Fiction for Older Readers
Picture Books
Folktales &  Story Collections
Poems & Videorecordings

 Fairies & Fairy Godmothers
~ fiction for older readers (arranged by the author’s last name)

THE VARIOUS by Steve Augarde
A girl finds that she has a special connection to the Various, a tribe of strange and wild fairies that live in the nearby woods.

THE FAIRY REBEL by Lynne Reid Banks
A rebellious fairy risks getting in trouble with the Fairy Queen when she decides to help a human.

THE FIELD GUIDE by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (j BLACK)
The Grace children discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures in their Aunt’s old house. Book 1 In The Spiderwick Chronicles.

SUMMERLAND by Michael Chabon
The worst baseball player in the history of the game is called upon to help a band of fairies beat an ancient enemy.

ARTEMIS FOWL by Eoin Colfer
A 12 year old boy captures a fairy for the ransom but the fairies fight back .

THE WORLD'S WORST FAIRY GODMOTHER by Bruce Coville
Fairy Godmother Maybelle Clodnowski casts spells that backfire.

ZEEE by Elizabeth Enright
Zeee doesn’t like humans because they unknowingly destroy her homes but then she is befriended by a girl who can see her.

FIFTH GRADE MAGIC by Beatrice Gormley
Gretchen is visited by a well-meaning but not very efficient fairy godmother.

THE UGLY PRINCESS AND THE WISE FOOL by Margaret Gray
A plain princess and a wise fool find answers to their quests together, with a little help from Fairy Godmothers.

THE HALF CHILD by Kathleen Hersom
In seventeenth-century England, a young girl is thought to be a changeling -a fairy child the fairies have substituted for a human child.

TOOTS UNDERGROUND by Carol Hughes
Toots finds fairies in and around her house. (Also other books about Toots.)

A FURL OF FAIRY WIND : FOUR STORIES by Mollie Hunter
Stories in which people and fairies and brownies meet for the first time.

TWIG by Elizabeth Orton Jones
When magic makes Twig very tiny, she finds befriends the Fairy Queen.

THE WATER-BABIES by Charles Kingsley
The classic story of a small chimney sweep who is stolen by fairies and turned into a water baby.

THE GOLD DUST LETTERS by Janet Taylor Lisle
During a difficult time, 9-year-old Angela gets letters from her fairy godmother.

ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levin
Ella’s Fairy Godmother gives her the gift of obedience.

KNOCKABEG : A FAMINE TALE by Mary E. Lyons
During the Irish potato famine, some fairies wage war on each other.

THE BOOK OF HOB STORIES by William Mayne
Hob is a friendly spirit who lives under the stairs and protects the house from other evil beings.

A YEAR AND A DAY by William Mayne
Two young English sisters find a strange boy in the woods who stays with them a year and a day.

THE MOORCHILD by Eloise McGraw
A changeling tries to find the human child whose place she had taken.

A MID-SEMESTER NIGHT'S DREAM by Margaret Meacham
A fairy-godmother-in-training helps a girl cast a love spell, with chaotic results.

FIVE CHILDREN AND IT by E. Nesbit
Four brothers and sisters discover a wish-granting sand-fairy.

THE SAME PLACE BUT DIFFERENT by Perry Nodelman
A young boy tries to rescue his baby sister whom the fairies have
replaced with a Changeling.

THE CHARM BRACELET by Emily Rodda
Her grandmother's missing charm bracelet leads Jessie to a magical world. First in the Fairy Realm Series.

A FAIRY TALE by Tony Ross
Young Bessie believes in fairies after she meets her new neighbor.

THE CIRCUS LUNICUS by Marilyn Singer
An inflatable lizard turns into Solly’s fairy godmother and teaches him unusual tricks that have something to do with a celestial circus.

FAIRY DUST by Jane Denitz Smith
A girl is introduced to a magical fairy world by her new babysitter.

A FAIRY CALLED HILARY by Linda Leopold Strauss
A fairy’s magic makes everyday fun.

CATWITCH by Una Woodruff
A special kitten is persuaded by fairies to go with them to fairyland to save their prince.

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Fairies ~ picture books
(arranged by the author’s last name)

THE FAERIE'S GIFT by Tanya Robyn Batt
A woodcutter is granted only 1 wish but his wife & parents want wishes too.

PISH AND POSH by Barbara Bottner
Pish and Posh discover fairy magic. (j Er BOTTNER )

THE GOBLIN UNDER THE STAIRS by Mary Calhoun
When a family looks for fairies through a knothole they all see something different.

WHITE NINETEENS by David Christiana
Buttercup searches for her favorite wings.

ON CHRISTMAS EVE by Peter Collington
Fairies guide Santa to a little girl’s house that doesn’t have a chimney.

THE THREE SPINNING FAIRIES retold by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Three fairies help a lazy girl try to attain a life of luxury.

STELLA, FAIRY OF THE FOREST by Marie-Louise Gay
Stella and Sam search for fairies.

JETHRO BYRD FAIRY CHILD by Bob Graham
Annabelle finds a family of fairies in the weeds.

NATA by Helen V. Griffith
Why does Nata, the fairy, acts oddly on the first day of summer?

GOOD NIGHT, FAIRIES by Kathleen Hague
A mother tells her curious child about the things that fairies do.

LYNN HOLLYN'S CHRISTMAS TOYLAND
In the land of Christmas Wood, toys have a feast with the fairies.

LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO:TOLD AND SUNG BY THE GOOD FAIRY
illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson (j Ew JOHNSON)
A good fairy tries to make a naughty bunny behave.

FAIRY HOUSES by Tracy Kane
Kristin builds a fairy house in the Maine woods and waits for fairies to visit.

MR. BUMBLE by Kim Kennedy
Fairies help a clumsy bee.

ASHER AND THE CAPMAKERS by Eric A. Kimmel
On the night before Hanukkah, mischievous fairies take a young boy on an adventure to Jerusalem.

FAIRY FRIENDS by Michelle Knudsen
Meet snowflake fairies, water fairies, and rainbow fairies.

FAIRY WINGS : A STORY by Lauren Mills
Fia, a fairy without wings, saves the other fairies from a wicked Troll.
(Also: Fia and the imp)

ELFABIT by Steve Pilcher (j Eac PILCHER)
Learn the alphabet with fairies and their friends.

THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN retold by Ruth Sanderson
A boy outwits the fairy thieves who stole his mother's tapestry.

THE DREAMTIME FAIRIES by Jane Simmons
Four rabbits search for the Dreamtime Fairies.

WHOOOSH! WENT THE WISH by Toby Speed
A fairy fulfills Henry’s wish for a cat.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN ELVES by Jane Thayer
Ebenezer tries to convince a little girl that there really are elves.

GRANDFATHER TANG'S STORY by Ann Tompert
Grandfather tells a story about fox fairies endangered by a hunter.

THE LEGEND OF LEELANAU by Kathy-Jo Wargin
A young maiden’s family forbids her to visit the Spirit Wood, where playful fairies live.

FRITZ AND THE MESS FAIRY by Rosemary Wells
When Fritz’s science project goes wrong the Mess Fairy pays a visit.

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Tooth Fairies ~ picture books
(arranged by the author’s last name)

HARRY MCNAIRY, TOOTH FAIRY by Ann Fitzpatrick Alper
A boy refuses to trade in his lost tooth for money from the tooth fairy.

FRANKLIN AND THE TOOTH FAIRY by Paulette Bourgeois (j E-pb B)
Will the Tooth Fairy vist Franklin even if he doesn’t have any teeth to lose?

NORMAN FOOLS THE TOOTH FAIRY by Carol Carrick
When he gives her a fake tooth, Norman gets a visit from the tooth monster.

BUSY NIGHT by Ross Collins
One night the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and others wake a sleeping boy.

MABEL THE TOOTH FAIRY AND HOW SHE GOT HER JOB
by Katie Davis
Mabel becomes a tooth fairy when she doesn’t brush or floss her teeth.

DEAR TOOTH FAIRY by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Claire and the Tooth Fairy write letters to each other about her first tooth.

THE TOOTH TREE by Nicholas Heller
A hungry tree grows where Charlie buries his tooth in the backyard.

JANE VS. THE TOOTH FAIRY by Betsy Jay
Jane would rather keep the tooth than let the tooth fairy have it.

THE TOOTH WITCH by Nurit Karlin
An apprentice witch becomes the Tooth Fairy.

ANDREW'S LOOSE TOOTH by Robert Munsch
Even the tooth fairy cannot help remove Andrew's loose tooth.

DEAR TOOTH FAIRY by Jane O'Connor (j Er O'CONNOR )
Robby writes a letter to the Tooth Fairy because he doesn’t want to be the only kid in the class photo with all his teeth.

NICE TRY, TOOTH FAIRY by Mary W. Olson
A girl writes to the Tooth Fairy, in the hopes of getting her teeth back.

THE STORY OF THE TOOTH FAIRY by Tom Paxton
When a girl and a fairy exchange a tooth for a coin they renew the friendship between mortals and fairies.

TOOTH FAIRY by Audrey Wood
A girl decides to take advantage of the Tooth Fairy's visit to her brother.

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Fairy Godmothers ~picture books
(arranged by the author’s last name)

ELSIE TIMES EIGHT by Natalie Babbitt
Elsie’s fairy godmother mistakenly changes one Elsie into eight Elsies.

FANNY'S DREAM by Caralyn Buehner
Fanny’s Fairy Godmother shows up too late to help her get the real prince, but she still finds the perfect prince for her.

BEWARE OF THE STORYBOOK WOLVES by Lauren Child
Herb enlists the help of Cinderella's fairy godmother to help save him from the wolves that have escaped from his storybook.

RUFFERELLA by Vanessa Gill-Brown
A little girl needs her dog’s help to be like Cinderella’s fairy godmother .

BUBBA THE COWBOY PRINCE by Helen Ketteman
In this Cinderella tale set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow.

THE YOUNGEST FAIRY GODMOTHER EVER by Stephen Krensky
Mavis finds that playing fairy godmother isn’t as easy as it looks.

MOLLY AND THE MAGIC WISHBONE by Barbara McClintock
A magic fishbone from a fairy godmother will grant only one wish.

CINDERELLA'S RAT by Susan Meddaugh
Cinderella’s coachman, who used to be a rat, tells his side of the story.

THE MAGIC HILL by A.A. Milne
A fairy godmother wishes for flowers for Princess Daffodil.

SIDNEY RELLA AND THE GLASS SNEAKER by Bernice Myers
His fairy godfather helps Sidney become a football player .

A FAIRY IN A DAIRY by Lucy Nolan
A fairy godmother causes magical things to happen in the dairy.

CINDERELLA
by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Diane Goode (j Ef PERRAULT)

SAMANTHA by Ellen Stoll Walsh
A small mouse wants a fairy godmother .

THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE by Rosemary Wells
His godmother helps a young crippled prince reclaim his kingdom.

CINDERELLA'S DRESS by Nancy Willard
Cinderella gets help from two magpies and her fairy godmother

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Folktales & Story Collections

THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK (j 398 Rac )

THE WEAVING OF A DREAM : A CHINESE FOLKTALE RETOLD
by Marilee Heyer (j 398.2 CHINA Hey )
Three sons set out on a journey to find a tapestry stolen by fairies.

TAM LIN retold by Jane Yolen (j 398.2 SCOTLAND Yol )
A Scottish girl reclaims her home which the fairies have held for years.

THE DEETKATOO:NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES ABOUT LITTLE
PEOPLE edited by John Bierhorst (j 398.2 USA INDIAN Bie )

A CHILD'S BOOK OF FAERIES by Tanya Robyn Batt (j 398.21 Bat )

DIANE GOODE'S BOOK OF GIANTS & LITTLE PEOPLE
by Diane Goode (j 398.21 Goo)

THE SECRET LIFE OF FAIRIES by Penelope Larkspur (j 398.21 Lar )

THE HIDDEN FOLK : STORIES OF FAIRIES, DWARVES, SELKIES, AND OTHER SECRET BEINGS by Lise Lunge-Larsen ( j 398.21 Lun )

THE LITTLE PEOPLE : STORIES OF FAIRIES, PIXIES, AND OTHER SMALL FOLK by Neil Philip (j 398.21 Phi )

LITTLE FOLK : STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
by Paul Robert Walker (j 398.21 Wal)

IMPS, DEMONS, HOBGOBLINS, WITCHES, FAIRIES & ELVES
by Leonard Baskin (j 398.45 Bas)

THE IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE;A HISTORY NATURAL AND UNNATURAL OF BEINGS TERRIBLE AND WONDERFUL by Georgess McHargue j 398.45 Mch

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM : THE STORY OF THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET'S PRODUCTION told in photos by Martha Swope (j 792.8 Swo )

Art & Projects
KIDS DRAW ANGELS, ELVES, FAIRIES & MORE
by Christopher Hart (j 743.87 Har )

FAIRY FUN : A CHILD'S FAIRYLAND OF ENCHANTING PROJECTS AND MAGICAL GAMES by Marla Schram Schwartz (j 745.5 Sch )

The Midnight Fairy craft and party book
by Tracy Marsh (j 793.21 Mar)

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Poems & Stories
The book of fairies selected by Michael Hague ( j 808.8 Hag)

THE BOOK OF LITTLE FOLK : FAERY STORIES AND POEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD retold by Lauren Mills (j 808.8 Mil)

ELVES, FAIRIES & GNOMES selected by Lee Bennett (j 808.81 Hop)

THE FAIRIES' RING : A BOOK OF FAIRY STORIES & POEMS
collected and adapted by Jane Yolen (j 808.81 Yol )

LAURA INGALLS WILDER'S FAIRY POEMS
compiled by Stephen W. Hines (j 811 Wil)

FAIRIES, TROLLS, & GOBLINS GALORE : POEMS ABOUT FANTASTIC CREATURES compiled by Dilys Evans (j 811.08 Eva)

FAIRYLAND : IN ART AND POETRY
illustrated with art by Richard Doyle (j 821.08 Fai)

BOTTOM'S DREAM by John Updike (j 822.3 Upd )
Bottom becomes involved in a dispute between the King and Queen of fairies.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
retold by Bruce Coville (j 822.33 Cov)
A simplified version of Shakespeare's play about the events that take place in a forest inhabited by fairies.

Sound recordings
CICELY MARY BARKER'S A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET
Fairies introduce the alphabet by describing the flowers where they live.
(j CD Music BARKER )

Videorecordings
Cinderella (j VC DISNEY )

CINDERELLA (j VC SHELLEY )

CINDERELMO (j DVD SESAME )
Elmo’s Fairy Godperson helps him go to the ball.

PRINCE CINDERS (j DVD COLE)
A fairy godmother turns a prince into a gigantic ape.

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA (j DVD CINDERELLA )

ELLA ENCHANTED (DVD ELLA)
Ella’s Fairy Godmother gives her the gift of obedience.

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