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Trot and Cap'n BillSeries
series4 books1911
Fantasy, whimsical in tone.
“Baum conceived it as a rival series to his own Oz books, but both characters were eventually folded into Oz continuity and reappear as regulars in later Oz novels.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Sea Fairies →
StardustNovel
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998
Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age.
“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
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The Phantom TollboothNovel
Norton Justerstandalone novel1961
Funny in tone, about quests and coming of age.
“A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.”
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The Fairy ChroniclesSeries
series65 books2004
About quests, set in secondary world.
Start with Marigold and the Feather of Hope →
Dot and Tot of MerrylandNovel
L. Frank Baumstandalone novel1901
About transported to another world and quests.
“After Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he wrote this story about the adventures of a little girl named Dot and a little boy named Tot in a land reached by floating on a river that flowed through a tunnel.”
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FairylandSeries
series7 books2009
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age and quests.
“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →