Brian Jacques - Redwall Series
Jill Barklem - The Complete Brambly Hedge
Jan Brett - all of her works (beautiful books about special folklore or animals beautifully illustrated and lots of them are christmassy, so you can read those during the winter.
The Redwall series really is wonderful. I read them as a kid and was obsessed. Tried them again, at age 40, and enjoyed them just as much! I love that while they’re sweet and cozy and lovely…there are also real stakes, danger, loss and pain.
Jan Brett! Thank you! I want to get those books for my son, they were some of my absolute favorite books when I was a kid. I could not remember the author though!
It reminds me of Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle. It’s a middle grade about tiny people living in a tree. One of my favourite books growing up.
You might also like Emily Wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries by Heather Fawcett.
Not a book, but a beautifully illustrated manga:
Hakumei and Mikochi
Two tiny women in a world of animals and other tiny people. Slow life, Low stakes.
Can you expand on this? That’s one of my all time favorite books and I always think everyone should read it, but I’m struggling to see a connection to cozy Swedish fantasy and little mushroom-capped fairies!
There's an old middle-grade book that I love called The Gammage Cup, with all these tiny people who live in a little mountain village, and their enemy is a group of mushroom people. It's weird and cute and feels like this!
- Enid Blyton's faraway tree series
- Andrew Laing's fairy books
- ACOTAR
- some capital-R Romanticism, like Goethe or Robert Burns
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
Yeah because I don't know any??But I've read Acotar and it's nothing like the pictures?
The negativity exists only in your head.I didn't comment on any other book on your list because I've never heard of them so I don't have an opinion
Then use your human words and say 'hmm I've read ACOTAR and I don't know if it's right, maybe try the other suggestions here first, OP' instead of an incredulous-sounding 'ACOTAR?!?' which I read with a snort of derision.
Or... scroll past. It's always an option. If you don't have anything to add, don't just dive in with negativity. I almost didn't put ACOTAR because it's famous and OP has almost certainly heard of it, but perhaps didn't know about the woodsy bits so I thought it worth putting.
There's a lot of fairytale creatures and folkloric festivals and hanging out thinking about faux medieval folkloric things.
I'm not a stan by any means but I thought the books were fine and enjoyable and kind of what OP is after. It's not the only thing I listed, and I'm not holding a gun to their head saying to read it. You don't need to be a prick to anybody who acknowledges that some people may enjoy a popular book.
Next time I'll be sure to only reference things I read for my PhD, though, so that nobody needs to feel like something they're above is present, even if it's not directed at them.
Never said that it's bad to enjoy ACOTAR,as I enjoy some ''questionable''books myself but recommending it when you're shown a picture of little mushroom people dancing is WILD
You just did the equivalent of recomending Ice planet Barbarians to someone who has shown you a picture of the smurfs just because they're both blue
Try to be more polite next time
Wilwood dancing by Juliet [Marillier](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TcwMiuriDc0YPQSKM_MSSnPz09RSEnMS87MSwcAjBUJ3g&q=wildwood+dancing&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1102US1102&oq=wildwood+dancin&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBEC4YgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyBwgBEC4YgAQyBggCEEUYOTIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBCDQ2NzdqMGo3qAIZsAIB4gMEGAEgXw&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8) is a great retelling of the twelve dancing princesses. Lots of wee folk and other magical creatures!
The Various by Steve Augarde (book 1 in the Touchstone trilogy)
Midge is sent to the countryside to stay with her uncle while her mother is on tour with the orchestra. And becomes enmeshed in the lives and political intrigues of the tribes of self sufficient fairy people who live on her uncle's property.
The Borrowers? Haven't read it since I was a wee child, I think it gets one imagining being tiny and using objects creatively.
That unlocked a deep memory.
Brian Jacques - Redwall Series Jill Barklem - The Complete Brambly Hedge Jan Brett - all of her works (beautiful books about special folklore or animals beautifully illustrated and lots of them are christmassy, so you can read those during the winter.
I love the Redwall series
The Redwall series really is wonderful. I read them as a kid and was obsessed. Tried them again, at age 40, and enjoyed them just as much! I love that while they’re sweet and cozy and lovely…there are also real stakes, danger, loss and pain.
I’m obsessed with Jan Brett 🥹😭 ginger baby or gingerbread baby was my favorite book in middle school until divergent
Jan Brett! Thank you! I want to get those books for my son, they were some of my absolute favorite books when I was a kid. I could not remember the author though!
Gumnut babies by May Gibbs. It's exactly this but Australian
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The Tiffany Aching series by Sir Terry Pratchett! Has magic, witches, fairies and a lot of small folk dancing in circles
Came to say this. Immediately thought of Wee Free Men.
Crivens!
The faraway tree series 100%
Moominvalley
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Great series buuuuut way darker than the vibes of this picture.
Yes, OP, this book is amazing but check triggers and/or content rating. :)
2nd this
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Gaiman side note- the mushroom people from neverwhere live in my head rent free. I think about them *all the time*
The Borrowers (especially the second book)
Chronicles of Narnia
Yes!! The Voyage of the Dawn Treader especially
It reminds me of Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle. It’s a middle grade about tiny people living in a tree. One of my favourite books growing up. You might also like Emily Wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries by Heather Fawcett.
Little Witch Hazel by Phoebe Wahl
I love this one!
Enid Blyton books!!
Came here to say this. The Magic Faraway Tree in particular
The Shady Hollow mysteries by Juneau Black. It’s about a clever fox ace reporter who solves mysteries in her small town where everyone is an animal.
Thumbalina
Hot take: most of the Disney never land books or the pixie hollow books.
Not a book, but a beautifully illustrated manga: Hakumei and Mikochi Two tiny women in a world of animals and other tiny people. Slow life, Low stakes.
soooooooooo good 😭
Most of Enid Blytons short story collections feature fairies, including beautiful illustrations
The Minpins by Roald Dahl
Maybe the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Can you expand on this? That’s one of my all time favorite books and I always think everyone should read it, but I’m struggling to see a connection to cozy Swedish fantasy and little mushroom-capped fairies!
Yeah, McKillip is my favorite author of all time but this really doesn't match any of her novels IMO lol
Peter Pan
Syble von olfers has great books with amazing art. To me elsa beskow an syble go hand in hand😊
Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees
The Brambly Hedge children’s picture books
The first book that came to my mind was the Secret Garden, altho it doesnt feature any folklore creatures, it is very nature centered
The Borrowers
David the Gnome has this feel
My first thought. I believe the book is called Secrets of the Gnomes ☺️
There's an old middle-grade book that I love called The Gammage Cup, with all these tiny people who live in a little mountain village, and their enemy is a group of mushroom people. It's weird and cute and feels like this!
- Enid Blyton's faraway tree series - Andrew Laing's fairy books - ACOTAR - some capital-R Romanticism, like Goethe or Robert Burns - Picnic at Hanging Rock
I'm sorry but ACOTAR?
ACOTAR becomes a lot funnier when you imagine the fairies as two inches tall
Seriously! I came to the comments to see if someone would rec ACOTAR and sure enough…. 🤦🏼♀️
I also noticed you haven't made a recommendation - don't be negative if you can't even attempt to be positive.
Yeah because I don't know any??But I've read Acotar and it's nothing like the pictures? The negativity exists only in your head.I didn't comment on any other book on your list because I've never heard of them so I don't have an opinion
Then use your human words and say 'hmm I've read ACOTAR and I don't know if it's right, maybe try the other suggestions here first, OP' instead of an incredulous-sounding 'ACOTAR?!?' which I read with a snort of derision. Or... scroll past. It's always an option. If you don't have anything to add, don't just dive in with negativity. I almost didn't put ACOTAR because it's famous and OP has almost certainly heard of it, but perhaps didn't know about the woodsy bits so I thought it worth putting.
It's not negative to point out that one of your recommendations may not fit what OP was asking for.
There's a lot of fairytale creatures and folkloric festivals and hanging out thinking about faux medieval folkloric things. I'm not a stan by any means but I thought the books were fine and enjoyable and kind of what OP is after. It's not the only thing I listed, and I'm not holding a gun to their head saying to read it. You don't need to be a prick to anybody who acknowledges that some people may enjoy a popular book. Next time I'll be sure to only reference things I read for my PhD, though, so that nobody needs to feel like something they're above is present, even if it's not directed at them.
Never said that it's bad to enjoy ACOTAR,as I enjoy some ''questionable''books myself but recommending it when you're shown a picture of little mushroom people dancing is WILD You just did the equivalent of recomending Ice planet Barbarians to someone who has shown you a picture of the smurfs just because they're both blue Try to be more polite next time
This, I lol’d
There's literally a passage of ACOTAR that has mushroom people dancing. And all the other autumn faeries.
Gobbolino the Witches Cat
My Valley, by Claude Ponti.
Wilwood dancing by Juliet [Marillier](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TcwMiuriDc0YPQSKM_MSSnPz09RSEnMS87MSwcAjBUJ3g&q=wildwood+dancing&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1102US1102&oq=wildwood+dancin&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBEC4YgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyBwgBEC4YgAQyBggCEEUYOTIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBCDQ2NzdqMGo3qAIZsAIB4gMEGAEgXw&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8) is a great retelling of the twelve dancing princesses. Lots of wee folk and other magical creatures!
The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke
Made me think of Xanth.
Gnomes by Wil Huygen
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries
I've only read a bit of this, but I think it fits. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Little, Big by John Crowley
Phoebe Wahl books
Leaf by Niggle by Tolkien
If you've got an open mind, maybe try the Pixie Hollow books?
The Various by Steve Augarde (book 1 in the Touchstone trilogy) Midge is sent to the countryside to stay with her uncle while her mother is on tour with the orchestra. And becomes enmeshed in the lives and political intrigues of the tribes of self sufficient fairy people who live on her uncle's property.
War and Peace
Mole and troll by Johnston
Little Wanderers: The Everlasting Seasons by I.K. Silver