18 books like The Jolly Postman
The Enchantress Returns
Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother! Against the will of their grandmother, the twins must find their own way into. The Land of Stories is no longer the joyful world Alex and Conner Bailey remember from their Wishing Spell adventure:…
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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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The Wishing Spell
Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel &…
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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 Looking Glass Wars
The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook.
The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss' parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of…
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A Grimm Warning
Conner Bailey misses his adventures in the fairy tale world, also missing his sister Alex who is training to be a fairy godmother. Then Conner figures out that a mysterious clue left by the famous Brother Grimm.... Will Conner be able to figure the answer to the clue?
Read and find out!
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Beyond the Kindgoms
The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him ... except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger.
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Tintenblut
Dustfinger has found a Silvertoung named Orpheus to read him back to Inkworld but after he is read in Farid finds out Basta and Mortola are against it. Farid has Meggie read him and herself into Inkheart to warn Dustfinger. But Mortola and Basa have Mortimer and Resa captive. They have the Orpheus read them all into Inkheart but when Mortola realizes Capricorn is really dead she shoots Mo and…
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Splintered
A gifted teenager whose ancestor inspired a literary classic descends into a mystical under-land in this romantic, dark fantasy series debut.
Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis…
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Mistress Masham's Repose
Ten-year-old Maria, an orphaned heiress living with her unpleasant guardians on a crumbling English estate called Malplaquet, finds her life changing in unimagined ways when she explores an overgrown island on the estate's lake and discovers the descendants of Gulliver's Lilliputians.
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Tintenherz
Wenn Bücher lebendig werden ...
In einer stürmischen Nacht taucht ein unheimlicher Gast bei Meggie und ihrem Vater Mo auf. Er warnt Mo vor einem Mann namens Capricorn. Am nächsten Morgen reist Mo überstürzt mit Meggie zu ihrer Tante Elinor. Elinor verfügt über die kostbarste Bibliothek, die Meggie je gesehen hat. Hier versteckt Mo das Buch, um das sich alles dreht. Ein Buch, das Mo vor vielen…
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Nacht van inkt
Mo or as they call him The Bluejay try's to help Dustfinger who is now in the realm of the dead, when he is confronted by Death itself. Death wants Mo to give her what he took when he bound the White Book, the Adderhead's life. If he does not wright the three words in the White Book killing the Adderhead she will take his and Meggies life for she helped bind the White Book. She lets him and…
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The Father Christmas letters
A collection of illustrated letters from Father Christmas recapping the activities of the preceding year at the North Pole. The letters were written by the author to his children.
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The mislaid magician, or, ten years after (Cecelia and Kate #3)
Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm.
Ten years have passed since Kate and Cecy married Thomas and James, and England is now being transformed by the first railways. When the Duke of Wellington asks James to look into the sudden disappearance of a German railway engineer, James…
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The Big Catch
Robot and Rico are off to the beach! While Rico is busy fishing, Robot is bored. Rico wants to catch the biggest fish, but Robot may end up with a bigger surprise.
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The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print)
Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Japan, Serbia, Lithuania, Africa, Portugal, Romania, and Russia.
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Snow Queen
The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen is a collection of classic stories that have inspired movies, animation, plays, ballets, and much more. Some of the most popular tales in this collection are The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor’s Clothes, The Philosopher’s Stone, and The Nightingale.
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Fairy Tales
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…
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