Pirateology
10 best books like Pirateology (Dugald A. Steer): The Book of Dragons, The Portal, The House That Lou Built, Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You, Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal, Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution, The Wandmaker's Guidebook, Professor Winsnicker's Book of Proper Etiquette for Well-Mannered Sycophants, Science Fair, Dragonology: Bringing Up Baby Dragons
| Author | Michael Hague |
| ISBN | 0060759682 |
Michael Hague, one of America's most beloved painters of fantasy, boldy captures seventeen classic dragon tales, armed only with the magic of his paintbrush. Here beside the heroics of Perseus, St. George, and Sigurd are the adventures of the girl who slew a dragon and became queen of China, as well...
| Author | Kathryn Lasky |
| ISBN | 0062693271 |
For fans of the Royal Diaries series and Gail Carson Levine, Newbery Honor-winning author Kathryn Lasky delivers the first enchanting adventure in a compelling new middle grade series about a newly orphaned girl who finds herself time-travelling between the present day and the court of the two...
Lou Bulosan-Nelson is going to build her dream. She shares a room with her mom in her grandmother's house in San Francisco, and longs for a place of her own where she can escape her lovable but large extended Filipino family. Lou has a talent for woodshop class and creating projects, and plans to build a...
Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
| Author | Tony DiTerlizzi |
| ISBN | 0689859414 |
It all began with a strange, mysterious correspondence left for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black at a small New England bookstore. Written by three siblings, the letter told of their great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick and an unfinished tome filled with eyewitness accounts of creatures...
| Author | Cicely Mary Barker |
| ISBN | 0723257248 |
During the summer of 1920 Cicely Mary Barker kept a journal of her time in Storrington, it was during this time she felt most inspired by her fairy friends, and so decided to entrust her journal to The British Faerie Folklore Society for preservation. It is this journal we are presented with here.
Storrington...
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
Lives hang in the balance in this gripping Revolutionary War adventure from a beloved Newbery Medalist.
In 1776, young Sophia Calderwood witnesses the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which is newly occupied by the British army. Sophia is horrified by the event and resolves to do...
| Author | Ed Masessa |
| ISBN | 0439862655 |
Learn the art of wandmaking from this ancient guidebook. It includes a blank wand and natural elements to make it your own.
Become a wandmaker's apprentice. This guidebook covers every aspect of making your own wand, from the type of wood to the powers that you can create with natural elements...
| Author | Obert Skye |
| ISBN | 1590387163 |
Greetings, my young sycophant, greetings. How fortunate you are to be holding such a magnificent book. How your mind must be shivering in anticipation of the great wisdom of which you are about to partake. I know I can hardly wait, and I wrote the book.
I know it will be tempting to quote and speak aloud...
| Author | Dave Barry |
| ISBN | 1423113241 |
Grdankl the Strong, president of Kprshtskan, is plotting to take over the American government. His plan is to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School, located in a Maryland suburb just outside Washington. The rich kids at Hubble cheat by buying their projects every year, and Grdankl's...
| Author | Ernest Drake |
| ISBN | 1840117109 |
I found this little book adorable. I was 11 when I read this, and I was really into all the books on dragons. I got this after reading dragonology, and back then both were amazing, but looking back I can see a few things that make it not quite as perfect as it used to seem.
It did perfectly what it aimed...
| Author | Judy Allen |
| ISBN | 0753458470 |
With a foreword by the award-winning fantasy author Jonathan Stroud, and
illustration by some of the world's best illustrators including John Howe, the
Fantasy Encyclopedia is a spectacular one-stop guide to the creatures and people of folklore and fantasy. From goblins and fairies to...
Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage
| Author | Tilar J. Mazzeo |
| ISBN | 1481449915 |
The story of Irena Sendler the female Oskar Schindler who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II now adapted for a younger audience.
Irena Sendler was a young Polish woman living in Warsaw during World War II. Irena smuggled...
