18 books like Harold and the Purple Crayon
The Witch Family
Two little girls who love to draw witches build an elaborate world around the imaginary Old Witch and her family.
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Emperor of Absurdia
A young boy journeys through a strange land, where he finds wardrobe monsters, pillow hills, and umbrella trees, in search of a dragon.
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The Royal Book of Oz
Scarecrow searches for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island.
Shares: Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction
The Boggart and the monster
In this companion volume to The Boggart, the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins.
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A lion in the meadow
Mother didn't believe the little boy's tales about a dragon and lion in the meadow, but to the boy the creatures were very real.
Shares: Imagination, Picture books, Children's fiction
Zia
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
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Hokey Pokey
Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey."
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The Lost Hero
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea―except that everything seems very wrong.
Piper has a secret. Her father has been…
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Frederick
(goodreads) While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words.
(Amazon) Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food... except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that…
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My Robot Buddy
For his tenth birthday, Jack wants a robot so he'll have someone to play with.
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The Foot Book
Preschool: Beginner's text describes all sorts of feet doing all sorts of things.
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The Enchanted Island of Yew
A beautiful fairy is transformed into a human prince for one year. He and his friends have many adventures.
Shares: Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
"Where's the butter, Unc Nunkie?" asked Ojo.
Shares: Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction
Dustland
Four children, all possessing extraordinary mental powers, are projected far into the future to a bleak region called Dustland.
Shares: Picture books, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
King Jack and the dragon
Jack, Zack, and Caspar build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Sir Zack, then Caspar, and King Jack is left to face night creatures alone.
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ArchEnemy
The Heart Crystal's power has been depleted, and Imagination along with it. The people of Wonderland have all lost their creative drive, and most alarmingly, even Queen Alyss is without her powers. There is some comfort in the fact that the vicious Redd Heart seems to be similarly disabled. Amazingly, she is attempting to team up with her enemy, Alyss, in order to reclaim Wonderland from King…
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Seeing Redd
Alyss of Wonderland's rules has only just begun and already those who prefer chaos to peace are threatening to destroy everything worth imagining. Trailed by newly appointed Royal Bodyguard Homburg Molly, Alyss is doing her best to keep pace with the non-stop demands of being Queen while attempting to evade Molly for a few private moments with Dodge. Alyss's life is already a challenging mix of…
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The Last Battle
For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults. Complementing the look of the author's non-fiction books, and anticipating the forthcoming Narnia feature films, this edition contains an exclusive "P.S." section about the history of the book, plus a round-up of the first six titles. The last days of Narnia, and all hope seems lost as lies and…
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