Recommendations based on Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Bookby Terry Jones

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  1. Good Faeries/Bad Faeries

    by Brian Froud
    A visual exploration of the world of faeries, both good and bad, through art and storytelling.

    "Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous beings, permeating my art and my everyday ... (Goodreads)

  2. Faeries

    by Brian Froud
    An exploration of the fairy realm and the world of enchantment.

    Edited by David Larkin. Two talented artists explore the world of faeries in myths, legends, and folklore. ... (Goodreads)

  3. Gnomes

    by Wil Huygen
    An exploration of the secret world of gnomes, their homes, and the mysteries of their lives.

    Abrams launched Gnomes into the hearts of Americans in 1977 and quickly racked up astrognomic sales in bookstores across the country, ultimately achieving a 62-week run on the New York Times ... (Goodreads)

  4. A Wind in the Door

    by Madeleine L'Engle
    A magical journey exploring the mysteries of the universe and the power of love.

    Main character Meg Murry is worried about her brother Charles Wallace, a 6-year-old genius bullied at school by the other children. The new principal of the elementary school is the former high ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Griffin & Sabine

    by Nick Bantock
    A mysterious correspondence between two artists, Griffin and Sabine, unfolds through a series of beautifully illustrated postcards and letters.

    Griffin Moss is an artist living in London who makes postcards for a living. He is unhappy and lonely, though he is unaware of these feelings. His life is changed forever when he receives a cryptic ... (Wikipedia)

  6. The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll

    by Lewis Carroll
    A collection of the beloved author's works, including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass."

    Everything that Lewis Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. Included are: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , Through the Looking-Glass , Sylvie and Bruno , Sylvie and Bruno ... (Goodreads)

  7. Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

    by James Hilton
    The life of a beloved English schoolteacher, Mr. Chips, from his early days to his retirement.

    The novella tells the story of a beloved school teacher, Mr Chipping, and his long tenure at Brookfield School, a fictional minor British boys' public boarding school located in the fictional village ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Summers at Castle Auburn

    by Sharon Shinn
    A young girl's magical summer, unlocking secrets of her family's past and discovering her own identity.

    As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister—and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she ... (Goodreads)

  9. Sabine's Notebook

    by Nick Bantock
    A journey of exploration and discovery into the hidden secrets of an ancient culture.

    Griffin Moss is an artist living in London who makes postcards for a living. He is unhappy and lonely, though he is unaware of these feelings. His life is changed forever when he receives a cryptic ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway

    by Mike Carey
    Lucifer Morningstar, former Lord of Hell, abandons his throne and opens a piano bar in Los Angeles. But his past catches up with him.

    From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Lucifer Morningstar, the former Lord of Hell, is unexpectedly called back into action when he receives a mission from Heaven. Given free reign to use any means ... (Goodreads)

  11. Little Altars Everywhere

    by Rebecca Wells
    A Southern family struggles to find connection and understanding amidst their chaotic lives.

    Little Altars Everywhere is a national best-seller, a companion to Rebecca Wells' celebrated novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Originally published in 1992, Little Altars introduces ... (Goodreads)

  12. The Hollow Hills

    by Mary Stewart
    A young man's quest to restore peace to a magical kingdom and become its rightful leader.

    Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn, which has been hidden for centuries. When Uther Pendragon is ... (Goodreads)

  13. The Arrival

    by Shaun Tan
    A thought-provoking story of a man's journey to an unknown land in search of a new home.

    In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He's embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life—he's leaving ... (Goodreads)

  14. Lives of Girls and Women

    by Alice Munro
    A young girl's coming of age story, exploring the complexities of relationships and identity.

    The only novel from Alice Munro – award-winning author of The Love of a Good Woman -- is an insightful, honest book, "autobiographical in form but not in fact," that chronicles a young girl's growing ... (Goodreads)

  15. The Monster at the End of this Book

    by Jon Stone
    A humorous adventure of a creature trying to stop a book from being read.

    Many adults name this book as their favorite Little Golden Book. Generations of kids have interacted with lovable, furry old Grover as he begs the reader not to turn the page—for fear of a monster at ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Robber Bride

    by Margaret Atwood
    A story of three women and their experiences with a manipulative friend.

    Set in present-day Toronto , Ontario , the novel is about three women and their history with old friend and nemesis, Zenia. Roz, Charis, and Tony meet once a month in a restaurant to share a meal ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

    by Maurice Leblanc
    An infamous gentleman-thief outwits law enforcement, outmaneuvering adversaries.

    Librarian note: This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780143104865. The suave adventures of a gentleman rogue—a French Thomas Crown Created by Maurice LeBlanc during the early twentieth ... (Goodreads)

  18. Dragons of Spring Dawning

    by Margaret Weis
    Epic fantasy adventure of a group of heroes battling an ancient evil.

    The book begins with Tanis Half-Elven in Flotsam. Kitiara has recently left for Solamnia to lead the Dragonarmies in their failed attack against the High Clerist's Tower , which was depicted in the ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Wild Magic

    by Tamora Pierce
    A young girl's journey to reclaim her magical powers and defeat an evil sorcerer.

    The reader is introduced to Veralidaine, (who goes by Daine), a thirteen-year-old girl who can speak to animals. Daine meets Onua, the woman in charge of the horses for the "Queen's Riders", (the ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Excession

    by Iain M. Banks
    An interstellar culture encounters an enigmatic, ancient entity and must grapple with its implications.

    The Excession of the title is a perfect black-body sphere that appears mysteriously on the edge of Culture space, appearing to be older than the Universe itself and that resists the attempts of the ... (Wikipedia)

  21. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

    by Christopher Moore
    A retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, told through the eyes of his childhood best friend.

    Biff is resurrected in the 20th Century to complete missing parts of the Bible , under the inefficient supervision of Raziel ; wherefore Biff narrates that he and Joshua (by Biff's account, the ... (Wikipedia)

  22. The Chrysalids

    by John Wyndham
    A post-apocalyptic tale of survival and the struggle against oppressive forces.

    The inhabitants of post-apocalypse Labrador have vague knowledge of the "Old People", a technologically advanced civilization they believe was destroyed when God sent " Tribulation " to the world to ... (Wikipedia)

  23. A Princess of Mars

    by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    An Earthman is transported to Mars, where he must fight to survive in an alien world.

    John Carter , a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War , goes prospecting in Arizona immediately after the war's end. Having struck a rich vein of gold, he runs afoul of the Apaches . While ... (Wikipedia)

  24. Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

    by Bill Watterson
    A hilarious and heart-warming comic strip about a boy and his pet tiger.

    Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat chronicles another segment of the multifarious adventures of this wild child and his faithful, but skeptical, friend. If the best cartoons compel readers to identify ... (Barnes & Noble)

  25. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

    by Jacob Grimm
    Classic collection of folktales and children's stories, exploring morality, adventure and magic.

    Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, collects more than 200 tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century, among them some of the best-loved and most famous fairy ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. Magician

    by Raymond E. Feist
    An orphaned farm boy must save a kingdom from an invading army of Dark Lords.

    In the twelfth year of the reign of Rodric the Fourth, an orphaned kitchen boy named Pug is made an apprentice magician to the magician Kulgan in Crydee . A struggling student of magic , he rises to ... (Wikipedia)

  27. The Jungle Books

    by Rudyard Kipling
    Collection of stories about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, and his adventures in the jungle.

    The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is ... (Goodreads)

  28. A Hat Full of Sky

    by Terry Pratchett
    A young witch must use her newfound magical powers to survive the trials of her witch apprenticeship.

    A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett is a fantasy novel about a girl who is learning her place as a witch. Early in the novel, Tiffany Aching leaves her home in the chalk country (based on England's ... (Wikipedia)

  29. The Black Cauldron

    by Lloyd Alexander
    A magical quest to find the mysterious Black Cauldron and save the world from destruction.

    More than a year after the defeat of Arawn Death-Lord's army and death of his warlord the Horned King , , Prince Gwydion calls allies to a council hosted by Dallben , one of Taran 's guardians. Men ... (Wikipedia)

  30. The Gashlycrumb Tinies

    by Edward Gorey
    An alphabet book featuring children meeting their untimely demise in various ways, illustrated in Gorey's signature macabre style.

    The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing is an abecedarian book written by Edward Gorey that was first published in 1963. Gorey tells the tale of 26 children (each representing a letter of the ... (Goodreads)