Kids Magic Fantasy

Twelve-year-old Lark is determined to escape her squalid life at Miss Starvenger’s boarding house, but she needs to find the coin to do it. Her grand scheme? To steal her fortune from the Royal Museum. Unfortunately, her heist goes off the rails, and Lark ends up stealing a magical sword right out from under the nose of Prince Jasper, who’s none too happy to have his plans thwarted. Lark soon discovers that the sword has a mind of its own, and has chosen her to be the next Nightingale, a fabled hero who must vanquish an ancient evil that is waking after centuries of sleep.

It is a dark time in the medieval kingdom of Arialia. The Black Death has arrived. Fatima loses her parents to the plague. She's wandering in the forest alone and doesn't know where to go for comfort. In her desperation and in the cold at night, she dreams of a pink unicorn that can save her from fear and starvation. When she wakes she sees the carriage of the princess passing by. It has a pink unicorn design on it. Fatima pursues the carriage, meets the princess, and her life is forever changed as she learns the true meaning of the pink unicorn.

An epic adventure steeped in Hawaiian lore, this enchanting novel explores the connection between our world and that of the spirits of the wood, from bestselling author Nikki Van De Car. According to legend, when the kanaka 'ōiwi sailed over two thousand miles across untraveled seas to the most...

In this second book, Autumn knows unicorns have a unique ability to find magical objects in nature with their horn. She recruits Gwyn, her friend from the magic realm, with a plan to find the vanishing and reappearing gem around her town. Autumn’s plan is to find the gem and give it to Abe Undertree, a boy who recently moved into Stillbrook and owns a wizard staff, but has no way of powering it. Autumn wants to be his friend and hopes this gift will help him join their ground. So Gwyn, Autumn, and Sky all set out on an adventure that leads to a wild goose chase all over Stillbrook.

In this book, Autumn learns of a rumor being spread around through school about another unicorn. Thinking it could be a unicorn Gwyn knows, Autumn shares the rumor with the unicorn. Together, Gwyn and her friends wander through the town, heading to the location where the rumored unicorn was seen. As they walk, Gwyn wonders if she truly is the only unicorn in this world and tries to not get her hopes too high about another unicorn. But a small hope remains, and she grows just as excited as her friends.

Take your little one to the magical land of unicorns, be amazed by their magical powers, and enjoy living the adventures with them! In this book, Gwyn the unicorn gathers up her friends and takes them into the forest toward the old ruins. She’s nervous about returning to the place, but carries on just to show her friends her old home. When they arrive, the gang explores the ruins excitedly, and Gwyn uses her magic to show what it used to look like. She tells them about the princess she used to be friends with and how much the princess was like Autumn.

It is a dark time in the medieval kingdom of Arialia. The Black Death has arrived. Fatima loses her parents to the plague.

On the day of the Harvest Festival, the old woman who lives in the forest appears in Abeni's village with a terrible message: You ignored my warnings. It’s too late to run. They are coming. Warriors with burning blades storm the village. A man with a cursed flute plays an impossibly alluring song. And everyone Abeni has ever known and loved is captured and marched toward far-off ghost ships set for even more distant lands. But not Abeni. Abeni is magically whisked away by the old woman.

Batu is just an ordinary kid in present-day Almaty, worried about bullies, school, and his mom’s new baby…until the day he meets Aspara, the Golden Warrior. Aspara steps straight out of Batu’s notebook cover—and out of Kazakhstan’s past. Aspara has been waiting hundreds of years to be summoned to the human world and to finally get his chance to search for the Golden Cup, a magical talisman sent down from the heavens. When the Golden Cup was lost, Aspara watched as many of his friends and family were killed or disappeared.

Your child will enjoy this Halloween book full of eerie ghost stories and spooky tales. This is an excellent listen for early learners that can be heard aloud with friends and family while traveling or in waiting rooms. Halloween jokes are also included!

Winnie and her mom have been “two girls against the world” for longer than Winnie can remember. But now Mom is moving Winnie away from her beloved Denver, away from her two best friends. In Rock Springs, Wyoming, Winnie will have to make new friends (hard), go to a school where the kids tease her (unbearable), and get used to living with her stepfather-to-be and his annoying son (impossible). Winnie is determined to find a way back to Denver and her old life. But how? If only the magic in the stories that Winnie adores were true.

The thrilling sequel to The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights, which takes readers even deeper into the legend of Camelot! Best friends Ellie Bettlebump and Caedmon Tuggle are different as the day is long. Caedmon’s a human, from a non-magical realm known as Wisconsin. Ellie, on the...

From a bestselling author: Miss Peregrine meets The Graveyard Book in this middle grade adventure about rival siblings running a monster mortuary. ​ Thirteen-year-old Molly doesn't know how she got the short end of the stick—being raised by her neglectful father—while Dustin, the older...

Ellie is a 12-year-old orphan who desperately wants a family. She just doesn't expect to find one when she joins the crew of the Legend, a flying ship in a secret rescue fleet. On board, she meets a boy with a pet tarantula, a bully with eyes like mirrors, and a librarian who can read 18 languages. Unexpectedly, Ellie also discovers a powerful gift that only she can wield. But when the Legend is called to a dangerous rescue mission, Ellie risks losing everyone she loves. Will her mysterious gift be enough to save her and her friends from a deadly enemy bent on destroying their world?

Born with a serious heart condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever and this summer it’s finally going to happen. The moment his heart is fixed, he’ll row out to the island in the bay all by himself, just like he’s always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps. When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he dreams of are just silly fantasies. And then he finds a girl hiding in the boat shed.

In the sleepy village of Atheria, where the scent of cinnamon hangs in the air and old tales are just that tales of a young girl named Keisha discovers a secret. The legendary unicorns of the Whispering Woods are no longer just a myth; they're in trouble. Something dark and ancient is stealing their magic, turning them into mere shadows of their former selves. To save them, Keisha must leave behind everything she knows and journey into a forgotten land filled with riddles, shimmering mists, and a powerful secret hidden in the heart of the forest.

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.

Have you ever seen the sky dance with color? For young Kael, the Northern Lights are more than just a beautiful sight. they are the very heartbeat of his frozen world. But when the vibrant ribbons of green and gold begin to flicker and fade, replaced by a creeping, unnatural cold, Kael knows a terrible secret is unfolding. An ancient evil, Nocturne the Shadow Weaver, is stealing the light, threatening to plunge the land into an eternal, starless night. The fate of the North rests on the shoulders of one young boy who must journey into the heart of the storm. He won't be alone.

What would you do if an odd girl in a cloak told you, "You know you're a descendant of King Arthur's knight, Lancelot, right?" You'd probably do the same thing 14-year-old New Yorker Simon Sharp does. Back away nice and slow. But Simon learns the truth when he's kidnapped by a drunk troll, rescued by a 7 foot man named Merlin, and thrown into training with 149 other heirs of the Knights of the Round Table.

Will Hunter is used to being the New Kid; Harrisburg High School is his fifth new school in less than three years. By now, he knows not to be fooled by the bright pep rallies, the wholesome jocks, the innocent cheerleaders. He knows the evil lurking underneath. It's the same evil that took his dad eight years ago; the same evil he battles every day. Natalie Holand's life fell apart the night her sister, Emily, disappeared. No one believes her when she tells them what she saw: yellow and green eyes, glowing beneath the surface of the water in which Emily supposedly drowned.