You know... I saw "Howl's Moving Castle" earlier this week and then had to reread the book (by a lovely English author named Diana Wynn Jones, 2/3s of her stuff is gorgeous fantasy) and I was wonder...
For people on this thread, what supposedly children's fantasy other than Harry Potter do you read? I'm always on the lookout for something to keep me amused between books and kids' fantasy is a joy... to answer my own question, I like Jones' "Chrestomanci" books, her "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Castle in the Air", and "Dark Lord of Derkholm" particularly.
Nothing really. I tried to read A Series of Unfortunate Events and I couldn't get past the whole wedding thing in the first book. It really creeped me out.
A co-worker just loaned me a book by Artemis Fowl.<p. She says it's real good.
I'd recommend Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence. Lovely stuff.
Alan Garner's books are also worth reading (Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Elidor, Moon of Gomrath, The Owl Service etc)
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander.