From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, September 21,2008
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
Independent Reader
Young Adult
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
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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 |
Independent Reader
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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 |
Young Adult
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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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