18 books like The Wind in the Willows

What to read after The Wind in the Willows — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Sword of Destiny Andrzej Sapkowski & David French Geralt the Witcher battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike in Sword of Destiny, the second collection of adventures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games. The New York Times Bestselling Series Over Fifteen Million Copies Sold Worldwide World Fantasy Award Winning Author David Gemmell Legend Award Winning Author… Shares: Fantasy

The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster · 1961 · ★ 4.2 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It was published in 1961 by Random House (USA). It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once… Shares: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy

Watership Down Richard Adams · 1972 · ★ 4.1 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved… Shares: Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Challenging One of the best known and loved children's stories is the story of naughty Peter Rabbit and his misadventures as he is chased around a garden. Shares: Animals

Deadline Chris Crutcher · 2007 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho? First, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on — not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his… Shares: Children's fiction

The reluctant dragon Kenneth Grahame · 1938 · ★ 4.0 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Challenging 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: Pictorial works, Animals, Fairy Tales, Friendship

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: Folklore, 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: Folklore, 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: Folklore, 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, Adventure, Fantasy, 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: Folklore, 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: Folklore, 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, Adventure, Fantasy, 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: Animals, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Dream days Kenneth Grahame · 1898 · 129p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Kenneth Grahame's unjustly neglected collections of vignettes, reminiscences, and inventions capture the ingenuities of a family of children--three boys and two girls--who live magnanimous lives nourished by the secret expeditions and private games they share. Written in the last few years of the 19th century, as Grahame looked back fondly at his own childhood, these sketches of growing up are… Shares: Country life, Fairy Tales, England, Adventure

Paddington Michael Bond · 1979 · ★ 4.3 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Adopting for their own the lost bear they find in Paddington Station, the Browns have some exciting first moments with him. Shares: Pictorial works, Animals, Classics, Fantasy

Lassie Come-Home Eric Knight · 1940 · ★ 4.2 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A collie named lassie has to be sold because her family are having bad times . Lassie escapes twice but when her new owner takes her to a place too far to run from will lassie be able to make the journey back to her home ? A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate. Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when… Shares: Animals, Folklore, Classics, England

The Three Little Pigs James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps · 1962 · ★ 3.8 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate Three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes and have to deal with a threatening wolf. Shares: Pictorial works, Animals, Folklore, Fairy Tales

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