Entries Categorized as 'Fantasy'
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Easy Read, Funny, Good Read Aloud, James Thurber, Quick Read
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The evil Duke is so cold, he froze time on the clocks in his castle. He also claims to be the uncle of the beautiful princess Saralinda, who (of course) every prince wants to marry. Enter Prince Zorn, who (again, of course) wants to marry the princess. But it’s not that easy. The duke has a test for every prince who comes along, and he tells Zorn to bring him jewels equal to Zorn’s father’s treasury in 24 hours! Even with the help of the one and only Golux, can Zorn accomplish this task?
Well, it’s a fairy tale, what do you think happens? Thurber has quite a weird take on fairy tales. If you want more, try The White Deer.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Funny, James Thurber
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King Clode and his three sons, Thag, Gallow, and Jorn, are hunting in the forests and give chase to a White Deer. The chase leads them all over and through the Enchanted Forest, but when they finally corner the Deer, it is transformed into a Princess. A Princess who cannot remember her name or kingdom. The Princess sets a task for each of the three Princes to perform, in order to see which one shall marry her. But in the middle of all this, the Royal Recorder is beginning to wonder whether the Princess is a Princess turned Deer and back again, or whether the Princess is really a Deer.
This is a Thurber book. You can’t explain it much clearer than that. He has such a nonsensical way of putting things, it’s almost ridiculous. It’s a nice easy story, so if you’re looking for heart-pounding adventure, don’t even consider this book. But if you’re looking for something light and funny, go for it!
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Funny, Johnny Gruelle
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When Johnny and Janey build a flying machine out of some old boards, they plan to take a pretend trip to the moon. Mysteriously enough, the flying machine actually begins to fly and before they can stop it, they end up on the side of the moon that doesn’t face earth, the Land of Noom (moon backwards). Upon arriving, they discover that old Jingles the Magician has kidnapped the beautiful Princess of Nite. Janey and Johnny promptly set out to find the princess and return her to her throne. They encounter many adventures along the way, including the magic boxing gloves, the Queer Horse, the Soft-Voiced Cow, Mr. Tiptoe and many others.
This is an fun little fantasy book intended for younger readers, but I find it to enjoyable for all ages. The writing style is very similar to L. Frank Baum, famous author of the Oz books.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fantasy, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Funny, George Macdonald
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The king and queen have no children, and this makes the king angry. Then the queen has a lovely daughter, but at the christening, an evil witch casts a spell on the child, making her as light as air. Ever since that day, the princess has no gravity. The king’s advisors have a plan to make the princess become normal: she must get married. But how can they get a prince to fall in love with a floating princess? And how can a princess with no gravity fall into anything?
George MacDonald must have I-Can’t-Think-Of-Names-For-My-Characters Syndrome. The king, queen, princess, and prince don’t have names at all; and the characters that are named have names like Clanrunfort! This makes this book all the more fun, though. Highly recommended. The illustrator, Maurice Sendak, also wrote and illustrated Where the Wild Things Are and Pierre.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Cats, E. Nesbit, Funny, Good Read Aloud
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Anthea, Cyril, Robert, and Jane are back in a second book of adventures. This time, their mother buys a carpet, and when the children unroll it, an odd glowing egg falls out. Robert claims it and puts the egg on the mantle. Later, while the children are playing and waving tea-towels around, Robert’s knocks the egg into the fire and up from the flames rises the Phoenix! All the children are amazed, and even more so, when the Phoenix tells them that the carpet is a magic wishing carpet that will take them anywhere!
E. Nesbit is a great author. If you’ve read Five Children and It, you know that the children’s wishes never turn out the way they plan. It’s twelve chapters of wishes come true – but is that always a good thing?
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