PICTURE BOOKS

Escapists are interested in worlds that are very different than ours. They enjoy reading books in series with strong world-building, fantasy creatures, and well-developed characters. They especially love stories with a quest or a journey.

Pet peeves: Being interrupted while reading, books that are too short, living inthe real world, boring chores, responsibility.

Genres for Escapists: High fantasy, animal fantasy, mythology, retellings, science fiction, graphic novels.

Giants Beware (Aguirre)

GN AGU

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The Monster’s Ring (Coville)

FIC-FANTASY COV

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Monsters on the Run (Sherry)

FIC-HUMOR SHE

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How to Make Friends and Monsters (Boward)

FIC-SCIENCE BOW

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Doodleville (Sell)

GN SEL

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Princess in Black (Hale)

FIC-ADVENTURE HAL

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Monster Hunters (Fields)

FIC-ADVENTURE FIE

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Dragons and Monsters -398

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BASD Elementary Libraries

Mrs. Nie- 2021

Where the Wild Things Are (Sendak)

E SEN

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Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook (Garland)

E GAR

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John Ronald’s Dragons (McAlistar)

921 AUTHOR TOL

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Edda: A Little Valkyrie’s First Day of School (Auerbach)

E BAU

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If I Had Gryphon (VanSickle)

E VAN

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Raven (McDermitt)

E MCD

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Nobody Likes a Goblin (Hatke)

E HAT

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Little Shop of Monsters (Stine)

E STI

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Eat Pete (Rex)

E REX

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Monsters

MYTHOLOGY

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Percy Jackson (Riordan)

FIC-FANTASY RIO

Also the Red Pyramid Series

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Tristan Strong (Mbalia)

FIC-FANTASY MBA

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Sal and Gabi (Hernandez)

FIC-FANTASY HER

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Goddess Girls (Holub)

FIC-FANTASY HOL

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Beast Keeper (Coats)

FIC-FANTASY COA

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The Extincts (Cossanteli)

FIC-FANTASY COS

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Everything Mythology (Hoena)

292.1 HOE

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Chinese Mythology (Daning)

295 DAN

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Gods and Heroes: Mythology Around the World (Briggs)

290 BRI

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Harry Potter (Rowling)

FIC-FANTASY ROW

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James and the Giant Peach (Dahl)

FIC-FANTASY DAH

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (DiCamillo)

FIC-FANTASY DIC

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Gregor The Underlander (Collins)

FIC-FANTASY COL

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Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)

FIC-FANTASY LEW

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Fablehaven (Mull)

FIC-FANTASY MUL

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Spiderwick (DiTerlizzi)

FIC-FANTASY DIT

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Land of Stories (Colfer)

FIC-FANTASY COL

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Dragons in a Bag (Elliot)

FIC-FANTASY ELL

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Warriors (Hunter)

FIC-ADVENTURE HUN

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Tale of Despearux (DiCamillo)

FIC-FANTASY DIC

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Wings of Fire (Sutherland)

FIC-FANTASY SUT

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Wild Robot (Brown)

FIC-SCIENCE BRO

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Skunk and Badger (Timberlake)

FIC-AMIMAL TIM

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Charlotte’s Web (White)

FIC-ANIMAL WHI

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Poppy (Avi)

FIC-ANIMAL AVI

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Seekers (Hunter)

FIC-ANIMAL HUN

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How to Train Your Dragon (Cowell) FIC-FANTASY COW

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