Books like Phantastes by George MacDonald

A curious young girl named Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a topsy‑turvy world of anthropomorphic creatures, where she encounters whimsical logic and nonsensical adventures.

A timeless adventure where Dorothy and her companions journey through Oz to seek the Great Wizard’s help and find their own courage, heart, and brains.

Alice, a curious girl, follows a rabbit into Wonderland and the Looking‑Glass world, meeting eccentric characters like the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll’s celebrated children’s fantasy.

Jonathan Swift’s comic tour of absurd societies—Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the Houyhnhnms—satirises 18th‑century politics, human nature, and the perils of travel.

A beloved fantasy series where ordinary children enter the magical land of Narnia, encountering talking animals, ancient magic, and epic battles while exploring themes of loyalty, sacrifice, temptation, and redemption.

Three Discworld witches—Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat—must navigate a whimsical fairy‑godmother duty that tests their wits, bonds, and the limits of their magical politics.

When a dying wizard in Discworld attempts to transfer his powers to an unborn boy who turns out to be a daughter, the absurd and witty consequences unfold in Pratchett’s humor‑laden tale.

A whimsical sequel to *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* where young Alice steps through a mirror into a world of chess and reverse time.

Journalist Ed Malone and his companions encounter Professor Challenger in the Amazon, uncovering a prehistoric world where dinosaurs still roam.

C. S. Lewis’s classic allegory, The Great Divorce, follows a bus journey from a hellish realm to Heaven, exploring themes of good, evil, grace, and judgment.

A childless princess is denied a simple blessing when her king’s sister casts a spell that steals her gravity and her ability to weep.

A young princess, Irene, grows up in a mountain‑side home while her royal father rules a grand kingdom of mountains and valleys.

Lewis Carroll’s celebrated compilation of whimsical fantasy tales – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking‑Glass, and The Hunting of the Snark – for children and lovers of literary nonsense.

Lewis Carroll’s whimsical blend of satire, play, and nonsense in the adventures of Alice and the hunt for the elusive Snark.

Magic in the Air is a carefully curated anthology of beloved children's stories and poems, featuring classics such as Winnie-the-Pooh, The Adventures of Pinocchio, and The Borrowers, selected by a team of children's librarians for enriching reading.

A collection of thirty‑four Danish fairy tales translated into English, including classics such as "The Red Shoes," "The Chimney Sweep," "The Nightingale," and "The Garden of Paradise."

A Voyage to Arcturus follows Maskull, a man from Earth who awakens alone on the alien planet Tormance and embarks on a metaphysical quest through its strange landscapes and cultures, confronting themes of good and evil and the nature of humanity.

Dana, a half‑faerie teenagers striving to balance two worlds, faces a new dark enemy that threatens Faerie and Earth alike as she ventures into Canada’s rich magical lore.

This is quite difficult get hold of. It was expertly illustrated by AB Frost whose illustartion surpass those of Tenniels for the Alice stories and those for Sylive and Bruno. It's a collection of first class poetry in the surreal nature of Edward Lear and Spike Milligan but with that same strangeness that Lewis Carrol is noted for and in the same vein as the classic The Hunting Of The Snark. A version is available on Amazon within a Complete illustrated works edition but unfortunately it is not as complete as it claims and the illustrations are missing for A Tangled Tale. AB Frost is not mentioned in their summary so I took a gamble and bought it to replace my original copy which has vanished like Boojum. If you've not come across this title before then I reccomend the Amazon version, it will blow your mind but I wouldn't reccomend trying to get hold of a copy without Frosts illustrations as they are genius within their own right. Frost doesn't get the credit that he is due and his work is difficult to get hold of online, which is a shame as for me he is the king of the genre. Carrol is a genius too but then you wouldn't be reading this if you didn't already know that. Right, I must go and feed my popinjay! John Chadwick http://jdchadwick.blogspot.com/