Frank Carlson Library

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie and her newly-discovered great-great-grandmother from the goblin miners who live in caves beneath the royal castle.

Left in charge of her home and infant sibling when her parents are called away at Christmastime, Bettina disregards a family custom about leaving out rice pudding for the nisse, who make their magic known when the baby disappears. "Christmas has come, and with it a sparkling white winterfrost over the countryside. But twelve-year-old Bettina's parents have been called away unexpectedly, leaving her in charge of the house, the farm, and baby Pia....

Ten-year-old Flo has lived at Corman Towers for a week now, and while she knows the apartment building is weird, she likes her new friend Furry--but three goblins are trying to drag him to the other world, and Flo learns that even werewolves can have secrets.

Hoping to find his lost brother, Rownie escapes the home of the witch Graba and joins a troupe of goblins who perform in Zombay, a city where humans are forbidden to wear masks and act in plays.

Gilbert the Goblin is convinced yetis are not nearly as mysterious as they seem, and sets off to find one to prove once and for all that Goblins are just as cool and mysterious as the elusive yeti.

"Mitch hears bells chiming one night in the old chapel in Evergreen Cemetery. The chapel isn't used anymore and he's seen ghosts there before. He sneaks over and finds some hobgoblins. After a seemingly harmless and amusing encounter, Mitch returns home to bed. But while he sleeps, the mischievous creatures break into his home and damage the kitchen. And Mitch gets blamed for it! Can Mitch and the Zombie Hunters reach a truce with the hobgoblins before...

Invites the reader to help Ginny find a pet, while preventing her from bringing home a kraken, dragon, basilisk, or other monster.

"Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom -- from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwain's host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be the best of friends, but a series of extraordinary double...

Thanks to the mysterious field guide left behind by their long-lost great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick, life for the Grace kids-- Jared, Simon, and Mallory-- is beyond weird. When Simon goes missing, Jared is convinced creatures from the faerie world have something to do with it. Mallory is not convinced. That is, until she and Jared have to contend with a band of menacing, marauding goblins. Simon is clearly in danger, and it's up to Mallory and...

After finding a mysterious handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they've just moved into, Jared; his twin brother, Simon; and their older sister, Mallory, discover that there's a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to our own--the world of Faerie. The Grace children want to share their story, but the faeries will do everything possible to stop them....