• Essay 1, Oct. 2001
• Essay 2, Dec. 2001
• Essay 3, Feb. 2002
• Essay 4, Apr. 2002
• Essay 5, Jun. 2002
• Essay 6, Oct. 2002
• Essay 7, Dec. 2002
• Essay 8, Feb. 2003
• Essay 9, Apr. 2003
• Essay 10, Jun. 2003
• Essay 11, Oct. 2003
• Essay 12, Dec. 2003

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Note: These booklists are not intended to be a comprehensive children's fantasy literature bibliography. Penguin/Puffin kept many children's classics in print in paperback through the sixties and seventies, but has fewer now than they used to. Random House's Red Fox imprint has been reissuing many classics lately. If you or your bookstore can't find a book in "Books in Print" or listed on the major on-line bookstores such as Amazon Canada, Amazon USA or Amazon UK, or try searching for used copies.


Essay # 9
The Seventies: Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander, Penelope Lively, and Patricia Wrightson

Susan Cooper

The Dark is Rising:
Over Sea, Under Stone (1965)
The Dark is Rising (1973)
Greenwitch (1974)
The Grey King (1975; Newbery Medal)
Silver on the Tree (1977)

Green Boy (2003)
King of Shadows (1999)
The Boggart (1993)
The Boggart and the Monster (1997)
Seaward (1983)

Lloyd Alexander-- Jump back to top --

The Chronicles of Prydain:
The Book of Three (1964)
The Black Cauldron (1965; Newbery Honor)
The Castle of Llyr (1966)
Taran Wanderer (1967)
The High King (1968; Newbery Medal)
The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain (short story collection; 1973)

The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha (1978)
The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian (1970)
The Iron Ring (1997)

Westmark trilogy:
Westmark (1981)
The Kestrel (1982)
The Beggar Queen (1984)

Penelope Lively -- Jump back to top --

Astercote (1970)
The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (1971)
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973; Carnegie Medal)
The Revenge of Samuel Stokes (1981)

Patricia Wrightson-- Jump back to top --

The Book of Wirrun:
The Ice is Coming (1977)
The Dark Bright Water (1979)
Behind the Wind (1981)

also mentioned:

Ursula K. LeGuin-- Jump back to top --

Earthsea series:
A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
The Tombs of Atuan (1971)
The Farthest Shore (1972)
Tehanu (1990; Nebula Award)
Tales From Earthsea (2001)
The Other Wind (2001)

Patricia A. McKillip-- Jump back to top --

The Riddle-Master trilogy:
The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976)
Heir of Sea and Fire (1977)
Harpist in the Wind (1979)

Riddle-Master: The Complete Trilogy (published one volume 1999; in the UK as The Riddle-Master's Game 2001)