Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Hobgoblins

Eliza has a second adventure on the other side of the fairy door--and must call on her wits when a band of impish hobgoblins follows her home--in this enchanting tale by the award-winning author of the Judy Moody series.

What's that? Eliza hears faint music coming from behind the teeny-tiny fairy door she created low on the wall. So she presses her ear to the door and--shwoosh!--is whisked into the red, rocky land of hobgoblins, leaving behind the heaps of toys and books that were strewn around her room (along with her mother's orders to clean them up). Luckily, Eliza discovers that the pointy-hatted hobs love to play, love a mess, and can grant wishes! But when she wishes that Hobby, Nobby, and Tobby would help her with her room, she learns that what hobgoblins actually love is playing tricks--and as they burst into her space, it's clear that she's fallen for their trickery. Can she outrun their mischief before they decorate all of her walls with crayon and turn her ceiling fan into a hobgoblin merry-go-round? Just maybe . . . but only if she can come up with a few tricks of her own! Megan McDonald's follow-up to Eliza and the Flower Fairies, illustrated in glowing full color by Lenny Wen, is sure to be happily devoured by every child who fervently believes in fairies and other magical folk.

Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 02/10/2026
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781536251791
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author
Megan McDonald is the author of the hugely popular Judy Moody and Stink series, for older readers, the Judy Moody and Friends series for beginning readers, and the first chapter book Bunny and Clyde. She has also written many other chapter books and picture books for children. She earned a BA in English from Oberlin College and an MLIS degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Megan McDonald now lives in Sebastopol, California.

Lenny Wen loved nothing more as a child than escaping into her imagination and filling paper with stories, drawings, and doodles. As an adult, she pursued her passion for storytelling and children's book illustration when she wasn't working, going to class, or helping her parents run their business. She is the illustrator of Smiling Eyes by Linda Sue Park and Old Friends by Margaret Aitken, among other books, and the author-illustrator of Spicy Spicy Hot! and Wolfgang in the Meadow. Born in Indonesia, Lenny Wen now lives in Austria.