Appendix K
In the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, author Gary Gygax included "Appendix N: Inspirational and Educational Reading", a list of works that had inspired their game and world. For my own entertainment, and for those who might be looking for some fun books to check out from behind the scenes of the creation of Kabos, here is our own...
APPENDIX K
(If you’re the visual type, you can find a gallery of most of the books on this list along with links to more information over on Amazon here.)
If you spot any typos on this list, please let me know!
The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins, Dr. Seuss; Random House Books for Young Readers, 1989
Ada Twist, Scientist, Andrea Beaty and David Roberts; Harry N. Abrams, 2016
Adventures of Geraldine Wollkins, Karin Kaufman; CreateSpace, 2015
The Alphabet Thief, Bill Richardson and Roxanna Bikadoroff; Groundwood, 2017
Animalia, Graeme Base; Harry N Abrams, 1993
The Antlered Ship, Dashka Slater and Terry & Eric Fan; Beach Lane Books, 2017
Aquacorn Cove, Katie O'Neill; Oni Press, 2018
An Atlas of Monsters, Sandra Lawrence and Stuart Hill; Running Press Kids, 2019
Baby Monkey, Private Eye, Brian Selznick and David Serlin; Scholastic Press, 2018
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality, Maria Birmingham and Josh Holinaty; Owl Kids Books, 2015
The Big Green Book, Robert Graves and Maurice Sendak; Harper Collins, 1962
The Book of One Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria, Charles Godfrey Leland; ZIPES, 2018
Briar and Rose and Jack, Katherine Coville; Clarion Books, 2019
C is for Castle, Greg Paprocki; Gibbs Smith, 2016
Castle, David Macaulay; HMH Books for Young Readers, 1982
The Cat from Hunger Mountain, Ed Young; Philomel Books, 2016
Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime, Myra Wolfe and Maria Monescillo; HMH Books for Young Readers, 2011
The Chicken Problem, Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson; Random House Books for Young Readers, 2012
The Children's Atlas of Lost Treasures, Struan Reid; Millbrook Press, 1997
Count Silvernose, Eric A. Kimmel and Omar Rayyan; Holiday House, 1996
Dangerously Ever After, Dashka Slater and Valeria Docampo; Dial Books, 2012
Detective Dinosaur (series), James Skofield and R.W. Alley; HarperCollins, 1998
Dining with Dinosaurs, Hannah Bonner; National Geographic Children's Books, 2016
Dinotopia, James Gurney; Calla Editions, 2011
Dragons Beware! (and the Chronicles of Claudette series), Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado; First Second, 2015
Dream Animals, Emily Winfield Martin; Random House Books for Young Readers, 2015
D'Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths, Ingrid and Edgar Parin d'allaire; New York Review of Books, 1967
The Earth and Sky, Jean-Pierre Verdet and Gallimard Jeunesse and Sylvaine Perols; Cartwheel Books, 1992
Echo Echo, Marilyn Singer and Josee Masse; Dial Books, 2016
Emma and the Blue Genie, Cornelia Funke and Kerstin Meyer; Random House Books for Young Readers, 2014
Explore a Spooky Swamp, Wendy W. Cortesi and Joseph H. Bailey; National Geographic Society, 1978
Explorers of the Wild, Cale Atkinson; Disney-Hyperion, 2016
The Famous Adventures of Jack, Berlie Doherty; Catnip Publishing, 2012
The Fossil Girl, Catherine Brighton; Francis Lincoln Children's Books, 2007
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, Adam Rex; HMH Books for Young Readers, 2011
Ghost Island, Shannon Gilligan; Chooseco, 2007
Giant John, Arnold Lobel; Henry Holt and Co., 2008
The Giant's Toe, Brock Cole; Farrar Struas & Giroux, 1986
The Great Big Enormous Book of Tashi, Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, and Kim Gamble; Allen & Unwin, 2012
Heckedy Peg, Audrey Wood and Don Wood; HMH Books for Young Readers, 1992
Hello, Little Egg!, Penguin Young Readers; Penguin Young Readers Licenses, 2017
Hilda and the Midnight Giant (and the rest of the Hildafolk series), Luke Pearson; Flying Eye Books, 2016
The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard; Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1988
The Human Body, Sylvaine Perols and Gallimard Jeunesse; Cartwheel Books, 1996
I Will Be Fierce!, Bea Birdsong and Nidhi Chanani; Roaring Book Press, 2019
I'm a Bunny, Ole Riso, and Richard Scarry; Golden Books, 2004
Instructions, Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess; HarperCollins, 2015
Interstellar Cinderella, Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunt; Chronicle Books, 2015
Ivy and the Goblins, Katherine Coville; Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2019
Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries, Mark Teague; Orchard Books, 2017
Jamberry, Bruce Degen; HarperFestival, 1995
Julia's House for Lost Creatures, Ben Hatke; First Second, 2014
The Knight and the Dragon, Tomie dePaola; Puffin Books, 1998
Larky Mavis, Brock Cole; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001
The Last King of Ankor Wat, Graeme Base; Harry N. Abrams, 2014
Leaf Man, Lois Ehlert; Harcourt, 2005
The Leaf Men, William Joyce; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017
The Legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear, David Bruins & Hilary Leung; Kids Can Press, 2009
Little Friends: Home Sweet Home, Sarah Powell and Roger Priddy; Priddy Books, 2014
The Little Monkey King's Journey, Li Jian and Yijin Wert (trans.); Shanghai Press, 2012
Look and Tell Fairy Tales, Scholastic Books; Scholastic, 2017
The Lorax, Dr. Seuss; Random House Books for Young Readers, 1971
Magic Grinder, The, Walt Disney Productions; Random House, 1975
The Magical Unicorn Society Official Handbook, Selwyn E. Phipps; Feiwel & Friends, 2018
The Man in the Moon, William Joyce; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2011
McElligot's Pool. Dr. Seuss; Random House Books for Young Readers, 1947
The Miniature World of Marvin and James, Elise Broach and Kelley Murphy; Square Fish, 2015
Minn of the Mississippi, Holling C. Holling; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978
Mirror Mirror, Marilyn Singer and Josee Masse; Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2010
The Monster Alphabet, Michael Spradlin and Jeff Wiegel; Price Stearn Sloan, 2012
My Valley, Claude Ponti and Alyson Waters; Elsewhere Editions, 2017
My Very First Castles Book, Usborne Publishing; Usborne, 2012
My Very First Dinosaurs Book, Usborne Publishing; Usborne, 2017
The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson, Jean Cassels; Walker Books for Young Readers, 2004
Myth Match, Good Wives and Warriors; Laurence King Publishing, 2018
Nightlights, Lorena Alvarez; Nobrow, 2019
No More Monsters for Me!, Peggy Parish and Marc Simont; HarperCollins, 1987
Non-Euclidean Geometry for Babies, Fred Carlson; CreateSpace, 2012
Nobody Likes a Goblin, Ben Hatke; First Second, 2016
Not One Damsel in Distress, Jane Yolen and Susan Guevara; HMH Books for Young Readers, 2018
Not Quite Narwhal, Jessie Sima; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017
The Once Upon a Time Map Book, B.G. Hennessy and Peter Joyce; Candlewick, 2010
The Pirate Pig, Cornelia Funke and Kerstin Meyer; Yearling, 2015
Prince & Knight, Daniel Haack and Stevie Lewis; Mini Bee Board Books, 2018
The Princess in Black series, Shannon Hale and Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham; Candlewick Press, 2015
Princess Pulverizer (series), Nancy Krulik and Ben Balistreri; Penguin Workshop, 2018
The Princess Who Saved Herself, Grek Pak and Jonathan Coulton and Takes Miyazawa; Kickstarter, 2015
The Rainbabies, Laura Krauss Melmed and Jim LaMarche; HarperCollins, 2004
The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister and J. Alison James; North-South Books, 1999
The Rainbow Goblins, Ul De Rico; Thames & Hudson, 1978
Rimonah of the Flashing Sword, Eric A. Kimmel and Omar Rayyan; Holiday House, 1995
Ronia the Robber's Daughter, Astrid Lindgren; Puffin Books, 1985
Ruffleclaw, Cornelia Funke and Oliver Latsch; Yearling, 2016
A Rule is to Break: A Child's Guide to Anarchy, John Seven and Jana Christy; Manic D Press, 2012
The Secret Shortcut, Mark Teague; Scholastic Books, 1999
Seven Ways to Trick a Troll, Lisa Lunge-Larsen and Kari Vick; University of Minnesota Press, 2017
The Sons of the Dragon King, Ed Young; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004
Stone Soup, Marcia Brown; Aladdin Picture Books, 1997
Super Red Riding Hood, Claudia Davila; Kids Can Press, 2014
Talulla Bear Goes Exploring, Heather Roan Robbins and Sarah Perkins; CICO Books, 2017
The Tea Dragon Society, Katie O'Neill; One Press, 2017
Uni the Unicorn, Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Brigette Barranger; Random House Books for Young Readers, 2014
The Weather Works, Mike Wilks; Pomegranate, 2016
What Was I Scared Of?, Dr. Seuss; Random House Books for Young Readers, 2009
Wild, Emily Hughes; Flying Eye Books, 2013
Wild Animals of the North, Dieter Braun; Flying Eye Books, 2016
Wild Child, Jeanne Willis; Walker Books, 2001
Wild Ideas, Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim; Owlkids, 2015
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame and Don Daily; Applesauce Press, 2014
A World Full of Animal Stories, Angela McAllister and Aitch; Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2017
A World Full of Spooky Stotires, Angela McAllister and Madalina Andronic; Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2019
A Year in a Castle, Rachel Coombs; First Avenue Editions, 2009
A Year on a Pirate Ship, Elizabeth Havercroft; First Avenue Editions, 2009
The Yin-Yang Sisters and the Dragon Frightful, Nancy Tupperwares Ling and Andrea Offermann; G.P. Putnam Sons Books for Young Readers, 2018
You Are Stardust, Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim; Owlkids, 2012
Zoey and Sassafras (series), Asia Citro and Marion Lindsay; Innovation Press, 2017
