Kids who enjoy fast action coupled with silly humor will enjoy books by either of these British authors whose stories feature appealing, sometimes quirky characters in unusual situations....

Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl are both writers whose imaginative books for older kids often detail the lives of children involved in extraordinary adventures. Their engaging, witty...

Adult readers looking for short stories with a bite should try the darkly humorous works of both Saki and Roald Dahl. Though both wrote for younger audiences, their stories for adults...

Classic British children's authors Roald Dahl and Lewis Carroll place their brave young protagonists into the oddest situations, often surrounded by inventively creepy characters who...

Walking a thin line between whimsy and horror, classic kidlit authors Roald Dahl and L. Frank Baum create singular worlds to challenge their memorable, sympathetic young protagonists...

These authors' works have the appeal factors whimsical and witty, and they have the genre "poetry"; the subjects "boys," "animals," and "wizards"; and illustrations that are "fanciful...

These authors' works have the appeal factors whimsical, offbeat, and witty, and they have the subjects "boys," "magic," and "eccentrics and eccentricities"; and illustrations that are...

These authors' works have the appeal factors funny, offbeat, and witty, and they have the genres "classics" and "fantasy fiction"; the subjects "boys" and "animals"; and illustrations...

These authors' works have the appeal factors whimsical, and they have the genre "poetry"; the subjects "boys," "magic," and "animals"; and illustrations that are "fanciful illustrations"...

These authors' works have the appeal factors whimsical, and they have the genre "humorous stories"; the subjects "boys," "life change events," and "magic"; and illustrations that are...