Children's Book Suggestions | Fantasy 2025

Some of our favorite fantasy books for readers in Grades 2-7, published in 2024 and early 2025. You can view more fantasy fiction books for kids in last year's Fantasy book list, the Level Up At Your Library gaming themed book list, or in our online catalog. This is a popular genre with kids (and many librarians!), so we also have Animal Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and Mythology & Folklore book lists for young fantasy readers with very specific tastes.

Updated April 17, 2025
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Children's Book Suggestions | Fantasy 2025

Some of our favorite fantasy books for readers in Grades 2-7, published in 2024 and early 2025. You can view more fantasy fiction books for kids in last year's Fantasy book list, the Level Up At Your Library gaming themed book list, or in our online catalog. This is a popular genre with kids (and many librarians!), so we also have Animal Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and Mythology & Folklore book lists for young fantasy readers with very specific tastes.

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Vanya and the Wild Hunt
Mandanna, Sangu
Paper Book
*Winner of the Good Housekeeping Kids' Book Awards* *A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches comes an action-packed, enchanting middle grade fantasy about a...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Medusa
Marsh, Katherine
Paper Book
"You won't be able to stop turning pages . . . it is so stinking good!" --Colby Sharp, author of The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection From National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh: Percy Jackson meets Wednesday Addams in this fantastical adventure about...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The happy shop
Olsen, Brittany Long
Paper Book
Welcome to the Happy Shop! Eleven-year-old Darcy just moved to a new country. She's feeling lost and misses her friends back home. That's when she stumbles upon a shop full of mysterious glowing jars labeled with things like "Picking up the last sweater on the rack and it's on sale" and...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

The selkie's daughter
Brennan, Linda Crotta
Paper Book
A cozy, richly imagined fantasy where a young selkie girl must save her family from a vengeful king. Brigit knows all the old fisherman songs and legends by heart: sea goddess, warriors, and people who are not quite human. But Brigit also knows the truth. It's evident in the...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Daughters of the lamp
Lewers, Nedda
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller · A stunning middle grade fantasy inspired by Arabian legends about a girl who becomes the guardian of Ali Baba's treasure. Believe in fairy tales. Sahara Rashad lives by logic. Loves science. And always has a plan....

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Rougarou magic
Marsh, Rachel M.
Paper Book
After discovering that the creatures from Cajun folklore actually exist, Feliciana is torn between hiding her Southern heritage and starting fresh at her new school--all while caring for an unexpected magical friend. Rachel M. Marsh's debut novel is for fans of Tracey Baptiste's The Jumbies...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Jax Freeman and the phantom shriek
Mbalia, Kwame
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "I loved everything about this book."--Rick Riordan, New York Times #1 best-selling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series In this unique magic-school fantasy series opener by the author of the bestselling Tristan...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Splinter & Ash
Nijkamp, Marieke
Paper Book
"A winning addition to boundary-defying heroines like Alanna of Trebond and Sir Callie." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An exciting, twisty story packed with everything you want from a fantasy adventure." --Anne Ursu, author of Not Quite a Ghost  In...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Impossible creatures
Rundell, Katherine
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * THE FIRST BOOK IN THE LANDMARK NEW FANTASY SERIES THAT CONTINUES WITH THE POISONED KING "A glorious fantasy adventure . . . Brimming with intelligence, inventiveness and generosity of heart."--The Wall Street Journal (One of...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Plain Jane and the mermaid
Brosgol, Vera
Paper Book
Eisner Award Winner A New York Times Best Children's Books of the Year An NPR Best Book of the Year From Anya's Ghost and Be Prepared author Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic graphic novel that flips every fairy tale you know on its head!...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Tiffany's griffon
Siddell, Magnolia Porter
Paper Book
2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children (BGNC) Reading List Nominee Marnie Plummer is a bookish, lonely girl with a chip on her shoulder. There's nothing she cares about more than her favorite book series, The Griffon Riders of Crystalfall. When it miraculously turns out that the...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

First test
Pierce, Tamora
Paper Book
This eagerly awaited graphic novel adaptation of the iconic fantasy novel First Test reimagines the classic knight's tale, but with a twist. In a world not quite ready for her ambition, a determined girl seeks knighthood and finds herself on a mission to prove it. Keladry...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Nell of Gumbling : my extremely tiny forest adventure
Steinkellner, Emma
Paper Book
Nell of Gumbling and her diary are back! From the bestselling author of The Okay Witch comes another adventure from a twelve-year-old girl living an ordinary life in a magical land. Will an epically enchanted camping trip gone wrong...turn out fantastically right? Welcome...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

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