Fantasy Stories - Grades 2-4
The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
by Tony Abbott
(J ABBOTT, TON SD #1)
A hidden door. A magical staircase.
Discover the World of Droon with Eric, Julie, and Neal!
(Series: Secrets of Droon)
Flat Stanley
by Jeff Brown
(J BROWN, JEF S#1)
Stanley Lambchop is flattened to half
an inch thick when a bulletin board collapses on him, and now he can do many amazing things.
(Series: Flat Stanley)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary
(J CLEARY, BEV)
The story of a reckless young mouse named Ralph, who makes friends with a boy and discovers the joys and
dangers of motorcycling.
The Magician’s Boy
by Susan Cooper
(J COOPER, SUS)
A boy who works for a magician meets familiar fairy tale characters when he is transported to the Land of Story in search of a missing puppet.
How to Train Your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell
(J COWELL, CRE HHH#1)
Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, by catching and training a dragon.
(Series: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III)
Beck and the Great Berry Battle
by Laura Driscoll
(J DISNEY FAIRIES)
Beck, a fairy, has a talent for talking to animals, but that may not be enough when she tries to mediate a war between the hummingbirds and the chipmunks.
The Field Guide
by Tony DiTerlizzi
(J DITERLIZZI, TON S#1)
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.
(Series: The Spiderwick Chronicles)
Half Magic
by Edward Eager
(J EAGER, EDW)
Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
My Father’s Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
(J GANNETT, RUT)
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.
The Dragonling
by Jackie French Koller
(J KOLLER,JAC D #1)
Finding a baby dragon accidentally left alive after his older brother's dragonquest, Darek risks death and the anger of his people by trying to return it to the Valley of the Dragons.
(Series: Dragonling)
Catwings
by Ursula Le Guin
(J LE GUIN, URS C #1)
Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.
(Series: Catwings)
The New Kid at School
by Kate McMullan
(J MCMULLAN, KAT DSA #1)
Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and is in for a first day of school he will never forget.
Crystal, the Snow Fairy
by Daisy Meadows
(J MEADOWS, DAI RMW #1)
Crystal, the snow fairy must find her magical feather in order to stop snowfall in summer.
(Series: Rainbow Magic. Weather Fairies)
Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
(J OSBORNE, MAR MT #1)
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic tree house, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live
dinosaurs.
(Series: Magic Tree House)
The Littles
by John Peterson
(J PETERSON, JOH)
Profiles the adventures of the Little family, who are no more than a few inches tall, and how they manage in the home of the Bigg family.
The Magic Pretzel
by Daniel Pinkwater
(J PINKWATER, DAN WC #1)
Fourth-grader Norman Gnormal, who behaves a lot like a dog, finds his first real friends when the principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club at school.
(Series: Werewolf Club)
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
(J NORTON, MAR)
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans, are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
The Ink Drinker
by Eric Sanvoisin
(J SANVOISIN, ERI)
A boy who hates books discovers an ink-drinking vampire in his father's bookshop and follows him to his underground vault.
Knights of the Kitchen Table
by Jon Scieszka
(J SCIESZKA, JON TWT #1)
A magic book transports Joe and his two friends to King Arthur's court, where they must battle dragons, giants, and the Black Knight.
(Series: Time Warp Trio)
Stuart Little
by E.B. White
(J WHITE, E. B.)
The adventures of the debonair mouse, Stuart Little, as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.