic children's books which speak powerfully to adult readers. Una and Dan, performing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream one Midsummer's Eve, accidentally summon Puck to a fairy ring near their Sussex home. Through Puck the children are witnesses to tales of English history, subtly called forth by Kipling's brilliant and fluid adventure…
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