Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level H H H H H H H I I J J J J K K K K K K K K K L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M Title Francis Frog Meets a Space Snake George Shrinks Giant in the Bed, The Giant’s Boy, The Jelly Bean Tree, The Jumping Jesters, The Korka the Mighty Elf Littles First Reader (J/K/I) Trek, The Cat in the Hat, The Littles First Reader (J/K/I) Space Race Where the Wild Things Are Babar and the Ghost Beauty and the Beast: Princess Stories Commander Toad Series Frog Prince Continued, The Great Ant Adventure, The Leaf Man and the Brave Good Bugs, The Littles First Reader (J/K/I) Paper Bag Princess, The Supertwins Meet the Bad Dogs from Outer Space Boy with the Helium Head, The Cinderella’s Rat Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight Field Beyond the Outfield, The Hanzel and Pretzel Lima Bean Monster, The Loretta and the Little Fairy Magic Hat, The Mice Make Trouble My Father’s Dragon (Book 3): The Dragons of Blueland Pish and Posh Werewolf Club Series Witch's Walking Stick, The Wretched Stone, The Amazing Bone, The Author Reading Safari William Joyce Sunshine Sunshine Sunshine Rigby Rigby John Peterson Anna Jonas Dr. Seuss John Peterson Sunshine Maurice Sendak Laurent de Brunhoff Elizabeth Mills Jane Yolen Jon Scieszka Quinlan B. Lee William Joyce John Peterson Robert Munsch Brian James Book Type Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Susan Meddaugh Ogden Nash Mark Teauge Mike Thaler Dan Yaccarino Gerda Marie Scheidl Mem Fox Becky Bloom Ruth Stiles Gannett Chapter Book Picture Book Poem Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Barbara Bottner Daniel Pinkwater Susan Meddaugh Chris Van Allsburg William Steig Chapter Book Chatper Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. 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January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level M M M M M M M M M M M M M/N M/N N N N N N N N N N N N Title Another Day in the Milky Way Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Edward and the Pirates Goose Who Went off in a Huff, The Jumanji (Great for introducing fantasy in the UG) Author David Milgrim Judith Barrett David McPhail Paul Johsnon Chris Van Allsburg My Father’s Dragon 2: Elmer and The Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett Patrick’s Dinosaurs on the Internet Carol Carrick Pickles to Pittsburg Judith Barrett Pixie Tricks Series Tracey West Rainbow Magic Series Daisy Meadows Three Little Pigs Wise Up and the Prince, Navigators Fiction Princess, and the Vegetable, The Series Unicorn’s Secret Series (8 books total) Kathleen Duey Magic Tree House Series Mary Pope Osborne Secrets of Droon Series, The Tony Abbott Catwings Series Le Guin Diamond Princess Steps Through The Johanna Malcolm Mirror, The Fishy Mystery, The Orbit Chapter Books Flying Dragon Room, The Audrey Wood Hey, Al Arthur Yorinks Jimmy Zangwow's Out-Of-This-World Tony DiTerlizzi Moon-Pie Adventure Matthew’s Dragon Susan Cooper Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: John Steptoe An African Tale Nobody Rides the Unicorn Adrian Mitchell Pirate Girl Cornelia Funke William Steig Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Book Type Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Uh-Oh, Leonardo!: The Adventures of Providence Traveler Dragon Slayers’ Academy Series Abiyoyo Evil Elves, The Fairy Called Hilary, A Fairy’s Mistake, The Frogs and French Kisses Garden of Abdul Gasazi, The Robert Clarke Sabuda Picture Book Kate McMullan Pete Seeger Bruce Coville Linda Leopold Strauss Gail Carson Levine Sarah Mlynowski Chris Van Allsburg Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book (Rich language, great read aloud) N N-Q O O O O O O Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Multicultural Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level O O O O O O O O P Title Happily Ever After Iron Giant, The Magic Dogs of the Volcano Magic Elements Quartets Series Night of the White Sage, The Raising Dragons Treasure of a Dragon Stories Wizzil Bad Day at Riverbend Author Anna Quindlen Ted Hughes Manilo Argueta Mallory Loehr M. C. Helldorfer Jerdine Nolan M. Clark William Steig Chris Van Allsburg P P P Battle for the Castle, The Black Snowman, The Clever Lollipop Elizabeth Winthrop Phil Mendez Dick King-Smith Book Type Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Short Story Picture Book Wordless Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book P P P Fantastic Mr. Fox Legend of Spud Murphy, The Martin’s Mice Roald Dahl Eoin Colfer Dick King-Smith Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book P P P No Flying in The House Shoebag (A different kind of fantasy) Spoon in the Bathroom Wall, The Betty Brock Mary James Tony Johnston Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book P P P P Talking Eggs, The Time Warp Trio (Series) Visitors Series Weslandia Robert D. San Souci Jon Scieszka R. Philbrick & L. Harnett Paul Fleischman Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book P P Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Wizard of Oz, The Wizard Test, The Castaways in Lilliput Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Dragonling, The Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg Girl, the Dragon and the Wild Magic, The James and the Giant Peach Keisha The Fairy Snow Queen Magician’s Boy, The L. Frank Baum Hilari Bell Henry Winterfeld Jenny Nimmo Jackie Koller Gail Carson Levin David Luckett Roald Dahl Teresa Reed Susan Cooper Tony Abbott Laurie Miller Hornik (Strong and interesting animal story – cross genre) (Strong and interesting animal story – cross genre) (Strong female main character) (Powerful ideas, great interactive read aloud) Secrets of Droon, The: In the Shadow of Goll Secrets of Ms. Snickle’s Class, The Spiderwick Chronicles: Books 1-3 Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book H. Black and T. DiTerlizzi Chapter Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level Q R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R-T R-T R-U S S S S S S S S S S Title Trapped Beyond the Magic Attic Aidan of Oren Amulet of Komondor Castle in the Attic, The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Charlotte's Web City of Ember Series: Book 3 Dominic Emerald Throne, The Floodland Indian in the Cupboard, The Lowthar’s Blade Series Magicians Trilogy, The Me, All Alone, At the End of the World Monster’s Ring, The On Etruscan Time Replica Series Sisters Grimm Series (Books 1, 2 & 4) Spiderwick Chronicles; Books 4-5 Troll Fell Troll Mill Warriors: The New Prophecy Series Book 3 Witches, The Wrath of Mulgarath, The; Spiderwick Chronicles Deltora Quest Series Ink Trilogy Edge Chronicles Series Awake and Dreaming Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder, The Borrowers, The Brave Irene Cricket in Times Square, A Dragon of Lonely Island, The Dragons of Deltora Series Island of the Aunts My Teacher is … Series Perloo the Bold Author Sheri Cooper Sinykin Alan St Jean Adam Osterweil Elizabeth Winthrop Roald Dahl Roald Dahl E.B. White Jeanne DuPrau William Steig Cherith Baldry Marcus Sedgwick Lynne Banks R. L. La Fevers Jenny Nimmo M.T. Anderson Bruce Coville Tracy Barrett Marilyn Kaye Michael Buckley H. Black and T. DiTerlizzi Katherine Langrish Katherine Langrish Eric Hunter Roald Dahl H. Black and T. DiTerlizzi Emily Rodda C. Funke Paul Stewart Kit Pearson Brad Strickland Mary Norton William Steig George Selden Rebecca Rupp Emily Rodda Eva Ibotson Bruce Coville Avi Book Type Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level S Poppy (Series) Title (Well written, rich story line) Author Avi Chapt Book Type er Book S S S S T T T T T T T T T Three Good Deeds Warriors Series: Books 1-6 Weeping Werewolf, The Which Witch? Avalon High Chronicles of Narnia Series, The Deltora Shadowland Series Dragon, 1-4 (Series) Ellimist Chronicles, The Gregor The Overlander Ingo Keys to the Kingdom Series Magic by the Lake Vivian Vande Velde Eric Hunter Bruce Coville Eva Ibbotson Meg Cabot C.S. Lewis Emily Rodda Chris d’Lacey K.A. Applegate Suzanne Collins Helen Dunmore Garth Nix Edward Eager Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book T T T T T T T Out of Time Rowan of Rin Series, The Secret of Platform 13, The Sisters Grimm Series (Book 3) Space Trace, The Transall Saga, The Caroline B. Cooney Emily Rodda Eva Ibotson Michael Buckley Reading Safari Gary Paulsen Jane Yolen Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Short Story T T T/U Warriors: The New Prophecy Series Books 4-6 Erin Hunter Bill Brittain K.A. Applegate Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Jenny Nimmo Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Chapter Book K.A. Applegate Roald Dahl Susan Cooper Susan Cooper Lloyd Alexander Diana Wynne Jones Tamora Pierce Jeanne DuPrau Gail Carson Levine Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book (Charming old-fashioned story) Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast T/U U U U U U U U U U U Wish Giver, The (Series) Animorphs Series (Some titles are science fiction) Children of The Red King Series Alanna: The First Adventure; Song of the Lioness Series; Book 1 Andalite Chronicles BFG, The Boggart and the Monster, The Boggart, The Book of Three, The Castles in the Air Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book, Briar’s Book City of Ember Series: Books 1&2 Ella Enchanted Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. 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January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level U U U U U U U V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V W W W W W W W W W W Title Everworld Series: Land of Loss, Book 2 Freeglader Kiesha'ra Series: Wolfcry Magic Horse of Han Gan, The Merlin and the Dragons Merlin and the Making of the King Real Thief, The Alice in Wonderland Circle of Magic: Cold Fire, Daja’s Book, Tris’s Book, and Shatterglass Cold Tom (Unique, powerful story) Dragon’s Milk Emperor Mage Eragon: Inheritance, Book I Everworld Series: Books 4, 6 Gregor and the Code of Claw Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods Gregor and the Marks of Secret Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Land of Elyon: Book 3 Many Waters Scared Stiff Series of Unfortunate Events, The Song of the Lioness Series; Books 2, 3, 4 Tenth City, The Thief Lord, The Wild Magic Artemis Fowl Flies Book of Story Beginnings, The Castle of Llyr, The Circle of Magic: Magic Steps, Street Magic, and Trickster’s Queen Coraline Dragon of the Lost Sea Fantasies Drift House: The First Voyage Everworld Series: Books 1, 3, 5, 7-10, 12 Golden Hour, The Inheritance Trilogy Author K.A. Applegate Paul Stewart Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Chen Jiang Hong Jane Yolen Margaret Hodges William Steig Lewis Carroll Tamora Pierce Book Type Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Sally Prue Susan Fletcher Tamora Pierce Christopher Paolini K.A. Applegate Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins J.K. Rowling Patrick Carman Lewis Jahnna Malcom Lemony Snicket Tamora Pierce Patrick Carman Cornelia Funke Tamora Pierce Eoin Colfer Kristin Kladstrup Lloyd Alexander Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Series Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Neil Gailman Chapt Laurence Yep Dale Peck K.A. Applegate Maiya Williams Christopher Paolini er Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level W W W W W W W X X X X X X X X X X X Title Nightmare Hour: Time for Terror Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Phantom Tollbooth, The Shadow of the Red Moon Silver on the Tree (Book 3: The Dark is Rising) Wolf-Speaker Wrinkle in Time, A Bartimaeus Trilogy; Books 2 and 3 Everworld Series: Book 11 Gray King, The Greenwitch (Book 2: The Dark is Rising) Hunting of the Last Dragon, The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon X X X X X Y Peter and the Shadow Thieves Peter and the Star Catchers Pit Dragon Series (3 books) Realms of God, The Seaward Amulet Of Samarkand, The; Bartimaeus Trilogy; Book 1 Artemis Fowl: The Series Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You Ear, Eye and Arm, The Here There Be Dragons Land of Elyon, Books 1 and 2 On Wings of a Dragon Peter Pan in Scarlet Saint of Dragons, The Seeing Stone, The Victory Redwall Series Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y/Z Z Z Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, The Lionboy Little Prince, The Mortal Engines, The Over Sea Under Stone (Book 1: The Dark is Rising) Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, Series Among the Hidden Author R.L. Stein Rick Riordan J. Norton Walter Dean Myers Susan Cooper Tamora Pierce M. L’Engle Jonathan Stroud K.A. Applegate Susan Cooper Susan Cooper Sheryl Jordan Isabel Allende Julie Andrews Edwards Zizou Corder A. De Saint-Exupery Phillip Reeve Susan Cooper Book Type Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Dave Barry Dave Barry Jane Yolen Tamora Pierce Susan Cooper Jonathan Stroud Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Eoin Colfer Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi Nancy Farmer Jane Yolen Patrick Carman Cora Taylor Geraldine McCaughrean Jason Hightman Kevin Crossley Holland Susan Cooper Brian Jacques Clive Barker Margaret P. Haddix Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Level Title Z Among the Impostors: A Sequel to Among the Hidden Z Eva Z His Dark Materials Series Z Hobbit, The Z Kiesha'ra Series: Hawksong, Falcondance Z King of Shadows Z Lord of the Rings, The (Trilogy) Recommended Texts Without Levels 39 Clues, The (Series) Dragonology E Book of Dragons, The Children of the Dragon Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Dragons are Singing Tonight, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Fairies, Trolls, and Goblins Galore Family Monster Fantasy Stories Gammage Cup Haroun and the Sea of Stories Igraine the Brave Jabberwocky: From Through The Looking Glass Kingfisher Treasury of Dragon Stories, The Magician's House Quartet (Series) Monster’s Ring, The Monstra vs. Irving Prince of the Pond Secret Text, The (Series Sisters Grimm Series (Book 5) Skellig Some of the Kinder Planets Space Race (Series) Spellbound: Fantasy Stories Swan Lake Sweetest Fig, The Thief of Always Time Cat Author Margaret Peterson Haddix Peter Dickinson Phillip Pullman Tolkien Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Susan Cooper J.R.R. Tolkien Several Authors rnest Drake E. Nesbit Sherry Garland Mark Twain Jack Pretlusky Patricia Wrede Dilys Evans Pamela F. Service Diana Wynne Jones Carol Kendall Rushdie Cornelia Funke Lewis Carroll Margaret Clark Mary Pope Osborn Bruce Coville Stephen Manes Donna Jo Napoli Holly Lisle Michael Buckley David Almond Tim Wynne Jones Sylvia Waugh Diana Wynne Jones Margot Fonteyn Chris Van Allsburg Clive Barker Lloyd Alexander Book Type Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Short Story Chapter Book Poetry Chapter Book Poetry Short Story Short Story Chapter Book Picture Book Poetry Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Short Stories Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fantasy Books and Books with Fantasy Elements List Unexpected Magic: Fantasy Stories Unicorn Chronicles, The Unicorns of Balinor Water House, The Weird Wolf Where Have The Unicorns Gone Wizards: Stories of Mischief, Magic, and Mayhem Year of the Rouge Dragons (Series) Diana Wynne Jones Bruce Coville Mary Stanton Dick King-Smith Margery Cuyler Jane Yolen Edited by Jennifer Schwamm Willis Richard Byers Short Stories Chapter Book Series Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Short Story Chapter Book Bold --Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT