From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, September 21,2008
Picture Books
Independent Reader
Young Adult
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Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Highly Recommended |
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D'Aulaires' Book Of Norse Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire & Michael (INT) Chabon Highly Recommended |
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D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Recommended |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm and illustarted by Wanda Gag Recommended |
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Jack and the Beanstalk by Paul Galdone Recommended |
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The Elves and the Shoemaker by Paul Galdone Recommended |
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone Recommended |
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The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Harald Wiberg and Viktor Rydberg Recommended |
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The Book of Fairy Poetry edited and illustrated by Michael Hague Recommended |
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Questionable Creatures by Pauline Baynes Suggested |
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Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures That Never Were by Eric Carle and Laura Whipple Suggested |
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The Boy Who Painted Dragons by Demi Suggested |
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The Dragon's Tale by Demi Suggested |
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The Girl Who Drew a Phoenix by Demi Suggested |
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Jack And the Beanstalk by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by Matt Tavares Suggested |
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Hector & The Mythical Creatures by Judith Rossell Suggested |
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Where Fairies Dance edited and illustrated by Michael Hague Suggested |
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The Book of Dragons edited and illustrated by Michael Hague Suggested |
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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis &and illustrated by Pauline Baynes Highly Recommended |
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The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay and illustrated by Norman Lindsay Highly Recommended |
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting and illustrated by Michael Hague Highly Recommended |
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The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald and illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith Highly Recommended |
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The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger Recommended |
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Recommended |
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The Boggart by Susan Cooper Recommended |
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Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville and illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott Recommended |
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Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi Recommended |
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Dragon Rider by Cornelia Caroline Funke Recommended |
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The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson and illustrated by Sue Porter Recommended |
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Perseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended |
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Theseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended |
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Five Children And It by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by H.R. Millar Recommended |
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The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by H.R. Millar Recommended |
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Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville Suggested |
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Gifts from the Sea by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock and illustrated by Judy Pedersen Suggested |
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Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle Sugested |
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Eldest by Christopher Paolini Suggested |
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Suggested |
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Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch and illustrated by Sabra Moore and Richard P. Martin Recommended |
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Grendel by John Gardner Recommended |
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Bestiary by Richard Barber Suggested |
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The Manticore by Robertson Davies Suggested |
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Beasts by Elizabeth Morrison Suggested |
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The Book of Dragons & Other Mythical Beasts by Joe Nigg Suggested |
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How to Raise And Keep a Dragon by Joe Nigg and illustrated by Dan Malone Suggested |
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The Book of Beasts by T.H. White Suggested |
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