Best Fantasy Books For Kids/Young Teens!

PLEASE Let me know your take on this! I am not the authority on this topic by any means, so having my community pitch in on what fantasy books kids should read would be so wonderful to see.

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[apoorvajangale]

Percy Jackson and the olympians series, I didn't read anything while I was a kid bt this is great!!!! And I still have a child's mind so I think it counts and also anything by terry prachett, I recommend the tiffany aching series

[ronniegraham]

One of my son's English teachers told my son to stop reading Fantasy and to read more "worthwhile" fiction. This was years ago and it still infuriates me.

[therenegadebard]

The Hobbit. The language will not be too challenging yet will increase their reading level. And it's as classic a quest fantasy as exists.

[pierceticen]

Redwall is definitely under appreciated

[hunkywarrior]

I'm 16 years old . I've read Harry Potter and Percy Jackson . After that, I thought nothing would be as good as these two series . I was lost. I couldn't find any good fantasy series. But thanks to Daniel's review of The Black Prism, I was intrigued by the concept of magic based on light. So I gave Lightbringer a try I gotta say, it's really good . I'm currently reading the 3rd book, The Broken Eye.
Thanks Daniel!, for introducing me to Lightbringer. After Lightbringer, I'll try Mistborn.
This channel has become my favourite on YouTube. Keep up the good work, Daniel!
Love from India 🇮🇳

[aubreyjane]

Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
The Rhismatist by Brandon Sanderson
The Narnia series
The Hobbit
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riodian

[jackalope_kracken]

Redwall was my childhood! I devoured the entire series and my parents even got me a signed copy of Mossflower (my favorite). What I love most is the feeling I got, the cozy warmth of Redwall Abby and the sheer epic ness of Salamandastron. Also for any fellow Redwall fans a band called Syr made a song called Eulalia and it’s awesome. Anyhow, I love this channel and I’m definitely going to pick up A Wizard of Earthsea, thank you!

[seekeroftruth]

The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. The first book is called the Book of Three. It is the source for the Disney movie The Black Cauldron. Underrated and excellent. I believe their source material is a group of Welsh tales called The Mabinogion.

[SamanthaPlansandReads]

I’m a teen librarian and we do a lot of readers’ advisory for the tween/intermediate grades as well. My go to newer books to go to from Harry Potter are Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend and Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. Both have a lot of the same themes (magic school, found families, etc) as Harry Potter and gave me the same warm and fuzzy feelings. Furthermore and Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi are wonderful, especially for fans of Alice in Wonderland. Anything written by Kelly Barnhill is fantastic, especially The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Witch’s Boy. I think her books are great picks if a parent wants to buddy read with their child - they are just fantastic, heart-wrenching magical stories that anyone of any age can appreciate. Howl’s Moving Castle is a great classic fantasy to hand to a tween. I also think The Hobbit and LOTR are fine to hand to younger kids who are fluent readers. I agree with you that Redwall is fine for younger fluent readers - there’s no inappropriate content but I’d say the writing/vocab may be harder for struggling younger readers. And I’d say Series of Unfortunate Events is good for 8+ as long as the child is a fluent reader. If you like Series of Unfortunate Events, jump into The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. Has a similar writing style but with a few more fantastical elements. In terms of graphic novels, Amulet is awesome for fantasy lovers - such a whimsical story!

Edit to add: Completely forgot to add Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. Holly Black has some great middle grade as well - Doll Bones is a delightfully spooky magic realism horror book that I loved. She also has some more traditional fantasy as well.

[karkatvantas]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians + the rest of that world, by Rick Riordan.
The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud.
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy.
Septimus Heap by Angie Sage.

[telltellyn]

Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda is extremely popular in Australia, but I'm guessing doesn't have much exposure elsewhere (considering I never hear about it). Cannot recommend it higher for kids, I'd hazard a guess it's 2nd only to Harry Potter as most read children's fantasy in Australia. 3 unlikely companions adventure around a fantasy world to find 7 gems hidden in the 7 most dangerous places, which the dark lord hid away. Each book has a fantasy monster on the front cover which invariably protects that book's gem. It's very easy to read, very engaging, lots of puzzles for readers to work out ahead of time. And kid's ADORE the gems, remembering all their names, where they were found, what protected them, etc.

[LoyaFrostwind]

Some of my favorites:
-Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
-Song of the Lioness quartet, byTamora Pierce
-A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
-The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper

[nicholasmedich]

Narnia is very good if read from the Christian worldview, but would not recommend to a non-Christian. Also, read them in publication order (starting with Lion Witch and the Wardrobe).

The Oz series is good as a classic for a fan of Alice. There's also 14 of them, which most people don't realize.

But to anyone, probably the best modern series is Percy Jackson. Low fantasy, and actually manages to get people into classic Greek mythology.

[morfie]

the Septimus Heap series and Artemis Fowl series are fantastic reads for kids.

[hhoi]

The Phantom Tollbooth should be on every child's reading list. Whimsical, smart, funny, timeless. And excellent for mixed-age read aloud sessions. Adults will have just as much fun as the kids.

[jaimeortiz]

Earthsea and Eragon are good picks. Percy Jackson is probably nice too, and for a more modern take, Sanderson's Evil Librarians. I read a lot of Dragonlance in my early teens--you never mention this series, don't like it? I'd say it truly made me the fantasy fan I am today. Thanks for your videos!

[Connor_Crain]

Ink heart is a series that I enjoyed a lot as a teen, haven’t read it in a long time but I remember liking Cornelia Funke’s writing style. Also The Hobbit

[abigialhernandez]

My sister just finished reading the Way of Kings... she’s 12. I feel like she hasn’t had a childhood, so maybe I’ll try to recommending her some of these books. Though right know I feel like there’s just a little Jasnah running around our house...

[emperorznb]

A recommendation that I don't know ever got big outside the UK is The Edge Chronicles! They are a fantastic series of books that cover 3 different trilogies over 3 different time periods with main characters who descend from one another. They are also full of amazing illustrations that I really enjoyed as a kid. Definitely the "Fantasy Epic" that I enjoyed the most as a kid.

[poolygaray]

Ha! Im 17 and i give a shit about age range! I enjoy my Narnia, my Harry Potter, I haven’t read his dark materials but that is because they are not for sale where I live and I haven’t order them, and I love Disney, so I’m watching this video for recomendaciones because again, My inner child is still there.