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: Books about Make-Believe Creatures

A Select List of Books (Elementary –Middle School)

Click on each title below to see the library's catalog record. Then click on the title in the record for details, current availability, or to place a hold. For additional books and items on this theme,

ask your librarian or search the library’s online catalog.

See also: “Fairies, MerMaids, and Princesses,” “dragons, Knights and castles Part 2” and “Believe in Magic”

Chapter Books: Series/Trilogies Above World by Jenn Reese

Adventure Time (Shelved under title)

Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller

Adventures of the Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey

Alien in My Pocket by Nate Ball

Araminta Spooke by Angie Sage

Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles/The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black

Case File 13 by J. Scott Savage

Cold Cereal Saga by Adam Rex

Creature from My Closet by Obert Skye

Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon

Dragon Keepers by Kate Klimo

Echo and the Bat Pack by Roberto Pavanello

Edgar and Ellen by Charles Ogden

Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

Ever Afters by Shelby Bach

Fairy Realm by Emily Rodda

Fairy School Dropout by Meredith Badger

Fangbone: Third Grade Barnarian by Adam Rex

Frank Einstein by Jon Scieszka

Furry and Flo by Thomas Troupe

Half Upon a Time by James Riley

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Herbert’s Wormhole by Peter Nelson

Imaginary Veterinary by Suzanne Selfors

Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast by Clete Barrett Smith

Molly Moon by Georgia Byng

Monsterrific Tale by David Lubar

Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie by David Lubar

Nick and Tesla Mysteries by Bog Pflugfelder

Pals in Peril by M.T. Anderson

Sammy Feral’s Diaries of the Weird by E. Hawkin

Sasquatch and Aliens (new series) by Charics Myracle Harper

Scary School by Derek Kent

Scooby Doo (shelved under title)

Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick

Secrets of Dripping Fang by Dan Greenburg

Something Wickedly Weird by Chris Mould

Tales from the Lovecraft Middle School by Charles Gilman

Thirteen Secrets by Michelle Harrison

The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville

The Unseen World of Poppy Malone by Suzanne Harper

Weenies series by David Lubar

Whatever After by Sarah Mlynowski

The Yeti Files (new series) by Kevin Sherry

Zombie Chasers by John Kloepfer

Zorgoochi’s Intergalactic Pizza (new series) by Dan Yaccarino

Chapter Books: Stand-Alones The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson

The Adventures of Benny by Steve Shreve

Always October by Bruce Coville

Brother from a Box by Eva Kuhlman

Cardboard by Ted TenNapel

Celia and the Fairies by Karen McQuestion

The Creature from the 7th Grade: Boy or Beast by Bob Balaban

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The Creatures Department by Robert Weston

Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic by Mark Tatulli

Explorer: The Hidden Door: Seven Graphic Mysteries by Kazu Kibuishi

The Fellowship for Alien Detection by Kevin Emerson

Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre

Green by Laura Peyton Roberts

How to Make Friends and Monsters by Howard Boward

Ivy and the Meanstalk by Dawn Lairamore

Keeper by Kathi Appelt

Killer Pizza/Killer Pizza: The Slice by Greg Taylor

Magicalamity by Kate Saunders

Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell

Muncle Trogg by Janet Foxley

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish/ My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: the Seaquel by Mo

O’Hara

My Robots: The Robotic Genius of Lady Regina Bonquers III by Johan Olander

My Zombie Hamster by Havelock McCreely

The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz

Oddfellow’s Orphanage by Emily Winfield Martin

ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Phoebe and her Unicorn: A Heavenly Nostrils Chronicle by Dana Simpson

Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover by Cece Bell

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

Remarkable: A Novel by Lizzie Foley

Robot Dreams by Sara Varon

Small Persons with Wings by Ellen Booraem

A Taste for Red by Lewis Harris

Thora/Thora and the Great Sea Unicorn by Gillian Johnson

The Tide Knot by Helen Dunmore

The 26-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths

The Yeti Files: Meet the Bigfeet by Kevin Sherry

Non-Fiction & “Non-Fiction” Alien Sightings in America by Jennifer Bringle

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Alienology: The Complete Book of Extraterrestrials by Allen Gray

Aliens! by Mark Cheatham

Are You Afraid Yet?: The Science Behind Scary Stuff by Stephen James O’Meara

Creature Scene Investigation (series) by Rick Emmer

The Fairy Ring. Or, Elsie and Anna Fool the World by Mary Losure

The Fairy-Spotter’s Handbook by Rosalind Kerven

Finn M’Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill by Tomie DePaola

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich/Frankenstein Takes the Cake (poetry) by Adam

Rex

The Giant of Seville: A “Tall” Tale Based On a True Story by Dan Andreason

Graphic library. Monster Science (series) by Capstone Press

How to Draw Monsters (series) by Janos Jantner

Imagine You’re a Mermaid! By Meg Clibbon

Leprechauns and Irish Folklore by Mary Pope Osborne

Monsters (series) by Kidhaven Press

Mysterious Monsters (series) by Jennifer Rivkin

Ogres, Trolls, and Giants: Monster Stories by Gary Jeffrey

The Real Monsters by Supipta Barhan-Quallen

Solving Mysteries with Science (series) by Raintree Press

Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures that May or May Not Exist by Halls,

Spears, and Young

Unexplained by Judy Allen

Unicorns by Phillip Clarke

Unicorns and Other Magical Creatures by John Hamilton

What a Beast!: A Look-It-Up Guide to the Monsters and Mutants of Mythology

The Worldwide Monster Guide (poetry) by Linda Ashman

Young Wizard’s Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and other

Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters by A. R. Rotruck

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