Books similar to Roald Dahl or Neil Gaiman?

[sevencrows]

Hey! I'd love recommendations for timeless and somewhat whimsical children's authors in the same vein as Dahl, Gaiman, or Lemony Snicket!

[arigray9]

I once read a book called The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling that I think is kind of similar to Dahl or Snicket. It's about a boy who gains a "chocolate touch," not unlike the story of King Midas's gold touch. Another children's author I really enjoy is Andrew Clements. His writes mostly realistic fiction, so it might not be the same genre as the authors you mentioned but I would definitely consider him a timeless children's author. Happy reading!

[NovaFly]

For that intellectual and whimsical style I'd recommend Terry Pratchett paticually "The Wee Free Men", "Johnny and the Dead" and "Only you can Save Mankind" and Tolkien for "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings."

[AlexisLib]

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster has whimsical elements and also some fun wordplay. I read it as an adult and I was pleasantly surprised by the vocabulary stuff.

[sevencrows]

I once read a book called The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling that I think is kind of similar to Dahl or Snicket. It's about a boy who gains a "chocolate touch," not unlike the story of King Midas's gold touch. Another children's author I really enjoy is Andrew Clements. His writes mostly realistic fiction, so it might not be the same genre as the authors you mentioned but I would definitely consider him a timeless children's author. Happy reading!

That sounds interesting! Thank you for the rec, I'll be sure to check it out!

[sevencrows]

For that intellectual and whimsical style I'd recommend Terry Pratchett paticually "The Wee Free Men", "Johnny and the Dead" and "Only you can Save Mankind" and Tolkien for "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings."

I absolutely love Pratchett, though I've only read a few of his books--"Jonny and the Dead" is next on my to-read list though!

[sevencrows]

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster has whimsical elements and also some fun wordplay. I read it as an adult and I was pleasantly surprised by the vocabulary stuff.

This sounds like it's be right up my alley -- thank you for the recc !