10 Middle Grade Fantasy Books Set in Winter + Christmas Book Recommendations
Today’s topic is a freebie. I’ve recently been reading lots of middle grade fantasy books, so what better topic than to give you my recommendations for some perfect reads.
Greenglass House by Kate Milford –
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson – Orphan Elizabeth finds herself in a magical hotel. What secrets is the hotel hiding?
The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Alex Bell – It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same.
The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell – a fantastic audiobook about a boy Wizard, a girl Warrior and Witches. I plan on continuing with the series asap.
The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read & Laura Trinder – A Victorian London frozen in time, the Midnight Hour is a magical place of sanctuary and of peril dreamt up by children – and inhabited by monsters of legend, creatures of the imagination, and a Postal Service determined to save the day (and night!).
Malamander by Thomas Taylor – Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, knows that returning lost things to their rightful owners is not easy – especially when the lost thing is not a thing at all, but a girl. I adored this to bits, if you walk away from this week’s post with a recommendation, it should be this one!
Gargantis by Thomas Taylor – the sequel to Malamander, we meet a monster and delve further into the fisherfolk legends of Eerie-on-Sea.
Shadowghast by Thomas Taylor – sequel to Gargantis. This third adventure in the series is the weakest link, but it was lovely seeing Herbert Lemon almost grown up, yet still a child.
Frostheart by Jamie Littler – paired with beautiful illustrations, we follow the snowy, singing adventures of a boy called Ash.
The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan – Everyone remembers their secret imaginary world…but what if you discovered that yours was real? This is an enchanting read and I highly recommend it 🙂
Since I don’t think I’ll be doing a dedicate post for Christmas Book recommendations, here are some more recommendations for books sit at Christmas time.
A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig – my all time favorite Christmas story. The movie recently came out on Netflix and it’s also pretty good.
The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher – a story of a boy and his dinosaur on a magical adventure on Christmas Eve.
Tinsel by Sibéal Pounder – How did the world come to believe Santa Claus is a man? It’s all just a big misunderstanding! This tale of friendship, sleigh rides and two formidable girls is one I haven’t read yet, but I’m definitely looking forward to reading this Christmas.
Diary of a Christmas Elf by Ben Miller – All Tog wants to do is work in Santa’s workshop and one wonderful day, the letter from Santa arrives: Tog has been selected as an apprentice elf!
The Christmas Carrolls by Mel Taylor-Bessent – Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living her merriest life in a house with year-round fairy lights and Christmas trees, a carol-singing toilet and a diva monkey who thinks he’s a reindeer, home-schooled Holly tries to spread cheer wherever she goes.
Check out my book reviews of The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami and The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood – it’d mean the world to me!
What’s your favorite middle grade fantasy / Christmas book?
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I have The Land of Roar ready to read. Maybe I’ll pick it up this month
I say go for it, it’s the perfect winter read!
Fireborne has a wintery setting as well. I haven’t read any of these, as I’m not one for Christmas books.
All of these covers look so pretty together!
They sure are 😀
The publishers of the first batch of books you show are all copy-cats of each other for the cover designs. Ha! Thanks for visiting my blog.
Hahah, they sure are similar. Thanks for visiting Anne!
I absolutely adore middle grade fantasy, so this list if perfect! I’ve read and loved Greenglass House and Winterhouse, but I’ve been dying to read most of these. The Polar Bear Explorer’s Club and Malamander are at the top of my list!
Malamander would likely be my top recommendation. Hope you manage to get to it and enjoy it Jordan.
This list is awesome! I’d love to read and recommend these books to my students. Thanks!
Yay! So happy to hear that Priya.
These all look oh so charming! Great list this week!
Thanks Alicia 😀
I’ve seen some of these so it’s glad to have a reminder of some of them. I remember wanting to try that first one.
Hope you’ll manage to get to it George!
I don’t read MG books but some of these covers are so wintery and ideal for this time of year. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland.
SUCHA GOOD LIST!! I love MG books, thank you!!