Estos títulos no son exactamente como Harry Potter, pero ofrecen su propio mundo de magia y sorpresa.
Los encontrarás en la colección de ficción para jóvenes (jF), están en orden alfabético por el apellido del autor.
- Alanna: the first adventure
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jF PIER
- Black and blue magic
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jF SNYD
- The book of three
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jF ALEX
- The borrowers
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jF NORT
- Castle in the attic
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jF WINT
- The changeover
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jF MAHY
- Coraline
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jGN GAIM
- The curse of the blue figurine
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jF BELL
- Dealing with dragons
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jF WRED
- Dead wrong
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jF GILM
- Devil's donkey
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jF BR
- The diamond in the window
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jF LANG
- Dragon steel
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jF YEP
- The ear, the eye, and the arm
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jF FARM
- East
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jF PATT
- Ella enchanted
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jF LEVI
- The enchanted castle
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jF NESB
- Eragon
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jF PAOL
- The forgotten beasts of Eld
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jF McKI
- The field guide
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jF DiTE
- The Gammage cup
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jF KEND
- The giver
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jF LOWR
- The golden compass
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jF PULL
- Half magic
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jF EAGE
- The hero and the crown
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jF McKI
- The hobbit
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jF TOLK
- Inkheart
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jF FUNK
- Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher
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jF COVI
- Juliet Dove, Queen of Love
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jF COVI
- Knights of the kitchen table
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jF SCIE
- The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
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jF LEWI
- The lost years of Merlin
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jF BARR
- Midnight for Charlie Bone
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jF NIMM
- Mister Monday
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jF NIX
- Over sea, over stone
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jF COOP
- Redwall
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jF JACQ
- The same place but different
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jF NODE
- The sea of trolls
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jF FARM
- The secret of platform 13
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jF IBBO
- So you want to be a wizard?
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jF DUAN
- The sword in the stone
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jF WHIT
- The tale of Despereaux
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jGN DiCA
- A telling of the tales: five stories
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jF BROO
- The thief
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jF TURN
- The 13th floor: a ghost story
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jF FLEI
- The weirdstone of Brisingamen: a tale of Alderley
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jF GARN
- Wise child
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jF FURL
- Witch week
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jF JONE
- The witches
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jF DAHL
- A wizard of Earthsea
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jF LeGU
- Wizard's hall
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jF YOLE
- A wrinkle in time
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jF LENG
Harry en la Red...
- The Books - http://scholastic.com/harrypotter
- The Movie - http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com
- Harry Potter Lexicon - the Ultimate Harry Potter Reference - http://www.hp-lexicon.org
Los siguientes tÃtulos no son exactamente como Harry Potter, pero nos ofrecen su propio mundo de magia y emoción. Busca estos libros en la colección de ficción juvenil (jF) por el apellido del autor.
An annotated booklist compiled by the children's librarians at the San Francisco Public Library, August 2000. The books listed are a sampling of the titles available. Ask your Children’s Librarian for further suggestions, and tell us which are your favorites.
Other Worlds
- Tuck Everlasting.
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Is the ability to live forever a blessing or curse? Ten-year-old Winnie must answer this question for herself.
jF Babb - Coraline.
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Bored in her new flat, a girl goes through a door into a creepy world that mirrors her own.
jF Gaim - Three Terrible Trins.
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To avenge their father's death, three mouse brothers wage a campaign of terror against two house cats.
jF King - The Doll People.
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(jF Mart)
A young porcelain doll ventures out of the Dollhouse to find her aunt, missing for 45 years.
jF Mart - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
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When an orphaned boy accepts an invitation to attend a school for witches and wizards, his life changes dramatically.
jF RowL - Knights of the Kitchen Table.
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The familiar Time Warp Trio travels back to King Arthur's court and encounters a knight, a giant, and a dragon.
jF Scie - Stinker from Space.
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An alien crashes into Earth, takes over the body of a skunk, and wonders how to get home.
jF Serv
Historical Fiction
- Bud, Not Buddy.
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Guided by his own "Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life" a 10-year-old boy sets out to find the father he's never known.
jF Curt - The Ballad of Lucy Whipple.
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It takes time for a young New Englander to feel at home in a rough-and-tumble California gold mining town.
jF Cush - Morning Girl.
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A 12-year-old girl and her brother describe daily life on their Bahamian island right before Columbus lands in 1492.
jF Dorr - Baseball Saved Us.
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For Japanese Americans, imprisoned behind barbed-wire in internment camps, baseball is an escape from boredom.
jF Moch - The Kite Fighters.
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Sibling rivalry and friendship are themes in this story set in Korea in 1473.
jF Park - The Gold Cadillac.
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Lois and Wilma are thrilled with the car their father brings home, but when the family drives it into the South, their feelings change.
jF TayL
Just Like Me
- The School Story.
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A girl gets her own novel published without letting her mother, a children’s book editor, in on the project.
jF CLem) - Salsa Stories.
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Young Carmen Teresa writes in her new diary after hearing seven authentic stories, all set in Latin America and each with a reference to food. Recipes included.
jF DeLa - A Year with Butch and Spike.
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An ace student is seated between class cut-ups who gradually spread their influence.
jF Gaut - Any Small Goodness.
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A Mexican boy tells about his new life in a Los Angeles barrio in this upbeat novel.
jF John - The View from Saturday.
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Four gifted kids come together on Mrs. Olinsky's 6th grade Academic Bowl team in a comic and complex novel.
jF Koni - The Agony of Alice.
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An 11-year-old girl in an all-male household seeks a beautiful role model.
jF NayL)
Jess and Leslie develop a special friendship at their secret hideaway in this sad and satisfying story.
In San Francisco’s Chinatown, an older brother gives his younger brother a baby alligagor with surprising results.
To Tell The Truth: Non-Fiction
- Walter Wicks Optical Tricks.
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Crisp color photos present puzzling challenges for the mind and eye.
j152.148 - Destination: Space.
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A prolific science writher provides up-to-date information about how the Hubble Space Telescope is giving us first-ever images of the cosmos.
j520 Simo - Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens.
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This fascinating photo essay shows how apparent destruction in fact fosters natural regeneration.
j551.2 Laub) - Creeps from the Deep.
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A close-up look at the strange creatures that have adapted to extreme pressure and darkness in the ocean depths.
j578.777 TayL - The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours.
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The author affectionately recalls her years spent studying shimpanzees in Tanzania.
j599.885 Good - Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women.
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Windshield wipers, paper bags, chocolate cookies, Gio-sheet paper and more!
j609.2273 Thim - It's Perfectly Normal.
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This frank and funny discussion of human sexuality examines puberty, sexual feelings, reproduction, and other topics.
j613.907 Harr - Linnea's Windowsill Garden.
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Linnea tells how to grow a great indoor garden.
j635 Bjor - It's Disgusting-and We Ate It!
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A collection of acts, statistics, poems, and stories about unusual foods and eating habits, both contemporary and historical.
j641.3 SoLh - Honest Pretzels.
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This practical guide takes you through 65 culinary adventures, all vegetarian.
j641.5123 Katz) - Talking with Artists: Volume Three.
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Thirteen children's book illustrators talk about what they love to do - namely, create art!
j741.6 TaLk - The Young Basketball Player.
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This magazine-glossy, "how-to" book covers history, fundamentals, rules, and equipment. It's part of the Superguides series that features boys and girls in action.
j796.323 MuLL - The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest.
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Rise to new heights of awareness in this absorbing, illustrated introduction to the lore and lure of the world's tallest mountain.
j796.522 Jenk
Rhythms, Rhymes and Wordplay
- Palindromania!
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It’s fun to play with words that read the same forward and backward, especially since the book is done in comic-strip style. One of a series.
j793.734 Agee - A Poke in the I.
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Words take shape in the thirty concrete poems that make up this stylish collection
j811.008 Poke - Celebrate America in Poetry and Art.
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Paintings, sculpture, drawings, and photographs from the Smithsonian’s Museum of American Art are teamed with poems to create a vivid and diverse picture of our country.
j811.008 CeLe) - Knock at a Star.
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This anthology introduces and explains poetry in its many forms and moods.
j811.008 Knoc - Falling Up.
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A third collection of trademark, laugh-out-loud poems and drawings.
j811.54 SiLv - Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart.
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Free vese poems and soft pastel pictures show how two sisters comfort each other while their father serves time in jail and their mother works long hours.
j811.54 WiLL - Good Luck Gold and Other Poems.
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Over forty varied poems give insights into the childhood experiences of an Asian American girl.
j811.54 Wong
Once Upon A Time: Folktales
- A Ring of Tricksters.
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Eleven lively tales from Africa, the West Indies, and the African American experience feature Anansi, Brer Rabbit, Wren, Turtle, and Lizard.
j398.2 Hami - Mysterious Tales of Japan.
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An entertaining collection of ten tales, each quietly eerie.
j398.2 Myst - Five Heavenly Emperors.
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Myths from China about the gods, the beginnings of the world, and the first people.
j398.2095 Zhan - Ashley Bryan's African Tales, Uh-Huh.
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Fourteen traditional tales from many African peoples fill this visually distinguished volume.
j398.2096 Brya - Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale.
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Eight remarkable women are featured in tales representing a variety of Mexico’s rich cultural traditions.
j398.2097 - Aesop's Fables.
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Lush watercolor paintings enhance and extended sixty one tried-and-true tales and their timeless lessons.
j398.2452
Biography
- The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins.
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How a lifelong love of animals led a Victorian artist to build the first life-size models of dinosaurs.
j567.9022 - Anastasia's Album.
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The youngest daughter of Russia’s last tsar is the spirited subject of this family album-style biography.
jB Anas - Through My Eyes.
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This autobiography recalls the story of one 6-year-old girl who integrated her neighborhood's all-white school.
jB Brid - I've got an Idea!: The Story of Frederick McKinley Jones.
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Swanson, Gloria Borseth
A self-taught African American inventor held over sixty patents including some for x-ray technology and mobile refrigeration.
jB Jones - It Came from Ohio: My Life as a Writer.
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From the author who brings you thrills, chills, and "goosebumps" - his life story, with photographs.
jB Stin
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night: Mysterious Happenings
- Coffin on a Case.
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The son of a private investigator, 12-year-old Henry helps a beautiful teenager find her kidnapped mother.
jF Bunt - Tarot Says Beware.
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Girl detective Herculeah Jones discovers a body - that of fortune teller Madame Rosa.
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jF Byar
- I Was a Rat!
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What is the mystery behind a ratty little boy who has caused such an uproar in London of old?
jf PuLL - Spyhole Secrets.
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Bitter and bereaved, Hallie spies on the family next door after her father's death.
jF Snyd - Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander.
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The ever-popular boy detective solves ten more cases and invites readers to figure out the solutions which can be found at the back of the book.
jF Sobo
