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Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Short Stories
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Include books by the same authorTales of the Peculiar
Ransom Riggs · 165 pages
Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
M Is for Magic
Neil Gaiman · 272 pages
This book contains a collection of 10 short stories and one poem, all in the wider genre of fantasy, and intended for teenage readers. Introduction 1. The Case of the FOur and Twenty Blackbirds 2. Troll Bridge 3. Don't ask Jack 4. How to Sell the Ponti Bridge 5. October in the Chair 6. Chivalry 7. The Price 8. How to Talk to Girls at Parties 9. Sunbird 10. The Witch's Headst
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the villains in fairy tales—evil, no two ways about it. But the villains themselves beg to differ. In Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's new anthology for younger readers, you'll hear from the Giant's wife ("Jack and the Beanstalk"), Rumplestiltskin, the oldest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. A stellar lineup of authors, including Gar
The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner
Terry Pratchett · 336 pages
The second fabulously funny short story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Terry Pratchett. New Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delight, and loyal listeners will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life.
Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
Diana Wynne Jones · 576 pages
Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents ariveting collection of unpredictable tales, including: -A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast. -When Anne has mumps, her drawings come to life, and she must protect her home from them. -Four children become involved in the intrigue surrounding an innocent prince, an evil count, and a br
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket
Chris Van Allsburg · 236 pages
Who is Harris Burdick? For more than twenty-five years, readers have been puzzling over the illustrations by this enigmatic artist. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with his intriguingly titled pictures. And now, some of our most imaginative storytellers attempt to solve the perplexing mysteries of Harris Burdick. Enter The Chronicles of Harris Burdic
The Book of Dragons
E. Nesbit · 112 pages
Eight madcap tales of unpredictable dragons — including one made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, and a fire-breathing monster that flies out of an enchanted book and eats an entire soccer team! Marvelous adventure and excitement for make-believers of all ages.
Fantasy Stories
Noel Langley, John Masefield, L. Frank Baum, Rudyard Kipling, Eva Ibbotson, Elizabeth Goudge, E. Nesbit, Patricia C. Wrede, Andrew Lang, Jane Yolen, Tove Jansson, Andre Norton, Norton Juster, Joan Aiken, C.S. Lewis, Katharine Mary Briggs, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 254 pages
Diana Wynne Jones's personal choice of favorite fantasy writing is a treat for all fans - and the perfect introduction for anyone coming to this genre for the first time. This collection contains stories from some of the best fantasy writers of all time. With stories including extracts from classics to modern favorites, this is a comprehensive and satisfying anthology. There are humorous stories
A Glory Of Unicorns
Bruce Coville, Alix Berenzy · 198 pages
Award-winning author Bruce Coville believes in unicorns, and his mission is to make believers out of all of us with this collection of stories by distinguished fantasy writers. The guardian of memory / Bruce Coville Tearing down the unicorns / Janni Lee Simner Beyond the fringe / Gregory Maguire Stealing dreams / Ruth O'Neill The dream-child / Nancy Varian Berberick The ugly unicorn /
The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories
Joan Aiken · 329 pages
Follows the adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Armitage and their children , Harriet, Mark, and little Milo, as they try to find innovative ways to cope with a variety of extraordinary events including stray unicorns in the garden, lessons in magic that go awry, and eviction from their house to make way for a young magicians' seminary.
The Little Bookroom
Eleanor Farjeon · 302 pages
Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer.
The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales
Gail Carson Levine · 390 pages
Contains six tales about princesses, including the title work in which the son of a baker and a princess fall in love, but her father disapproves.
Cloaked in Red
Vivian Vande Velde
Presents eight twists on the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood, exploring such issues as why most characters seem dim-witted and what, exactly, is the theme.
The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore
Jane Yolen, Ella Young, Ardath Mayhar, Nicholas Stuart Gray, Patricia C. Wrede, Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Jennifer Roberson, Audrey Alexandra Brown, Megan Lindholm, William Jay Smith, Margaret Greaves, Myra Cohn Livingston, Madeleine L'Engle, Beatrice Farrington, E. V. Rieu, C.S. Lewis · 202 pages
Filled with the most popular legends about the mythical unicorn and including original poems and stories, this collection brings together the singular talents of Bruce Coville, Madeleine L'Engle, Jane Yolen, C. S. Lewis, Myra Cohn Livingston, and many others. A perfect companion to Coville's own bestselling Unicorn Chronicles and an ideal gift for the child who has always wondered about these glor
The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief
Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, Emma Trevayne · 501 pages
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J.K. Rowling · 128 pages
A collection fairy tales for young wizards and witches, with each story followed by observations on Wizarding history, personal reminiscences, and information on the story's key elements by Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Wizard and the Hopping Pot -- Fountain of Fair Fortune -- Warlock's Hairy Heart -- Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump -- Tale of the Three Brothers.
Wonders of the Invisible World
Patricia A. McKillip · 288 pages
Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, McKillip explores imperceptible landscapes in these stories. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune's fool stealing into the present instead of the future. In one tale, a time-traveling angel is forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mather's religious ravings, while another narrat
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Kelly Link · 408 pages
Kelly Link has lit up adult literary publishing—and Viking is honored to publish her first YA story collection. Through the lens of Link’s vivid imagination, nothing is what it seems, and everything deserves a second look. From the multiple award-winning “The Faery Handbag,” in which a teenager’s grandmother carries an entire village (or is it a man-eating dog?) in her handbag, to the near-future
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories
Robin McKinley · 201 pages
Five tales: A young woman with the power to heal, but no power of speech, meets a mage who has lost—or renounced—his powers; a princess who is chained inside a cave as a sacrifice to a monster finds he is no monster; a troll bargains for a human wife, but will not hold her against her will; an old farmer releases a curse on his own land for love of his beautiful young wife; and a young girl finds
Sleight of Hand
Peter S. Beagle · 287 pages
Presents a collection of imagninative fantasy tales including a battle between an author and a dragon, a story featuring the children of a Shark God, and a bereaved women who sacrifices herself to change one terrible moment.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 880 pages