Fantasy
A genre which uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting.
The Pink Fairy Book [en] (1897)
Andrew Lang
For this collection, Andrew Lang gathered Danish, Swedish, Sicilian, African, Catalan, Japanese, German, and French stories. While the stories may not be familiar to you, they are an excellent insight into various cultures, to show that despite our skin color, we all share similar belief...
Genres: Fairy Tales/Folklore, Fantasy, Short Stories, Young Readers
The Marvelous Land of Oz [en] (1904) 
L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second book in Baum's Oz series. The series chronicles the further adventures of Dorothy both in and out of Oz, as she deals with the characters, situations and desires which continue to spill over from her first fateful adventure. Tip and his creation,...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
Five Children and It [en] (1902) 
Edith Nesbit
To Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, the house in the country promises a summer of freedom and play. But when they accidently uncover an accident Psammead--or Sand-fairy--who has the power to make wishes come true, they find themselves having the holiday of a lifetime,...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Phoenix and the Carpet [en] (1904)
Edith Nesbit
The four children acquired the magic carpet when they found a special fire egg -- it hatched in their nursery fireplace. The phoenix came from the egg, and when he saw their mother's new Persian rug, he showed them that it was a magical thing -- a flying carpet that would take them any time...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Story of the Amulet [en] (1905)
Edith Nesbit
THERE were once four children who had the good fortune to find in the sandpit a strange creature. Its eyes were on long horns like snail's eyes, and it could move them in and out like telescopes. It had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider's and covered with...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Golden Age [en] (1895)
Kenneth Grahame
The question of lions came up, but Charlotte wanted none of it. "No, thank you," she said, firmly; "you'll be chained up till I'm quite close to you, and then you'll be loose, and you'll tear me in pieces. I know your lions!" "No, I won't; I swear I won't," protested Edward. "I'll be quite a...
Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Young Readers
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [en] (1889)
Mark Twain
In this biting satire by Twain, a 19th c. Yankee mechanic is knocked out during a brawl, and wakes to find himself in Camelot, A.D. 528, in King Arthur's Court. When the modern mechanic tries to cure society's ills (oppressed peasantry, evil church, etc.) with 19th c. industrial inventions...
Genres: Fantasy, Satire, Science Fiction
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [en] (1900)
L. Frank Baum
When a cyclone hits Kansas, Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are whisked away to the magical land of Oz. All alone in this strange world, they wonder how they'll ever get home. With their new friends, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, they brave many dangers and journey...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Wind in the Willows [en] (1908)
Kenneth Grahame
Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the mischievous Toad live a quiet life on banks of the River Thames with the rest of their animal friends. But Toad tends to get into trouble, and his passion for cars eventually results in his being caught and kept a helpless prisoner in the remotest dungeon of...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Time Machine [en] (1895)
H. G. Wells
Wells touches gently on time travel as a notion, but mostly The Time Machine is about the terminal future he sees for mankind: His nameless time traveler ventures to the world that will be 802,701 A.D., And there he finds mankind divided among the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are a gentle,...
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
The Story of Doctor Dolittle [en] (1920)
Hugh Lofting
When last seen, Doctor Dolittle and his brave band of animals were sailing off to Africa, trying to bring sad Circus Crocodile back home where he belongs. But they’ve spent six weeks on the water and everyone is beginning to wonder “are we there yet?” There will be plenty of new...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Second Jungle Book [en] (1895)
Rudyard Kipling
This is a collection of stories based around the characters of Akela the wolf, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa, the big rock python. The stories follow Mowgli, the man cub, through his adolescence until he leaves the law of the jungle and returns to man.
Genres: Fantasy, Short Stories, Young Readers
The Sea Fairies [en] (1911)
L. Frank Baum
Enchanting fantasy by creator of beloved "Oz" stories whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure where they meet a school of beguiling mermaids, an aristocratic codfish and a bashful octopus, attend an elegant banquet, confront an awesome sea monster, and much more.
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Road to Oz [en] (1909)
L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and her friend, Polychrome, find themselves on a road through some strange places, to the Land of the Winkies, and on to beautiful Emerald City. But why are they there, and how did they get there? Princess Ozma of Oz sent for them, and the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow, of course,...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
The Emerald City of Oz [en] (1910)
L. Frank Baum
Book 6 of L. Frank Baum's beloved OZ books, in which the wicked Nome king, who plots to conquer Oz and enslave its people, prepares to invade the Emerald City just as Dorothy and her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry arrive!
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens [en] (1912)
J. M. Barrie
Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's literature. J. M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London, but as the children for whom he invented the stories grew older, so too did Peter,...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
Peter Pan [en] (1911)
J. M. Barrie
Peter pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up, lands in the Darling's proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and teaches them to fly (with a little help from fairy dust). He and Tinker Bell whisk them off to Never-land where they...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
Ozma of Oz [en] (1907)
L. Frank Baum
Blown overboard while sailing with her uncle, Dorothy finds herself in the fairy realm of Ev. She sets out with her friends to rescue the Queen of Ev and her ten children, who have been imprisoned by the cruel Nome King. But even Ozma, the wise Ruler of Oz, is no match for the clever king,...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz [en] (1908)
L. Frank Baum
The fourth book in Baum's Oz series, Dorothy returns to lands of magic and fantasy with her cousin Zeb, kitten Eureka, and a cab-horse named Jim. They encounter vegetable people living under the world, and Dorothy is reunited with the Wizard of Oz when he floats down in his hot air balloon....
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers
Alice's Adventures Under Ground [en] (1865)
Lewis Carroll
First published as Alice's Adventures Under Ground (1865), this story began as a tale told to Alice Lidell and her two sisters on a boating trip in July of 1862. The novel follows Alice down a rabbit-hole and into a surreal world of strange and wonderful characters who constantly turn...
Genres: Fantasy, Young Readers