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10 best books like The Talking Parcel (Gerald Durrell): Spellhorn, The Lake at the End of the World, Sylva and the Fairy Ball, David and the Phoenix, A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories, The Gnole, The Wind Boy, Operation Bunny, How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen, The Trouble with Magic

Spellhorn
AuthorBerlie Doherty
ISBN0007124066
A blind girl and a unicorn in a world where magic and reality merge together. Can Laura save the Wild Ones and take them to the safety of the Bright Wilderness? Laura is blind, but though she cannot see, she is an acutely perceptive child. As soon as she climbs onto the unicorn's back she is hurled into a wild...
The Lake at the End of the World
AuthorCaroline MacDonald
ISBN0803706502
A story of two very different people living two very different lives, in a world forever changed by greed and pollution. This delightful story is told from the perspective of Diana and Hector.

Diana lives with her mother and crippled father and Hector lives with a community underground and...
Sylva and the Fairy Ball
AuthorMargaret McNamara
With Sylva and the Fairy Ball, Margaret McNamara launches the Fairy Bell Sisters, an enchanting new chapter-book series. The books feature Tinker Bell’s little sisters and are a must-read for lovers of the Rainbow Fairies and Disney Fairies stories.

Clara Bell, Golden Bell, Rosy Bell,...
David and the Phoenix
AuthorEdward Ormondroyd
ISBN1930900139
With a tremendous surge of its wings, the Phoenix managed to seize a branch. David's legs slipped from the bird's back, and he dangled over the abyss.
Thus ends the near-disaster of their first flight together. But don't underestimate the Phoenix! Failure only makes David's new-found friend determinded...
A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories
AuthorJoan Aiken
Joan Aiken is at her best with this collection of gentle fairytales and fantasy stories, beautifully illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. The pictures are like little jewels themselves, or tiny "raindrops" that reflect the people and events in the stories. An excellent, cosy, curl-up-in-your-favourite-quilt...
The Gnole
AuthorAlan Aldridge
ISBN0749322241
The adventures of Fungle the Gnole must surely appeal to a wide audience. This creature, who demonstrates a common sense far superior to ours, the inheritor of powers and understanding far beyond our own, charms thoroughly. I actually came across the book in a charity shop and bought it simply because...
The Wind Boy
AuthorEthel Cook Eliot
ISBN0961596155
This was one of my childhood books. My mom read it to me, and we also had a cassette tape that I'd listen to over and over again, under blankets on the couch on rainy days. I wanted to curl up inside the book, imagining myself playing with Kay and Gentian, the nine- and eight-year old protagonists. I'd re-read...
Operation Bunny
AuthorSally Gardner
ISBN1444003720
When Emily Vole inherits an abandoned shop, she discovers a magical world she never knew existed. But a fairy-hating witch, a mischievous set of golden keys, and a train full of brightly coloured bunnies are just a few of the surprises that come with it.

With the help of a talking cat called Fidget...
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen
AuthorRussell Hoban
ISBN1567923224
Prolific American children's author Russell Hoban, justly celebrated for his classic Frances stories, and English illustrator Quentin Blake, probably best known for his work on Roald Dahl's books, collaborated on a number of picture-books, amongst them this amusing tale of high-jinks and high...
The Trouble with Magic
AuthorRuth Chew
ISBN0590103431
When Barbara and Rick Benton find a wizard named Harrison Peabody in an old bottle, they quickly discover that magic isn't as simple as it looks. But even tricky magic is better than no magic, and soon the Bentons are flying around Prospect Park with a large black umbrella and befriending a sea serpent...
Sea Otter Heroes
AuthorPatricia Newman
ISBN1512426318
A Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book
A Green Earth Book Award Winner
This up-close look at a fascinating scientific discovery highlights the critical role predators such as sea otters play in keeping ecosystems healthy.
In Elkhorn Slough, an inlet on the California coast, seagrass...
First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts
AuthorLari Don
ISBN0863156363
Helen has absolutely no interest in becoming a vet like her mother. So she isn't best pleased when asked to help an injured horse. Only this horse isn't entirely normal ... nor are his friends.

Without warning, Helen is thrust into an extraordinary world filled with magic rituals, fantastic...
The Star Wars Storybook
AuthorGeraldine Richelson
ISBN0394837851
Adding this now because I've just been watching the movie with my son -- the first time for him (unfortunately, it turns out to be the updated version -- that scene with Jabba, oh dear).

I remember I won this book as a prize in 5th grade, and I read it avidly many times. This was before the dawn of the...
Jorie and the Magic Stones
AuthorA.H. Richardson
ISBN0692358927
When Marjorie went to live with her frosty maiden aunt, she couldn't imagine the adventures she would have with dragons - good and bad - and all the strange creatures that live in a mysterious land beneath the Tarn. The spunky 9-year-old redhead forges an unlikely friendship with an insecure young boy...
Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography
AuthorDouglas Botting
ISBN0786707968
Written with complete access to the Durrell family archives and Gerald Durrell's private papers, this affecting biography follows its subject from an eccentric boyhood in Imperial India to the international prominence he gained in print and on television as one of the world's foremost animal conservationists....
The Adventures of Paddington
AuthorMichael Bond
ISBN0001821504
Mr. und Mrs. Brown finden am Bahnhof Paddington einen kleinen Bären, der sprechen kann und aus dem dunkelsten Peru kommt. Er will nun in England Fuß fassen, aber leider weiß der kleine Bär nicht wohin er soll und wie man mit Dingen wie Rolltreppen, Badewannen etc. umgeht.
Schnell erobert der...
The Six Bad Boys (Mystery & Adventure)
AuthorEnid Blyton
ISBN0861639502
Oh my. Oh golly, oh god, oh why.

I read this book when I was very young- young enough to understand every bit of it. I remember this book with awe- it is truly one of the best books I remember reading. It is not happy and obviously a moral-type of book where everything ends nicely because of peoples...
Brownie and the Dame
AuthorC.L. Bevill
Brownie Snoddy is visiting the Snoddy Mansion for Spring Break! Where Brownie goes, mayhem is sure to follow. Possibly destruction, terror, pandemonium, and anarchy might follow, too! He’s got his hands on a fedora, a stack of hardboiled mystery novels, and is ready to squirt metal at the nearest...
Близится утро
AuthorSergei Lukyanenko
épp feleannyira volt jó, mint az első rész.
igen, ez egy az egyben coelho mester és Szergej koprodukciója.
őszintén szólva cseppet sem érdekel, hogy bármelyikük is mit gondol vallásról, erkölcsről szeretetről, főleg, hogy az egész tolmácsolása teljességgel...
Emil und die drei Zwillinge
AuthorErich Kästner
ISBN3791530135
Emil und die Detektive sind nach ihrer erfolgreichen Verbrecherjagd beste Freunde geworden. In den Sommerferien sehen sie sich endlich wieder: Der Professor hat ein Haus geerbt und lädt Emil, Gustav mit der Hupe, Pony Hütchen und den kleinen Dienstag ein, ans Meer zu kommen. Sie haben eine Menge...
Kalle Blomquist, Eva Lotte und Rasmus
AuthorAstrid Lindgren
ISBN3789141291
Nach einer nächtlichen Aktion der Weißen Rose müssen Kalle, Anders und Eva-Lotta beobachten, wie Professor Rasmussen, ein bekannter Wissenschaftler, und dessen Sohn Rasmus entführt werden. Eva-Lotta schleicht sich in das Auto der Entführer, während Kalle und Anders sie mit dem Moped des...
The Bremen-Town Musicians
AuthorJacob Grimm
ISBN0812422104
Rating: 4 / 5

The Travelling Musicians is a classic children’s faerie tale from the Brothers Grimm. This story is about numerous animals who are on the road to death by their owners, running away in the hopes of starting a band.

I think that this was actually quite a funny little story....
Skulduggery Pleasant #1-2
AuthorDerek Landy
ISBN0007523351
Together for the first time in a bumper paperback edition, books 1 and 2 in the dead famous, bestselling series. It’s one book… and twice the awesome.

Book 1: Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes, and dead.

Book 2: Vengeous. Dusk. Sanguine. Three of...
Un asunto de honor
AuthorArturo Pérez-Reverte
ISBN8466300031
Relato corto, cuento breve, moderna historia de hadas y piratas, de buenos y malos, escrita con una acción trepidante y un humor agridulce y desesperado, "Un asunto de honor" cuenta la historia de amor de Manolo, joven camionero y ex presidiario, y María, la Cenicienta cuya virginidad ha sido vendida...
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