Of Mice and Magic

10 best books like Of Mice and Magic (David Farland): The Perilous Gard, Misty of Chincoteague, The Trumpet of the Swan, Stormy, Misty's Foal, Brighty of the Grand Canyon, The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, Call It Courage, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, Animorphs

The Perilous Gard

Author	Elizabeth Marie Pope
ISBN	0618150730

Of the several Tam Lin retellings I've read, the classic YA novel The Perilous Gard is a standout. I frequently sing the praises of Pamela Dean's version of Tam Lin, while knowing full well that that novel will only appeal to a limited subset of the fraction of readers who like fairy tale novelizations....

Misty of Chincoteague

Author	Marguerite Henry
ISBN	1416927832

On an island off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her--that is, until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and determine that they can't live without her....

The Trumpet of the Swan

Author	E.B. White
ISBN	0064408671

Swan Song

Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him.

Louis tries...

Stormy, Misty's Foal

Author	Marguerite Henry
ISBN	1416927883

A raging storm slashes across Assateague and Chincoteague islands. Water is everywhere The wild ponies and the people must battle for their lives.

In the midst of the storm, Misty-the famous mare of Chincoteague-is about to give birth. Paul and Maureen are frantic with worry as the storm rages...

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Author	Marguerite Henry
ISBN	0689845227

Long ago, a lone little burro roamed the high cliffs of the Grand Canyon and touched the hearts of all who knew him: a grizzled old miner, a big-game hunter, even President Teddy Roosevelt. Named Brighty by the prospector who befriended him, he remained a free spirit at heart. But when a ruthless claim-jumper...

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Author	Don Wood
ISBN	0859536599

5 Superbly Cute ★'s


I loved this book so much, it was definitely one of my most favorites as a child :) I wanted it read to me over and over again. Being an adult now, I love that I can read all my favorites to my little niece and still appreciate them just as much as I did back then. I just loved the...

Call It Courage

Author	Armstrong Sperry
ISBN	0689713916

A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Medal.

Mafatu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great...

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0671747827

If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop. And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you...

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

Author	Jenny Nimmo
ISBN	0807218987

Time is running out for Charlie Bone . . .

Charlies hopes that the new term at Bloor's Academy will hold no nasty surprises. But then Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916.

With the scheming Yewbeam aunts on the prowl, and the Bloors out to catch him, Henry...

Animorphs

Author	K.A. Applegate
ISBN	0590112058

Animorphs "RM" is an exciting series for young adult readers about five teens who are given the power to "morph" into any animal they touch and then to absorb its DNA. This power is granted them by a dying Andalite alien named Elfangor, who also warns the teens that Earth is being threatened secretly by...

Jennifer Murdley's Toad

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0671794019

Jennifer Murdley had no idea what she was getting into the day she bought the big toad from the strange man who ran Elives' Magic Shop. The thing didn't even start talking to her until she had it out of the shop. And once the toad did start to talk, it still kept a lot of secrets. So Jennifer didn't find out about...