18 books like Snow Queen

What to read after Snow Queen — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) Andrew Lang · 1901 · ★ 4.0 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Challenging a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen · 1990 The collection consists of more than 20 stories by Hans Christian Andersen, including such favorites as The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea. This edition features illustrations by Arthur Rackham, a famous artist from the Golden Age of book illustration, who created fascinating images of… Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1910 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Thirty-three fairy tales including The one-handed girl and The raspberry worm. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Spiderwick Chronicles Tony DiTerlizzi · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate 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, Children's fiction

The Sleeping Beauty Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1910 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The Sleeping Beauty told at length, with the hundred years of sleep and the family the prince has to leave, and other tales retold by a scholar-novelist for children. Quiller-Couch edited the Oxford Book of English Verse and wrote as a professor who never lost the storyteller's ear. The additions to Perrault are made with an obvious relish for the parts he thought too short. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Green Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1892 · ★ 4.2 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Fairy tales gathered from the folklore of Russia, Germany, Italy, France, China, Scotland, and England. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1904 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Thirty-two fairy tales from the folklore of Africa, Australia, Brazil, India, New Caledonia, and Persia. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Patchwork Girl of Oz L. Frank Baum · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Where's the butter, Unc Nunkie?" asked Ojo. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Orange Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1906 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A collection of fairy tales brought and translated from Rhodesia, Uganda, and Punjaub. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Grey Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A collection of thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece, and France, and other parts of the world. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Book of Dragons Edith Nesbit · 1973 · ★ 3.9 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Eight madcap tales of unpredictable dragons — including one made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, and a fire-breathing monster that flies out of an enchanted book and eats an entire soccer team! Marvelous adventure and excitement for make-believers of all ages. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Road to Oz L. Frank Baum · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Dorothy and her friends follow the enchanted road to Oz and arrive in time for Ozma's birthday party. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The dragons of Blueland Ruth Stiles Gannett · 1951 · ★ 4.1 · 93p · ≈ 3h · Moderate 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, Children's fiction

The Olive Fairy Book (Complete & Unabridged) Andrew Lang · 1907 · ★ 4.0 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Twenty-nine tales from the folklore of Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, and the Sudan. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki · 1905 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Japanese folktales are somewhat of a loaded term. In commonplace usage, it signifies a certain set of well-known classic tales, with a vague distinction of whether they fit the rigorous definition of folktale or not. The admixed imposters are literate written pieces, dating back to the Muromachi period (14th-16th centuries) or even earlier times in the Middle Ages. These would not normally… Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Black Beauty Anna Sewell · 1945 · ★ 4.3 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main characters perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). "Black Beauty". Merriam Websters Encyclopedia of Literature. The novel became an immediate best-seller,… Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The red romance book Andrew Lang · 1905 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging In "The Violet Fairy Book," we hear strange and exotic tales from the far corners of the earth - Japanese, Serbian, Lithuanian, Africa, Portuguese, Rumanian, and Russian. But they are told in the common language of the fairy tale, and the events will be familiar to children and grown-ups alike. A magical dog called Schippeitaro helps his Japanese master; a man outwits a dragon in a Rumanian tale;… Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Animal Fairy Tales Charlotte Guillain · 2013 This book tells the story of the Empty Pot, a traditional Chinese folk tale. In it, the hero of the story learns that it is better to be honest than to cheat, and that honesty will bring real rewards. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

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