Chapter Book Fantasy Stories
 

• Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three.
  Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, goes on a dangerous mission to save his beloved homeland.
• Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting.
  Will Winnie drink the water that would prevent her from ever getting older?
• Banks, Lynne Reid. The Indian in the Cupboard.
  Omri's cupboard turns toy plastic figures into tiny living people.
• Bellairs, John. The House With a Clock In Its Walls.
  A boy goes to live with his uncle in a mansion with a clock in its walls which ticks until doomsday.
• Boston, L.M. The Children of Green Knowe.
  Tolly comes to live with his great-grandmother and meets three children who lived in the 17th century.
• Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
  A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
• Catling, Patrick. The Chocolate Touch.
  A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate.
• Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising.
  Will Stanton finds that he is one of the Old Ones, and must seek the six Signs to triumph over the Dark.
• Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
  Join Charlie and his grandfather on a tour through the candy factory of the mysterious Willy Wonka.
• Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach.
  A boy escapes from his aunts and goes on adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.
• Eager, Edward. Knight's Castle.
  Four children find a magic way to go back into the time of Ivanhoe and Robin Hood.
• Fletcher, Susan. Dragon's Milk.
  Kaeldra searches for dragon's milk to heal her sister and ends up with three baby dragons.
• Grahame, Kenneth. Wind in the Willows.
  The escapades of Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger, who live along a river in the English countryside.
• Jacques, Brian. Redwall.
  A young mouse seeks a legendary sword in order to destroy the evil rat Cluny.
• James, Mary. Shoebag.
  Shoebag the cockroach learns a lot about people when he is transformed into a boy.
• Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl's Moving Castle.
  Sophie is resigned to a dull life - until she becomes a wizard's cleaning lady.
• Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth.
  Will Milo find Rhyme and Reason in the weird land beyond the Phantom Tollbooth?
• Le Guin, Ursula K. A Wizard of Earthsea.
  Ged unleashes a terrible evil - is he a good enough wizard to stop it?
• Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
  Four children go into the land of Narnia and battle the White Witch, who has caused eternal winter.
• McGraw, Eloise. The Moorchild.
  A changeling child tries to rescue the human baby stolen when she was switched.
• McKinley, Robin. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast.
  This retelling of the classic tale has the familiar magical charm, but is more believable and complex.
• Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh.
  The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends Pooh Bear, Piglet, and Eeyore.
• Napoli, Donna Jo. The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin.
  When a prince is turned into a frog, he finds it difficult to adjust.
• O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.
  A widowed mouse visits the rats, whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise, for help.
• Pierce, Tamara. Alanna: The First Adventure.
  Will Alanna, disguised as a boy, ever become a knight?
• Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass.
  Can Lyra and her animal daemon rescue the children kidnapped by the evil Gobblers?
• Scieszka, Jon. Summer Reading Is Killing Me.
  Joe, Sam, and Fred are trapped inside their summer reading list, in a battle between good and evil children's book characters.
• Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square.
  When a country cricket finds himself in New York, many strange and wonderful events transpire.
• Service, Pamela F. Being of Two Minds.
  Connie's ability to share "mental visits" with the prince of Thulgaria proves useful when he's kidnapped.
• Waugh, Sylvia. The Mennyms.
  This life-sized doll family's secret life in London is in danger.
• White, E.B. Charlotte's Web.
  Wilbur the pig is destined to be Christmas dinner until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him.
• Winthrop, Elizabeth. The Castle in the Attic.
  A magic toy castle pulls William into a perilous world of knights and wizards.
• Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing With Dragons.
  Here's one Princess that would rather live with dragons than be rescued.

Compiled by Sarah S. Wright for MCPL Children's Services. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/fantasybib.html