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Readers who finished The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Fairy Tales & Folklore, Fantasy & Magic, and Classics.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Phoenix and the Carpet.

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

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The Little Prince And Letter to a Hostage

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

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HANS CHRISTIAN. ANDERSEN

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Alice in Wonderland — Lewis Carroll

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Three Billy Goats Gruff Board Book — Paul Galdone

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Apple and the Arrow — Mary Buff

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. III — Diana Wynne Jones

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. III

Diana Wynne Jones

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Gris Grimly’s Tales from the Brothers Grimm — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Gris Grimly’s Tales from the Brothers Grimm

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun — Guillermo del Toro

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun

Guillermo Del Toro

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass — Lewis Carroll

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Complete Fairy Tales — Charles Perrault

The Complete Fairy Tales

Charles Perrault

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Gospel Cinderella — Joyce Carol Thomas

The Gospel Cinderella

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Saviour Pirotta

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Copycat — Melody Mews

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

The Monkey King A Superhero Tale of China, Retold from The Journey to the West — Aaron Shepard

The Monkey King A Superhero Tale of China, Retold from The Journey to the West

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Magical Secret Garden — Cicely Mary Barker

Magical Secret Garden

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Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Illustrated Stories from Aesop — Susanna Davidson

Illustrated Stories from Aesop

Susanna Davidson

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

Jack and the Beanstalk — Paul Galdone

Jack and the Beanstalk

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic • Classics

If The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Fairy Tales & Folklore, Fantasy & Magic, Classics and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Lucy Maria Boston, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Alysa Wishingrad, Enid Blyton, and others.

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