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For children who love whimsy, fairytales, knights, princesses, enchanted forests, and talking frogs, these fantasy books for kids will be a delight. For this list, we’ve focused primarily on picture books typically for kids ages 4-8 yeas old.
The Bakery Dragon
Ember has always been different from the other dragons. His fearsome roar sounds more like a polite sneeze, and when he breathes fire, the villagers just pat his head and say awwww.
Ember fears he’ll never collect a respectable hoard of gold until a chance encounter with a baker causes his fortunes to turn.
Backyard Fairies
A girl searches all around for fairies—she knows they must be real— but even though she can’t see them, little readers will be able to spot them hidden among the flowers, trees, and pebbles. She keeps looking, though! Will she find them?
The Magic Hat Shop
One day, a hat shop mysteriously appears in the main square of a little town. The townspeople are surprised by this new arrival. No one knows where it came from or why it appeared right there, in the middle of the town square.
Timid Tim, determined to reveal the mystery that the hat shop was hiding, decides to enter and reveal what is it that the shop offers. But then something happens that nobody expects: the first customers put on their hats, and make an amazing discovery.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Morris Lessmore loved words and stories and books, but one day everything in his life is scattered to the winds… including his own story.
Princess Tales
Ten beloved princess stories are retold in this collection of fairy tales. From Snow White to Princess and the Pea to Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, this is one fantasy book you’ll be reading again and again.
Journey
A lonely girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and finds that it opens and allows her to walk into a world of magic, wonder, and unexpected friendship.
The Storybook Knight
Leo was a gentle knight who loved to sit and read, but when his mom and dad send him off to fight a dragon, he brings a stack of books, too. He wonders… will a story be mightier than a sword?
The Egg
George is excited when his giant egg hatches and out pops a baby dragon—he knows exactly how to teach it to fly, act, and fight knights. One morning, George wakes up to find his dragon gone. Will he ever come back?
Not Every Princess
Go on a magical journey where children are shown how they can challenge gender norms and societal expectations and embrace exactly who they truly are.
The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight
Mistaken identity allows two unlikely friends, a dragon and a knight, to become friends… but what happens now that they know their true identity?
Flower Fairies Magical Doors
When a little girl moves in a new house and finds a strange little door, she can’t resist opening it. What does she find? The door leads her to the realm of the Flower Fairies!
Dragon Night
Georgia is afraid of the night, and dragon is afraid of the knight. Join these two unlikely friends as they teach each other empathy and overcome their fears.
A Unicorn Named Sparkle
Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, but she’s disappointed when the unicorn that arrives isn’t exactly what she pictured at all. Come along for a story of love, acceptance, and friendship.



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