Fantasy Fiction Kids

Experts highly recommend keeping your child awake for a little longer than their usual bedtime using calm, pre-sleep activities. Bedtime stories help your child’s brain create a new association, one that connects bedtime with an easy, more positive, and calming transition to sleep. This is why Bedtime Stories for Kids by renowned child development expert Katie Miller, and seasoned teacher Sarah J. Young is perfect for you and your child!

Will Hunter’s had a rough few months. He just survived the battle of his life. He learned the devil was his father. And his newly demonic best friend Rudy is trapped under glass until Will can find a way to bring him back from the dark side. All Will wants is to lay low for a while with Natalie, the girl he loves, and focus on saving his friend. But Will never seems to get what he wants. In Seattle, Will encounters a dangerous new breed of female demon, faster and more deadly than anything he’s ever faced, and a mysterious, striking girl who arrives just in time to save his life.

Stargazey World follows the story of Sheena Robinson, a feisty, complex youngster who often feels guilty about her lack of concentration. At school her work doesn't improve and her chaotic mop of tangled green hair is mocked, but this feisty Scouser has the ready wit and true grit to deal with her bullies. When Sheena visits Cornwall for her cousin's wedding, she must share a bedroom with the tomboyish Carys. By day everything is normal, but by night the animals on the bedroom wallpaper come to life.

Tom, Katie, Chad, Sharice, and Melissa have two more artifacts to find before they can return home. However, the search isn't easy when they must stay vigilant against treacherous nightmare creatures and the ever-spreading Blank that threatens to destroy everything around them. Back in Cedarville, Minnesota, Mr. Blackburn, the school librarian who sent Tom and his friends to Phantasmagoria, is fighting his own battles. Will he be able to protect the town? Can he teach the unfrozen residents to use the powers of imagination before Morgrim finds them?

In a small, medieval village lives the 13-year-old Arah, who was raised as an orphan in the household of the kind pastor. Arah loves books and often retreats into her own dream world. A significant day comes when a travelling exorcist comes into the village searching for hidden witches. Although Arah likes to fantasize about magic and deep down in her heart would love to have magical powers, she can only listen to the exorcist's words with suspicion. There could not possibly be witches in the real world.... When she is suddenly accused of being a witch, it is time for her to flee.

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Things have never been darker for 16-year-old Will Hunter. The girl he loves has been taken from him, he's been betrayed by his newfound half-sister, and he has only hours to find a cure to the poison coursing through his veins. He's in no shape to stop the Dark Lord from finding and using the Sword of Armageddon-but if he can't, he's not the only one who will die.

When his friends aren’t successful at spooking the children who visit the haunted house, Gus must present his unique superpowers to give them a scare!

When Jason stumbles upon his Grandpa Gus's dusty, top-secret blueprint for the legendary Gizmo 3000 a fantastical machine rumored to grant any wish he knows he can't just leave it in the attic. He and his best friend, Pip, find the incredible contraption hidden in an old workshop, humming with a secret, electric energy. But when a tiny, whiskered creature named Gus the Gizmo Gopher accidentally hits the big red "GO" button, their ordinary afternoon turns into The Great Gizmo Getaway!

Zola lives in a quartz cottage on the very last cliff of anywhere, with only the vast, silent Void for a neighbor. She's sure she's the loneliest girl in the universe. But one night, the Void... whispers. It’s a tiny, shivering, lonely sound that pulls at her heart. To answer it, Zola must captain her great-grandmother’s ship, a magical vessel woven from moonlight and twine. With jars of cinnamon-scented starlight for fuel, she leaps into the inky black.

Meet Barnaby "Bar" Willowbrook, the newest and most unlikely Warden of the Wildwood. He's only eleven, and his ancient, magical forest has a very modern problem: a colossal, humming metal tower is polluting the air with an invisible force known as WiFi. The forest is officially glitching!

A locked shed. A hidden attic. A mysterious trunk. For Irene, Logan, Sam, and Chloe, a boring summer afternoon is about to become the adventure of a lifetime. When Irene discovers her grandpa's dusty, hand-drawn map, the friends calling themselves The Fearless Four realize it's no ordinary piece of paper. It's a puzzle, filled with cryptic riddles that lead to a long-forgotten part of their town. Their quest to find the "heart" of the map takes them from the silent, dusty aisles of the local library to an old-fashioned diner with a flashing neon sign and a secret on its menu.

For ten-year-old Larry, maps are more than just paper; they are gateways to worlds he can only dream of. But when he discovers a shimmering pod in his attic—a vessel that phases through walls and is piloted by imagination alone—the line between map and reality vanishes. Whisked away to the eerie, soundless "Silent Streets" and skies filled with upside-down clouds, Larry learns that he is the new pilot of the Phantom Pod. Guided by a starlight compass and aided by a mystical Keeper, he must protect these secret realms from terrifying shadow creatures that hunt in the spaces between seconds.

Prepare to soar through a marshmallow asteroid field, navigate the swirly, burly clouds of Venus, and land on a sizzling pancake volcano. They’ll discover caves filled with sparkling crystals and meet friendly, glimmering rock-frogs. But when the ground starts to shake and the biggest volcano on Venus begins to erupt, their amazing trip turns into a fiery, bubbling escape mission! Will Leo and Grandpa Astro find their way out of the Great Glass Mountain and ride a giant lava bubble to safety? Climb aboard and buckle up for a lava-rific adventure that is truly out of this world!

This captivating book tells the story of Rebecca, a curious and artistic young girl living in an ancient, early human village. While others focus on the immediate needs of survival, Rebecca is drawn to the mysteries of the natural world and the stories held within it. A Hidden World of Color Driven by her thirst for expression, Rebecca discovers The Crack Behind the Waterfall, leading her into a deep, silent realm of Echoes in the Dark. There, in a vast, cold expanse The Big Empty Wall she finds her canvas.

A mysterious package. A flimsy, ancient map. A cool, obsidian carving of a feathered serpent. For ten-year-old Leo and his twelve-year-old sister, Maya, this is no ordinary delivery from their eccentric Aunt Aurora, it's a one-way ticket to adventure! Their quest leads them deep into a humid jungle, where a legendary Aztec temple lies hidden, swallowed by vines and secrets. But finding the temple is only the beginning. To uncover its mysteries, they must face down shadowy jaguars, outsmart speaking stone idols, and navigate terrifying underground rivers lined with painted skulls.

When Ray discovers a mysterious, old board game in his grandmother's attic, he has no idea the adventure that's about to unfold. With a single roll of the dice, he's pulled into the heart of a wild, magical jungle, filled with strange and wondrous creatures. From the giggling Laughing Goblins to the colossal Clockwork Crocodile, every turn brings a new challenge. Ray must solve perplexing riddles, outsmart a grumpy gorilla, and race a terrifying Sand Serpent through a scorching desert.

For eleven years, Marisa has lived a life of perfect control. Her world is a predictable cube of recycled air, smooth grey walls, and synthesized flavorless food. Every moment is governed by the quiet, constant thrum of the Central Algorithm But when a chaotic tear appears in the night sky, Marisa discovers a secret: an ancient, battered lander pod and a forbidden manual leading to a place called Earth With her tiny, nervous drone Bolt by her side, Marisa crash-lands into a world so unruly, so loud, and so vibrant, it makes her senses short-circuit.

For twelve-year-old Dave, the sprawling junkyard is a treasure trove of possibilities. But he never imagined he'd unearth a mysterious device that hums with a secret, inner light. When he and his brilliant best friend, Zara, activate it, a dazzling map made of pure energy springs to life, pointing the way to the legendary lost treasure of a master inventor known only as the Technomancer. Their adventure is a thrilling puzzle box of forgotten technology and hidden wonders.

Astra Luna is a true Moon girl. She’s never felt the wind blow, or the rain fall, or the full pull of Earth’s gravity. Her home is Lunar Base Alpha-7, a lonely, little mining outpost nestled in the cold, silent dust of the Moon. While other kids video chat about school and parks, Astra helps her dad, Jory, a dedicated Helium-3 miner, keep their small world running. Her best friend? A three-legged, constantly squeaking maintenance drone named Gimbal.