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Fantasy for grades 2-4

* Indicates part of a series.

Book CoverCharmed life
by Diana Wynne Jones*
JF JONES, D.

Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomancie Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers of the Coven Street witches.


Book CoverThe Dragon in the Sock Drawer
by Kate Klimo
JF KLIMO, K.

Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch.

 

Book CoverThe Dragon of Doom
by Bruce Coville*
JF COVILLE, B.

Life in the village of Pigbone is boring until an aspiring magician and his talking toad come to town and ask Edward to help them slay the Dragon of Doom.


Book CoverDragonsdale
by Salamanda Drake*
JF DRAKE, S.

Cara yearns to ride her beloved Skydancer, a rare Goldenbrow dragon, but her father refuses to permit her to fly and she must be content with mucking out stalls and helping raise young dragons at the famed stud and training farm known as Dragonsdale.


Book CoverThe Fairy Rebel
by Lynne Reid Banks
JF BANKS, L.

A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help.


Book CoverThe Field Guide
by Tony, DiTerlizzi. Holly, Black. *
JF DITERLIZZI, T.

When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.


Book CoverIbby's Magic Weekend
by Heather Dyer
JF DYER, H.

While visiting her two troublemaking cousins, Ibby learns about a magic box the boys found in the attic in their country home. She soon stumbles upon the strange tale of Uncle Godfrey, a professional magician who mysteriously vanished many years ago.


Book CoverKnights of the Kitchen Table
by Jon Scieszka*
JF SCIESZKA, J.

Joe receives a magic book for his birthday present from his uncle. Joe, Fred and Sam are transported to a time when evil knights, fire-breathing dragons and vile-smelling giants roamed the land.



Book CoverThe Light Princess
by George MacDonald
JF MACDONALD, G.

Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.


Book CoverThe Magic Half
by Annie Barrows
JF BARROWS, A.

Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935 and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the present day.


Book Cover Missing Magic
by Emma Laybourn

JF LAYBOURN, E.

In a world where everyone has magical abilities, eleven-year-old Ned has none, but when the world turns upside down his lack of powers turns out to be his best asset.


Book Cover My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett*
JF GANNETT, R.

A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.



Book CoverNot just a Witch
by Eva Ibbotson
JF IBBOTSON, E.

Wanting to be more than just an ordinary witch, Heckie, whose speciality is changing people into animals, settles in a small town determined to use her powers for good purposes.


Book CoverThe Robe of Skulls
by Vivian French
JF FRENCH, V.

The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing--including kidnapping and black magic--to get the money to pay for it.


Book CoverThe Search for Delicious
by Natalie Babbitt
JF BABBITT, N.

The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on the meaning of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the country.


Book CoverThe Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
JF MACDONALD, G.

A curious, brave, honest and vain young princess is coveted by a goblin prince. She and her friends must protect her father's castle from a goblin invasion.



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