Favorite Children's fantasy?

Noogah

Noogah

Ranger #1
Registered
Joined
Jan 2, 2010
Messages
46
Reaction score
5
I'm am looking for some good Children's fantasy. It doesn't necessarily have to be for children, but I mean appropriate and more or less light hearted. I.E

The Dark is Rising sequence

The Chronicles of Narnia

City of Ember books

The Hobbit

Percy Jackson and The Olympians

The Underland Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles

And even more complex things such as, The Lord of The Rings, The Inheritance Cycle, and the Inkheart books.

I especially want things that take place underground, in dark woods, or caves such as The Underland Chronicles and City of Ember, as I am writing a fantasy that takes place underground.

Thanks!
 
Kilawher

Kilawher

Chronic Semicolon Overuser
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Sep 28, 2009
Messages
235
Reaction score
47
Location
USA.
A Series of Unfortunate Events.
 

Flint

Just believe. Then work your butt off.
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Oct 24, 2009
Messages
60
Reaction score
4
The obvious answer is Harry Potter.
 
Noogah

Noogah

Ranger #1
Registered
Joined
Jan 2, 2010
Messages
46
Reaction score
5
Yeah, I never really got all that into Howl's Moving Castle, although it looks like she's written some other good stuff.
 

Miss T

Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 9, 2010
Messages
162
Reaction score
17
Location
California
Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials books and Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl books.
 
Wavy_Blue

Wavy_Blue

Adventure is out there!
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Oct 24, 2008
Messages
878
Reaction score
64
Location
Neverland
Pulling the Peter Pan card again, I strongly recommend Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson. They're a ton of fun and very well written for a children's book.

ETA: I hear the Sisters Grimm books are good, too. I haven't read them, but they're called Fairy Tale Detectives, which sounds interesting to me.
 
childeroland

childeroland

What happened to my LIFE?!
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jul 28, 2005
Messages
2,764
Reaction score
120
The Alice Books.
Michael Ende's The NeverEnding Story and Momo
Lloyd Alexander's Prydain and Westmark books. (Don't know if Vesper Holly is age-appropriate, though those are good too).
Madeline L'Engle's Chronos series. Really, everything by her.
 
Smish

Smish

Reads more than she writes.
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 21, 2009
Messages
8,636
Reaction score
3,087
Location
in the Bouncy Castle
Well Witched and Fly by Night, by Frances Hardinge.

Savvy, by Ingrid Law.
 
suki

suki

Opinionated
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Oct 4, 2008
Messages
4,010
Reaction score
4,825
Not underground all the time, and more urban fantasy, but I adore the Skullduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy. Sarcastic, smart and with a kick-butt female MC. Fantastic series.

~suki
 
SirOtter

SirOtter

Il Cavaliere Marino
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Aug 9, 2008
Messages
1,680
Reaction score
226
Location
Tennessee
For somewhat older kids, I'd recommend almost anything by Thomas Burnett Swann, particularly the minotaur books.
 
Noogah

Noogah

Ranger #1
Registered
Joined
Jan 2, 2010
Messages
46
Reaction score
5
A lot of good suggestions here! Thanks everybody. This will keep me busy for quite a while. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.