fantastic fiction

Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic.

Darek's refusal to sell his dragonling Zantor to Rowena, the spoiled daughter of the Chief Elder, spurs the leader into ordering a dragonquest, and Darek must find a way to stop the hunt before someone gets hurt.

Simplified stories taken from Gulliver's Travels. One story is about Gulliver's experiences in the land of little people, the other is about the land of the giants.

A dead man sends haunting warnings back from the grave, and Joe Chip must solve these mysteries to determine his own real or surreal existence.

Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words.

Presents a collection of fantasy short stories.

Companion volume to Alien Landscapes. Illustrations and accompanying text provide discussion on ten fantasy worlds including Middle Earth, Earthsea, Gormenghast, and Melnibone.

Provides the history and criticism of a variety of authors of fantasy: Ray Bradbury, John Collier, L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, E.R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, C.S. Lewis, David Lindsay, A. Merritt, Mervyn Peake, M.P. Shiel, Clark Ashton Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams.

A little boy becomes friends with a giraffe, a pelican and a monkey who wash windows for a living. While working for the Duke of Hampshire, they catch a famous jewel thief and are each granted a wish.