18 books like Le petit prince
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and…
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin 11 months later.
In…
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The BFG
This book is a great book for all ages. It is a fantasy/adventure book.The BFG stands for 'Big Friendly Giant'. He isn't like other giants, instead of going out to different countries to eat children he catches dreams. When he find's a little orphan girl watching him, he kidnaps her because he doesn't want anyone to find out that he was there, but when they arrive at giant's land they become…
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The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to…
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Matilda
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
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Amigo Para Dragon/Friend for a Dragon
Dragon becomes such close friends with an apple that he deeply mourns its loss and is overjoyed when more grow to take its place.
Shares: Loneliness, Friendship, Children's fiction
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
"Where's the butter, Unc Nunkie?" asked Ojo.
Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
The Spiderwick Chronicles
German-language description
Jared und seine Geschwister Simon und Mallory haben in dem alten Haus, in dem sie seit kurzem wohnen, eine geheimnisvolle Entdeckung gemacht: Arthur Spiderwicks Handbuch der magischen Geschöpfe! Plötzlich eröffnet sich den Kindern eine Welt voller Magie und Zauberwesen – doch nicht alle sind ihnen freundlich gesonnnen. Urplötzlich heiklen Situationen und ungeahnten…
Shares: Fairy Tales, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction
The Lilac Fairy Book
Thirty-three fairy tales including The one-handed girl and The raspberry worm.
Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
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 Road to Oz
Dorothy and her friends follow the enchanted road to Oz and arrive in time for Ozma's birthday party.
Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
The dragons of Blueland
Elmer must come once again to the aid of his flying baby dragon when men discover its retreat and begin to hunt it.
Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
The Burning Bridge
Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom's allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn - the Celticans have disappeared, their town abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a way to bring his…
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Tik-Tok of Oz
This book introduces Ann Soforth, Queen of Oogaboo, whom Tik-Tok, the clockwork man, assists in conquering the Nome King. Book 8 in L. Frank Baum's immortal OZ series, in which Betsy Bobbin and Hank the Mule are shipwrecked on the coast of Oz, meet up with the invading army of Queen Ann of Oogaboo, and help the Shaggy Man rescue his brother from the evil Nome King.
Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
The reluctant dragon
The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and especially St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?
Shares: Fairy Tales, Friendship, Fantasy fiction, Adventure
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 Magical Monarch of Mo
Fourteen tales about the magical land of Mo and the people and animals who live there.
Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
Farlig midsommar
A flood hits Moomin Valley and triggers a series of adventures for the Moomins.
Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy