Falling In Read Alikes

Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell is a terrific story about a girl who falls through a door and into another world. Once there she goes on an adventure to find the mysterious witch whom all the children fear. Falling In is a light fantasy with many magical elements to it. If you like that sort of story, here are a few other books you also might like to read...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Alice falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Hansel and Gretel retold by Rika Lesser, ill. by Paul Zelinsky

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowan

Eleven-year-old inventor Sol must recover his self-confidence if he and his eight-year-old sister, Connie, are to escape the clutches of Hansel and Gretel's witch, to whom they have been led by their new stepmother and the man they believe to be their father.