Harry Potter Readalikes
Grades 3 and 4
Saving the griffin by Kristin Wolden Nitz
How to cheat a dragon's curse by as told to Cressida Cowell
Hugo Pepper by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
The wonderful flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron
The worst witch by Jill Murphy
The castle in the attic by Elizabeth Winthrop ; frontispiece and chapter title decorations by Trina Schart Hyman
Horns and wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson ; illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli
How to speak dragonese by as told to Cressida Cowell
Clemency Pogue : the hobgoblin proxy by J.T Petty ; illustrated by Will Davis
Witch catcher by Mary Downing Hahn
Walter : the story of a rat by Barbara Wersba ; drawings by Donna Diamond
Secrets of Dripping Fang. Book 1. The Onts by Dan Greenburg ; illustrations by Scott M. Fischer
Diary of a fairy godmother by Esme Raji Codell ; illustrated by Drazen Kozjan
Toad heaven by Morris Gleitzman
The genie in the book by Cindy Trumbore ; decorations by R. W. Alley
Toad rage by Morris Gleitzman
Wizard at work : a novel in stories by Vivian Vande Velde
Timespinners by Luli Gray
Pure dead magic by Debi Gliori
The Circus Lunicus by Marilyn Singer
Summer reading is killing me! by Jon Scieszka ; illustrated by Lane Smith
The dragonslayers by Bruce Coville ; illustrated by Katherine Coville
Jennifer Murdley's toad : a magic shop book by Bruce Coville ; illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott
Wizard's hall by Jane Yolen
Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher by Bruce Coville ; illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott
Series
- Disney Fairies
- Dragon Slayers' Academy
- Fairy Realm
- Flower Fairies Friends
- Knights of the Kitchen Table
- Lily Quench
- Little Genie
- Lowthar's Blade
- Magic Door
- Princess Tales
- Rainbow Magic
- Rowan of Rin
- The Secrets of Droon
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Unicorns of Balinor
- W.I.T.C.H.
- Young Merlin Trilogy
Grades 5 and 6
Shield of stars by Hilari Bell
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Silverboy by N.M. Browne
Dragon slippers by Jessica Day George
Theodosia Throckmorton and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers
Wildwood dancing by Juliet Marillier
The secret history of Tom Trueheart by Ian Beck
The riddle of the gnome : a further tales adventure by P.W. Catanese
The mysterious Benedict Society by written by Trent Lee Stewart ; illustrations by Carson Ellis
Cam's quest : the continuing story of Princess Nevermore and the wizard's apprentice by Dian Curtis Regan
The navigator by Eoin McNamee
The phoenix and the carpet by E. Nesbit ; illustrated by H.R. Millar
The lighthouse land by Adrian McKinty
Five children and It by E. Nesbit ; with illustrations by H.R. Millar
Erec Rex : the dragon's eye by Kaza Kingsley ; illustrations by Melvyn Grant
The moon of Gomrath : a tale of Alderley by Alan Gomrath
Spider riders. Book 1. The shards of the oracle by Tedd Anasti and Patsy Cameron-Anasti ; with Stephen D. Sullivan
The Pinhoe egg by Diana Wynne Jones
Peter Pan in scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean ; illustrations by Scott M. Fischer
The legend begins by Isobelle Carmody
The last dragon by Silvana De Mari; translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside
The Looking Glass Wars. Book 1 by Frank Beddor
The Somebodies by N.E. Bode ; [illustrations by Peter Ferguson]
Ingo by Helen Dunmore
Twilight child by Sally Warner
Trouble under Oz by Sherwood Smith ; illustrated by William Stout
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
Snow, fire, sword by Sophie Masson
Gideon the cutpurse : being the first part of the Gideon trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer
The fairies of Nutfolk Wood by Barb Bentler Ullman
Strange birds by Judith Heide Gilliland
Grimoire : the curse of the Midions by Brad Strickland
Fly by night by Frances Hardinge
The dreamwalker's child by Steve Voake
The wizard, the witch & two girls from Jersey by Lisa Papademetriou
Water shaper by Laura Williams McCaffrey
The secret country by Jane Johnson ; chapter illustrations by Adam Stower
The hour of the cobra by Maiya Williams
The coming of dragons by A.J. Lake
The Valley of the Wolves by Laura Gallego Garcia ; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
The shadow thieves by Anne Ursu
Peter and the shadow thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson ; illustrations by Greg Call
The long-lost map by [text by Pierdomenico Baccalario ; original cover and illustrations by Iacopo Bruno ; graphics by Iacopo Bruno and Laura Zuccotti ; translation by Leah Janeczko]
Wabi : a hero's tale by Joseph Bruchac
The wall and the wing by Laura Ruby
Troll Mill by Katherine Langrish
Emily Windsnap and the monster from the deep by Liz Kessler ; illustrations by Sarah Gibb
Beyond the dragon portal by Melissa Glenn Haber
The fairy-tale detectives by Michael Buckley ; pictures by Peter Ferguson
The extraordinary adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
The emerald wand of Oz by Sherwood Smith ; illustrated by William Stout ; authorized by the estate of L. Frank Baum
May Bird and The Ever After. Book 1 by Jodi Lynn Anderson ; illustrations by Leonid Gore
Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Drift House : the first voyage by Dale Peck
Arthur and the forbidden city by Luc Besson ; from an original idea by Celine Garcia ; translated by Ellen Sowchek
The revenge of the witch by Joseph Delaney ; illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith
I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
Urchin of the riding stars by M.I. McAllister
The witches of Bailiwick by Sandra Forrester
The witch returns by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Hunter's Moon by O.R. Melling
The silver child by Cliff McNish
Sky carver by Dean Whitlock
Leven Thumps and the gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
Dragon keeper by Carole Wilkinson
Walking with the dead by L.M. Falcone
Magic by the book by Nina Bernstein ; pictures by Boris Kulikov
The secret prince by D. Anne Love
Night gate by Isobelle Carmody
The wizard test by Hilari Bell
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Whispering to witches by Anna Dale
Measle and the Wrathmonk by Ian Ogilvy
Dragon rider by Cornelia Funke
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson ; illustrations by Greg Call
The bark of the bog owl Jonathan Rogers by Rogers, Jonathan, 1969-
The Anybodies by N.E. Bode ; illustrated by Peter Ferguson
Troll Fell by Katherine Langrish
The house on Falling Star Hill by Michael Molloy
The prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor ; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale
A wizard named Nell by Jackie French Koller
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell
Half magic by Edward Eager ; illustrated by N.M. Bodecker
The Divide by Elizabeth Kay ; illustrated by Ted Dewan
The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell
The city of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Wizards of the game by David Lubar
Quiver by Stephanie Spinner
Witch's business by Diana Wynne Jones
The waterstone by Rebecca Rupp
Lightland by Heather McCutchen
Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
Heir apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Coraline by Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean
Dial-a-ghost by Eva Ibbotson ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Witch twins by Adele Griffin
The two princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
Aria of the sea by Dia Calhoun
Princess Nevermore by Dian Curtis Regan
Witch week by Diana Wynne Jones
Midnight magic by Avi
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Magic & mischief : tales from Cornwall by retold by Shirley Climo ; illustrated by Anthony Bacon Venti
Which witch? by Eva Ibbotson ; illustrated by Annabel Large
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ; illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Ella enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The iron ring by Lloyd Alexander
The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander
Into the land of the unicorns by Bruce Coville
Wren's quest by Sherwood Smith
The battle for the castle by Elizabeth Winthrop
The pirates' mixed-up voyage by Margaret Mahy ; illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain
The boggart by Susan Cooper
Magic or not? by Edward Eager ; illustrated by N. M. Bodecker
The hero and the crown by Robin McKinley
The hobbit, or, There and back again by J.R.R. Tolkien ; illustrated by Michael Hague
Alice's adventures in wonderland ; & Through the looking- glass by Lewis Carroll ; both with illustrations by John Tenniel ; & The hunting of the snark
Tuck everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The witches by Roald Dahl ; pictures by Quentin Blake
The neverending story by Michael Ende ; translated by Ralph Manheim ; illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg
Dragon of the lost sea by Laurence Yep
The snow spider by Jenny Nimmo
The wolves of Willoughby Chase. Illustrated by Pat Marriott by Aiken, Joan, 1924-2004
A tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones
The phantom tollbooth by Norton Juster ; illustrated by Jules Feiffer
Series
- Adventures of Beatrice Bailey
- Outcast
- Artemis Fowl
- Arthur Trilogy
- Cat's Eye Corner
- Children of the Lamp
- Children of the Red King
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Chronicles of Prydain
- Circle of Magic
- The Circle of Magic
- Crystal Doors
- Dark is Rising Sequence
- Dark Reflections
- Dragon Chronicles
- Dragonlance, the New Adventures
- Dragons of Deltora
- Earthsea
- The Echorium Sequence
- The Edge Chronicles
- The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
- Faerie Wars
- The Farsala Trilogy
- The Five Ancestors
- The Great Tree of Avalon
- Guardians of Ga'Hoole
- The Illmoor Chronicles
- Karmidee
- The Keys to the Kingdom
- Knights of the Silver Dragon
- Land of Elyon
- Lord of the Rings
- The Lost Years of Merlin
- Lowthar's Blade
- The Oracle Prophecies
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- Princess School
- Ranger's Apprentice
- Redwall
- The Saint of Dragons
- Septimus Heap
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Shamer Chronicles
- The Squire's Tales
- Tales of the Frog Princess
- Time Fantasy
- Tripods Trilogy
- Underland Chronicles
- Warriors
- Wave Walkers
- Young Wizards