The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic that launched the Oz saga, following Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion on their journey to the Emerald City. The founding novel of modern American fantasy literature.

L. Frank Baum

Lewis Carroll's 1865 masterpiece of nonsense fantasy, in which Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a world of talking creatures and logic-defying puzzles. One of the most influential fantasy books ever written.

Lewis Carroll

J. M. Barrie's 1911 novelization of Peter Pan, telling the full story of the boy who wouldn't grow up, the Darling children, Captain Hook, and the adventures in Neverland. The definitive Peter Pan text.

J.M. Barrie

Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian classic about a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Mixing moral lessons, adventure, and pure fantasy, it remains one of the most translated children's books in the world.

C. Collodi

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's 1943 poetic fable about a pilot stranded in the desert who meets a young prince visiting Earth from a tiny asteroid. One of the most widely translated works in world literature.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry