Fantasy Books for Young Readers

The story starts out with a talking rat, a dragon, a brownie and a quest. Along the way they meet up with a young orphan boy, Ben. The quest takes them half way around the world where they meet up with other fantasy creatures and are pursued by a deadly enemy they don't know is there. The friends learn about loyalty, forgiveness and working together.

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Meggie's father Mo is a book binder and Meggie is surrounded by books. Mo has a gift, a wonderful and dangerous gift. When Mo reads a loud his voice is so smooth and beautiful to listen to that even the characters in the book he is reading are drawn to it, drawn right out of the book itself.

Mo has never read outloud to Meggie and she has no idea about his gift, that is until a rainy night when she sees a stranger outside her home. A stranger who brings danger with him.

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The Chronicles of Narnia written by CS Lewis timeless fantasy tales for children. My son loves to listen to the Chronicles of Narnia series on CD in radio theatre format by focus on the family. Narnia is a world filled with fantastic creatures and the classic struggle between good and evil. Although the book carries with it a Christian message it is not only a Christian series and children from around the world can enjoy these timeless stories full of fantasy and wonder.

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A few days ago, while shopping at a local book store, I ran into a
delightful young man. He was entering fourth grade and looking
for the next book in Brian Jacques' Redwall series which he had
just finished reading. This series of books features wonderful,
long, fantasy novels. Most of them are written at about a 5th to
6th grade level, so this young man was obviously a good reader
for his age. It was so much fun to talk with such a well-mannered
and well-read young man.

Yet, I left the store feeling a bit upset. As the young man and I
talked and walked through the store pulling out favorite books
and looking for some other things for him to read, I kept hearing
his mother say. "No, that book is far too easy for him. That book
doesn't have enough pages in it." She said this about almost
every book in the children's section that the young man picked
up. Now this mother wanted only the best for her son, and she
truly wanted to encourage reading in her home. Unfortunately,
she was having the opposite effect. This wonderful young reader
left the store discouraged with only his sequel to Redwall.

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It has been a year since Lucy found the Wardrobe and it almost seems a dream that she and her siblings were even there. When they find themselvess suddenly summoned back to Narnia to save it from an evil King and his Queen.

Prince Caspian introduces us to Caspian the ruler of 3 books in the CS Lewis Narnia series and is an action packed story. Prince Caspian lives in a castle, an orphan, his uncle sits on the throne until he becomes of age. Everything seems fine, until one night when a baby boy is born and Caspian must flee for his life.

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Billy Bannister has just discovered that the reason his breath is so hot is because he is half dragon. What could be worse? Try a dragon slayer on his tail. In one day Billy's life goes from normal to horrifying and with each page the reader is drawn further into the story and Billy's struggle to stay one step ahead of the slayer. Billy is not alone though, his new found friend, Bonnie Silver is running from the Slayer as well. Together they must survive if the prophesy is ever to be fullfilled.

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What a page turner the Book of the King is. I bought it as a Christmas present for my 8 year old son who loves fantasy stories and Dragons. So far his favorite book has been Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. I had intended that he read it to himself but I started reading it to him and then couldn't stop. I read out loud, something I don't particularly enjoy, for 2 hours or more each night until we were finished. One night I read over 10 chapters, neither of us could sleep until we found out what happened next.

The chapters are short about 4-8 pages long. Each is packed full of action and suspense. The main character Owen Reeder would be the pathetic looser kid in your high school, the nerdy invisiable type. However, the minute you meet Owen between the books pages you like him, by the end of the story you are rooting for him.

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