Best Fantasy Books for Kids

This five-book middle-grade fantasy series is set in a modern America where the ancient Greek gods are still very much alive and active, and follows a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is the son of one of the Olympians and is drawn into a conflict between gods that threatens to start a world war. The series is fast-paced, funny, and packed with Greek mythology adapted for contemporary readers, and launched one of the most successful franchises in modern children's publishing.

This middle-grade fantasy series follows a brother and sister who spend the summer at their grandparents' seemingly ordinary property — and discover it is secretly a preserve for magical creatures, governed by ancient treaties that are beginning to break down. The five-book series escalates from a self-contained adventure into an epic conflict involving magical preserves around the world and the forces seeking to destroy them.

A girl discovers she belongs to a hidden world of elves with advanced abilities, and is brought into a society that has been watching her far longer than she knew. Each book unravels more secrets about her origins while escalating the danger threatening both worlds.

A girl under a death curse is smuggled into a magical hidden city and given the chance to compete for a coveted place in a legendary secret society. Each book follows a new trial or threat within this richly imagined world of performers, magic, and mystery.

Students are kidnapped and sorted into one of two schools that train the heroes and villains of fairy tales, but the lines between good and evil are far less clear than expected. Each installment deepens the rivalry, magic, and moral complexity of this twisted fairy tale world.

A young girl uncovers a hidden supernatural world after her brother goes missing and earns a spot as a trainee agent within it. Each installment raises the stakes as she works to master her unusual abilities while uncovering deeper conspiracies.

Two siblings discover a portal into a world where fairy tale characters are real, and the stories are far more complicated and dangerous than the versions they know. Each book takes them deeper into this fairy tale world as they chase a new magical goal with high stakes.

A family with the rare and dangerous ability to bring book characters to life becomes entangled with the escaped villains and lost heroes of a magical story. Each book expands the conflict between the world of stories and the real world.

The beloved fantasy series following Harry Potter from his discovery that he's a wizard through seven years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The books chronicle Harry's education in magic, his deepening friendships with Ron and Hermione, his ongoing battle against the dark wizard Voldemort, and the ultimate confrontation between good and evil, growing progressively darker and more complex as Harry matures.