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Mythical Creatures

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

Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Highly Recommended
D'Aulaires' Book Of Norse Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire & Michael (INT) Chabon Highly Recommended
D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Recommended
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm and illustarted by Wanda Gag Recommended
Jack and the Beanstalk by Paul Galdone Recommended
The Elves and the Shoemaker by Paul Galdone Recommended
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone Recommended
The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Harald Wiberg and Viktor Rydberg Recommended
The Book of Fairy Poetry edited and illustrated by Michael Hague Recommended
Questionable Creatures by Pauline Baynes Suggested
Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons & Other Creatures That Never Were by Eric Carle and Laura Whipple Suggested
The Boy Who Painted Dragons by Demi Suggested
The Dragon's Tale by Demi Suggested
The Girl Who Drew a Phoenix by Demi Suggested
Jack And the Beanstalk by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by Matt Tavares Suggested
Hector & The Mythical Creatures by Judith Rossell Suggested
Where Fairies Dance edited and illustrated by Michael Hague Suggested
The Book of Dragons edited and illustrated by Michael Hague Suggested


Independent Reader

The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis &and illustrated by Pauline Baynes Highly Recommended
The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay and illustrated by Norman Lindsay Highly Recommended
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting and illustrated by Michael Hague Highly Recommended
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald and illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith Highly Recommended
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger Recommended
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Recommended
The Boggart by Susan Cooper Recommended
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville and illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott Recommended
Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi Recommended
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Caroline Funke Recommended
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson and illustrated by Sue Porter Recommended
Perseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended
Theseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended
Five Children And It by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by H.R. Millar Recommended
The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by H.R. Millar Recommended
Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville Suggested
Gifts from the Sea by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock and illustrated by Judy Pedersen Suggested
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle Sugested
Eldest by Christopher Paolini Suggested
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Suggested


Young Adult

Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch and illustrated by Sabra Moore and Richard P. Martin Recommended
Grendel by John Gardner Recommended
Bestiary by Richard Barber Suggested
The Manticore by Robertson Davies Suggested
Beasts by Elizabeth Morrison Suggested
The Book of Dragons & Other Mythical Beasts by Joe Nigg Suggested
How to Raise And Keep a Dragon by Joe Nigg and illustrated by Dan Malone Suggested
The Book of Beasts by T.H. White Suggested

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