Fantasy Stories - Grades 2-4

 A small storage room underneath the staircase leading down to Eric's basement is a magical doorway that takes Eric, Neal, and Julie to the magical land of Droon and to adventure. …More

 Life in the Lambchop family is sedate and serene--until a bulletin board falls on young Stanley Lambchop and he becomes . . . depth-disadvantaged! But does it get him down? No! Though he's only half-an-inch thick, Stanley manages to lead a very full life. Originally published in 1964, Jeff Brown's Flat Stanley has become a modern classic. …More

 A young mouse named Ralph looked out Of his mousehole in Room 215 of the Mountain View Inn. The new tenant of the room, a boy, was playing with a little motorcycle just the right size for a mouse. Ralph could hardly wait till the boy left the room. Hurriedly he scrambled up the telephone cord to the bedside table, where the motorcycle was parked. With growing excitement, Ralph mounted the handsome machine and grasped its handgrips. Suddenly the telephone rang, and the motorcycle with its rider rolled off the table into the metal wastebasket. Ralph was sure he was doomed to be thrown out with the trash. Instead, the mouse found an unexpected career as a motorcyclist opening up to him. Beverly Cleary's first excursion into fantasy is a real triumph in the world of children's books.

 This fanciful new book by Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper gives a favorite fairy tale a magical spin in this story filled with oddly familiar characters including Saint George, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame. Illustrations. …More

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Packed with energetic black-and-white drawings and plenty of action, this book tells the boisterous tale of a young heir to a Viking chiefdom who must hunt down the fiercest dragon in the land, but ends up with the smallest, most ornery dragon. …More

 The wonderful, magical world of Disney Fairies, recently launched with "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg" by Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine, is expanded with these new chapter books, each featuring full-color art by Judith H. Clarke and "fairy-dust" glitter on the covers. …More

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After moving to a creepy old mansion, the Grace kids come to believe that an old book with hand-drawn pictures holds the key to all the weird things that have been going on. Illustrations. …More

Since "Half Magic" first hit bookshelves in 1954, Edward Eager's tales of magic have become beloved classics. Now four cherished stories by Edward Eager about vacationing cousins who stumble into magical doings and whimsical adventures are available in updated hardcover and paperback formats. The original lively illustrations by N. M. Bodecker have been retained, but eye-catching new cover art by Kate Greenaway Medalist Quentin Blake gives these classics a fresh, contemporary look for a whole new generation.
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 "A Newbery Honor Book in 1948, this humorous adventure story about a boy who uses his wits to rescue an enslaved baby dragon is . . . reissued in a near facsimile of the first edition, including original full-color jacket and long-lost endpaper maps."--Booklist. ALA Notable Children's Book; Newbery Honor Book; IRA Children's Choice. …More

Now available individually in new digest-sized paperback editions, the first four books in Le Guin's magical series chronicle four young cats with wings who leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live. …More

Rachel and Kirsty helped the Rainbow Fairies get home, but now there's new trouble brewing in Fairyland. When Crystal the Snow Fairy, one of the seven Weather Fairies, loses the magic feather she uses, can Rachel and Kirsty help? Illustrations. …More

Illus. in black-and-white. "With an entertaining blend of fact, farce, and fantasy, Osborne tells the story of Jack and his sister, Annie, who take a trip in a magic tree house and land in a time 65 million years ago. They find dinosaurs and volcanoes and adventure. Veteran storyteller Osborne builds the power of reading into the story: it's the books in the tree house that give the kids the magic to travel and see far, far away."--"Booklist. …More

The adventures of a tiny family who live within the walls of the Bigg's house. …More

 In this hilarious new chapter book series with a bite, the first story finds Mr. Talbot leading the kids in the Werewolf Club on a search for the only thing that cures werewolves: the magic pretzel of Alexander the Great. Illustrations. …More

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Joe's been caught up in a book before, but this is ridiculous! Joe's Book, a gift from his magician uncle, doesn't just tell stories, it zaps Joe and his friends Sam and Fred right into the middle of them. And when these thoroughly modern kids meet King Arthur and become Knights of the Round Table, the result can only be thoroughly amusing mayhem. …More

An adventurous and heroic little mouse, with very human qualities, searches for his lost friend, the lovely bird Margalo. "Endearing for young and old, full of wit and wisdom and amusement."--"The Horn Book." …More