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The document provides a list of fantasy and fantasy-inspired books for different reading levels, along with some brief descriptions of each book.

The list includes picture books, chapter books, poems, and short stories spanning many genres within fantasy such as fairy tales, dragons, and magic.

Each entry includes the title, author, genre (picture book, chapter book, etc.), and a suggested reading level indicated by a letter code.

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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
Giants 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
Cinderellas 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 Fathers 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

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may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and well refine the levels.

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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 Fathers Dragon 2: Elmer and The Dragon
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Patricks 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
Unicorns 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
Matthews 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
Fairys 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
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may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and well refine the levels.

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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
Martins 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
Magicians 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. Snickles 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

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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
Lowthars Blade Series
Magicians Trilogy, The
Me, All Alone, At the End of the World
Monsters 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 well refine the levels.

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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 dLacey
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: Sandrys Book, Briars 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. Send us your observations and well refine the levels.

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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, Dajas Book,
Triss Book, and Shatterglass
Cold Tom (Unique, powerful story)
Dragons 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 Sorcerers 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 Tricksters 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

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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. LEngle
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

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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)
Monsters 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
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may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and well refine the levels.

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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

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