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series27 books1902

completed

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue

Start with Five Children and It →

James and the Giant PeachNovel

Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961

Whimsical in tone, about found family and coming of age.

“There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, drawn by Michael Simeon, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue

Start with Peter Pan →

includes Peter Pan, Neverland, Disney's Peter Pan & Wendy, Fairy Haven, Disney Fairies, The Untold Stories of Neverland, Neverland (Heather Killough-Walden), Hook's Revenge

AlderleySeries

series4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, about quests, set in british isles.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Watership DownSeries

series21 books1972

completed

About survival and quests, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue

Start with Watership Down →

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