Fun Stuff What's Hot | Book Sites | What's Hot Crazy for Harry Potter? Check out the Harry Potter website from Scholastic. You can download a Harry Potter screensaver, play Harry Potter games, and look at Harry Potter teaching ideas. If you loved the Harry Potter series, you might also enjoy: Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander. Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, battles the Horned King, destroys the Black Cauldron, and rescues the Princess Eilonwy. The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. If you enjoy fantasy, these books are the best of the best! Three children set out to find King Arthur's grail, touching off a struggle between the forces of good and evil, the Light and the Dark. Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen. A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself. Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine. In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. Sequel: The Subtle Knife The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. Harry is kidnapped by the King of the Damarians and comes reluctantly to realize that they possess the same mysterious powers. Prequel: The Hero and the Crown The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner.The crystal in Susan’s bracelet is a stone of great magic and must be returned to Cadellin, the wizard who is its guardian. Then Cadellin, Susan, and her brother Colin must fight to protect it from the forces of evil. Bright Shadow by Avi. Having used four of the five wishes she is granted to make on behalf of the hapless citizens of her country, Morwenna flees her kingdom to decide what to do with the last wish. The Search for Happily Ever After by Patricia Baehr. Tired of not measuring up to her sisters, Ketti finds herself transported through a wormhole to a land of fairy tale characters where she helps Cinderella's coachman-rat achieve his "happily-ever-after." A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin. A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard. The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron. A young boy who has neither identity nor memory of his past washesashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures. Sequel: The Seven Songs of Merlin. Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit. When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them. Sequels: The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet. The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle. A bumbling magician, a feisty old woman, and a young girl investigate why the unicorns are missing. The Dark Secret of Weatherend by John Bellairs. Fourteen year old Anthony Mundy and the town librarian try to prevent an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland. The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia Wrede. Princess Cimorene would rather be eaten by a dragon than marry a dull prince like a proper princess - so she volunteers to be captured by the powerful dragon Kazul. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede. Tired of dealing with princes, a princess offers to assist a dragon-wizard. The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw. Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. Bastian travels through the aptly-named realm of Fantastica to complete a noble quest. The Bronze King by Suzy McKee Charnas. When Valentine starts noticing odd things are vanishing from NYC, she unknowingly summons a wizard from Sorcery Hall. He enlists her help in fighting against the dreaded Monster of Darkness. Sequels: The Silver Glove, The Golden Thread. The Dragonslayers by Bruce Coville. A brave squire, an earnest page and a strong-willed princess set out to slay the dragon created to carry out a witch's revenge. Half Magic by Edward Eager. Jane, Mark, Katharine and Martha find a coin that grants half of every wish they make. Also by this author: Knight's Castle, Magic by the Lake, Magic or Not?, Seven Day Magic and The Time Garden The Witches by Roald Dahl. A boy and his grandmother thwart the plans of England's witches to turn all children into mice. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane. Thirteen year old Nita finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry and is guided into another dimension where she earns her degree in wizardry. Sequels: Deep Wizardry, High Wizardry, A Wizard Abroad. The Dark Green Tunnel by Allan Eckert. Three children find an entrance to another world which is peopled with centaurs, gnomes, a wizard, and a wicked king. The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson. Odge, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel to rescue their King's son. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia. McKillip. A sorceress raises an abandoned baby, only to discover that his real father is the greatest enemy of the man she loves. Journeyman Wizard by Mary Frances Zambreno. When Jermyn goes to Land's End to study wizardry under the famous spellmaker Lady Jean Allons, he finds his lessons disrupted by magical mayhem and a mysterious murder. Sequel to A Plague of Sorcerers. Knight's Wyrd by Debra Doyle. Will sets out on a series of dangerous adventures after a wizard predicts that he will meet his death before a year has passed. The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea.. When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it. The Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce. Four young outcasts discover their magic powers. While still learning how to control them they must battle deadly threats. The Immortals series by Tamora Pierce. Dain accepts her gift of wild magic and learns how valuable her powers will be to the kingdom's future. The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce. Alanna decides to ignore her magical powers and disguises herself as a boy in order to train as a knight. Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken. Young Dido Twite, her friend Dutiful Penitence, and a Nantucket boy named Nate, help unravel a mystery involving Dutiful's treacherous Aunt Tribulation, a sinister conspiracy and an elusive pink whale. Princess Nevermore by Dian Curtis Regan . When a fifteen-year-old Mandrian princess makes a wish in a wizard's circle, she winds up on Earth alone and without the ability and desire to return to home. The Wizard's Apprentice by S.P. Somtow. A wizard recruits a rich teenager from Los Angeles to be his next apprentice. Some titles from a list prepared by the Kansas City Library. Sites Geared to Specific Books or Series The Adventures of the Real Winnie the Pooh http://www.nypl.org/branch/kids/pooh/winnie.html Fun facts about the Pooh books. Alice http://www.simonsays.com/kids/alice/index.cfm Alice from the Phyllis Reynolds Naylor series. Alice in Wonderland http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/ Games, puzzles, electronic postcards, etc. American Girls http://www.ultranet.com/~macjr/jackie/amgirl.htm Animorphs http://scholastic.com/animorphs/ The home page for this popular children's series. Arthur http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/ The Marc Brown books. The Babysitters Club http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/ Keeps readers informed on this popular series. Babysitters Club http://www.ncweb.com/users/jhayes63/meet.html Bailey School Kids http://www.baileykids.com/ Berenstain Bears Games and activities. http://www.berenstainbears.com/ Boxcar Children http://www.bookpage.com/9705bp/childrens/theboxcarchildren.html Castle in the Attic http://www.absolute-sway.com/winthrop/castleindex.html Clifford the Big Red Page http://www.scott.net/~kristi/RedPage.html Information, activities, and features about this favorite red dog. Clifford http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/ Curious George http://www.georgeworld.com/ There's an online mini-adventure. CyberSeuss http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html Information about the life of Dr. Seuss and ideas and activities about his books. Dinotopia http://www.dinotopia.com/ The Goosebumps Page http://place.scholastic.com/Goosebumps/indexa.htm Information about R.L. Stine and the latest Goosebumps books. My Little House on the Prairie Home Page http://vvv.com/%7Ejenslegg/index.htm Some great photos of the real Laura and Almonzo. Magic School Bus http://place.scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/index.htm Info about Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan as well as an FAQ about the series. Magic School House http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_tg_10.html Paddington Bear http://www.paddingtonbear.co.uk/ The Peter Rabbit Web Site http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/ A biography of Beatrix Potter and a playground with book activities. Seussville http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/ Seuss fun. Games, contests, information, and activities about Dr. Seuss's books. You can even ask the Cat in the Hat questions! Winnie the Pooh http://www.penguinputnam.com/yreaders/pooh/winnie.htm From Putnam Books.

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