"The King's Dragon" - Scott Chantler

If you're looking for a funny, clean, full-of-adventure graphic novel...This is it! It's got everything from knights to pirates to kings to thieves, and even more impressive, an actually compelling plot with twists and turns.

This is #4 in the "Three Thieves" series. It's the backstory, told in parallel with the current story, of the knight hunting the thieves. He's got a personal vendetta for seeking them out. Also learn where the story REALLY started...

Read Also:

Jeff Smith's "Bone" series.

An "easy reader" lead up to The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander.

"Half Upon a Time" - Riley

Sorry, sucker for a retold fairy tale. But this one's funny! Modern-day girl literally drops into the world of fairy tales. I especially liked it because the guy wasn't an idiot. There are many times throughout the book when he knows more than the girl.

Every once in a while, I just want a book where the girl isn't a know-it-all and the guy isn't stupid.

Jack doesn't want to go on a quest, doesn't want to rescue a princess, much less marry one, and doesn't want to hear again why it's important to do both these things. Enter May, [drop center stage] granddaughter to Snow White! Is clearly labeled a Princess from Punk! Hasn't two clues how magic works. Together, they'll save granny. Until they find granny...

Read Also:

Gail Carson Levine's Princess series including The Fairy's Mistake, Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, and For Biddle's Sake.

Fractured Fairy Tales compilation by A. J. Jacobs. The HISHE of fairy tales!

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner

The TV show "Once Upon a Time" is the adult version of this children's book!

"Robin Hood: the mythic biography" - Stephen Knight

Thought Robin Hood was real? Thought he was handsome? Thought he was noble? This is not the book for you! Anyway, if you like to read a thesis which has become someone's life's work? This is it!

Follow the trail of Robin Hood from local village dance figure and legend to Hollywood icon and Legendary. And how he made it that far.


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Sandra Curtis' Zorro Unmasked: the official history gives you a real, live history of a fictional character.

The Science of TV's the Big Bang Theory by Dave Zobel reads just like a physics report tipped with reasons to keep reading.

The Man Who Never Was by Ewen Montague...for the title (hee hee!)

"The End" -David LaRochelle

Such a fun book! The whole story, in fact the whole book, is told in reverse. The title page is at the end, the cover is backwards, really clever.

I'm going to spoil the finish by saying the Princess and the Knight fall in love. But how do they fall in love? Because... And that's how the story goes, always telling the effect before the cause.

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Why is the Snow White? by Heinz Janisch