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If you like Harry Potter… then check out these titles!

Chapter Books

Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three. The Chronicles of Prydain 1. H. Holt, 1999. J ALE
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil.

---. The Black Cauldron. The Chronicles of Prydain 2. Henry Holt, 1999. J ALE
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.

---.The Castle of Llyr. The Chronicles of Prydain 3. Henry Holt, 1999. J ALE
When Princess Eilonwy is sent to the Isle of Mona for training, she is bewitched by the evil enchantress Achren, so Taran and other friends must try to rescue her.

---.Taran Wanderer. The Chronicles of Prydain 4. Henry Holt, 1999. J ALE
When Princess Eilonwy is sent to the Isle of Mona for training, she is bewitched by the evil enchantress Achren, so Taran and other friends must try to rescue her.

Cooper, Susan. The Boggart. Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993. J COO
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.

---. The Boggart and the Monster. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997. J COO
In this companion volume to The Boggart, the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins.

Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Rider. Scholastic, 2004. J FUN
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.

LeGuin, Ursula. Wizard of Earthsea. Earthsea Cycle 1. Atheneum, 1991. J LEG
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

---. The Tombs of Atuan. Earthsea Cycle 2. Atheneum, 1971. J LEG
Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure.

---. The Farthest Shore. Earthsea Cycle 3. Atheneum, 1972. J LEG
A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea.

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. HarperCollins, 1997. J LEV
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

McKinley, Robin. The Blue Sword. Greenwillow Books, 1982. J MCK
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.

---. The Hero and the Crown. Greenwillow Books, 1985. J MCK
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.

Pullman, Phillip. The Golden Compass. His Dark Materials 1. Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. J PUL
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

---. The Subtle Knife. His Dark Materials 2. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. J PUL
As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

---. The Amber Spyglass. His Dark Materials 3. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. J PUL
Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.

Wrede, Patricia. Dealing With Dragons. Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. J WRE
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.

Yolen, Jane. Wizard’s Hall. Thorndike Press, 2001. J YOL
A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.

Beginning Readers

Madsen, Ross Martin. Perrywinkle and the Book of Magic Spells. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1986. E MAD
A seven-year-old boy, with the help of his talking crow, learns to be a wizard like his father.

---. Perrywinkle’s Magic Match. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. E MAD
Nevermore, the pet crow, comments as Perrywinkle and Andromeda compete for superiority in magic until they learn that the best way is to do it together.

Smith, Janice Lee. Wizard and Wart at Sea. HarperCollins, 1995. E SMI
While trying to relax on the beach with his dog Wart, Wizard uses his magic to get rid of pesky seagulls but finds his solution to be just as bad as the original problem.

---. Wizard and Wart in Trouble. HarperCollins, 1998. E SMI
Although they misunderstand when Zounds says that trouble is coming, Wizard and his dog Wart manage to handle the spark ants, flood, and cold weather that ensue.

Picture Books

Bernasconi, Pablo. The Wizard, the Ugly, and the Book of Shame. Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2004. E BER
When the wizard's homely assistant Chancery asks a magic book to make him handsome, causing its powers to go haywire, he discovers that the only way to remedy the situation is to try to attain his wish without magic assistance.

Fox, Mem. The Magic Hat. Harcourt, 2002. E FOX
A wizard's hat blows into town, changing people into different animals when it lands on their heads.

O’Brien, John. Poof!. Boyds Mills Press, 1999. E OBR
Two married wizards find that using magic to do the household chores can produce unusual results.

Vickers, Kath. A Wizard Came to Visit. Children’s Press, 1988. E VIC
When a wizard comes to his house and turns his favorite chair into a rocket, a young boy takes a wild ride into outer space.

---.The Wizard and the Rainbow. Children’s Press, 1988. E VIC
A wizard and a young boy travel in a magic limousine to Rainbow Town.