Magic Genre
Books in the Magic genre:
Five Children and It (1948)
Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. S. Goodall
The Magic Bus (1948)
Author(s):
Maurice Dolbier
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1949)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle comes to the rescue of parents who don’t know what to do when their children act up.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Story of the Amulet (1949)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. S. Goodall
The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1949)
Open sesame opens the treasure cave to Ali, but the thieves will try to recover their ill-gotten gains.
Author(s):
E. Powys Mathers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children (1950)
Evacuated from London during the Blitz, the four Pevensie children discover a new world in the wardrobe in the spare room - Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (1951)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Pet of the Met (1953)
A mouse who works as a page turner at the Metropolitan Opera House has only one enemy: a cat. But during a performance of "The Magic Flute," something magical happens to change their lives.
Author(s):
Don Freeman
Lydia Freeman
Illustrator(s):
Don Freeman
Lydia Freeman
The Silver Chair (1953)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Half Magic (1954)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Horse and His Boy (1954)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm (1954)
The widow of a retired pirate has move to the country but is still providing cures for children with bad habits.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Maurice Sendak
Dragon Run (1955)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
Digory’s uncle sends him and his neighbor Polly to the land between the worlds and he comes back with the cruel witch Jadis. In an attempt to get rid of her they all end up in the newborn world of Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Sun Slower Sun Faster (1955)
Author(s):
Meriol Trevor
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Wicked Enchantment (1955)
Author(s):
Margot Benary-Isbert
Illustrator(s):
Enrico Arno
Knight’s Castle (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Last Battle (1956)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1956)
The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Winky Dink (1956)
Author(s):
Ann McGovern
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Bedknob and Broomstick (1957)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
A cat in a hat comes calling and makes a mess.
Read online at archive.org.
Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Magic by the Lake (1957)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back! (1958)
The Cat in the Hat is up to more mischief.
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The Curious Tale of Cloud City (1958)
Colin and Pam are snatched away to Cloud City, after eating an enchanted sweet, where they help free the people from enslavement to the animals.
Author(s):
Joan Mary Bate
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Hassan of Basorah (1958)
When the cruel magician strands Hassan on the mountain top he fears he is lost. The seven little sisters take him in and he meets the swan maiden, but his adventures are just beginning.
Author(s):
Monica Backway
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Time Garden (1958)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Tom’s Midnight Garden (1958)
While waiting out quarantine for measles, Tom stays with his aunt and uncle in an old house and discovers he can enter the past through the garden at night.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Susan Einzig
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Nine Questions (1959)
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The River at Green Knowe (1959)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Trick or Treat (1959)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Kingdom of Carbonel (1960)
When Carbonel must make his visitation to the Great Cat King, he leaves his two royal kittens under the protection of Rosemary and John who have almost more than they can manage to keep them safe.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
D. Michael Leonard
The Lemonade Trick (1960)
Author(s):
Scott Corbett
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1960)
The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. S. Goodall
The Story of the Amulet (1960)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Witch Family (1960)
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mrs. Coverlet’s Magicians (1961)
The Toad is not at all pleased when Miss Eva Penalty takes over for Mrs. Coverlet, and he intends to do something about it.
Author(s):
Mary Nash
Illustrator(s):
Garret Price
The Little Knife Who Did all the Work: Twelve Tales of Magic (1962)
Author(s):
Alison Uttley
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Singing Cupboard (1962)
Author(s):
Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Speaking of Mrs. McCluskie (1962)
Author(s):
Cecil Maiden
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Wrinkle in Time (1963)
When their scientist father disappears whilst on a secret mission, two children and a friend search for him through time and space by a process of "tessering."
Author(s):
Madeleine L’Engle
Illustrator(s):
Ellen Raskin
Borrobil (1964)
Author(s):
William Croft Dickinson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
John Morton-Sale
The Rout of the Ollafubs (1964)
Author(s):
Katharine Greville Lethbridge
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Animal Garden (1965)
Roy and Joy would like a pet, but their parents are allergic - until Abidan Allseed gives them some vegetable pets.
Author(s):
Ogden Nash
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Runaway Toys (1965)
Author(s):
Evelyn Hart
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Starlight Barking (1967)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
The Lord of the Rings (1968)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
A Necklace of Raindrops, and other stories (1968)
These eight stories, most of which include a bit of magic, include tales of a wishing mat, an enormous cat, and a very strange house.
Author(s):
Joan Aiken
Illustrator(s):
Jan Pieńkowski
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1969)
Susan and Colin discover that the lost Weirstone hangs on her bracelet, and all the powers of evil are out to steal it. This is the revised edition.
Author(s):
Alan Garner
Illustrator(s):
Ron Bowen
Graeme and the Dragon (1970)
Author(s):
Naomi Mitchison
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Isle of Gramarye (1970)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Book of Wishes and Wishmaking (1971)
A listing of the many occasions on which to wish, like saving the tip of your cherry pie for last and making a wish on it.
Author(s):
Duncan Emrich
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Lion that Flew (1974)
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Matt’s Mitt (1975)
Author(s):
Marilyn Sachs
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Strega Nona (1975)
When Strega Nona leaves Big Anthony alone with her magic pasta pot, he is determined to show the townspeople how it works on his own.
Author(s):
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
Carbonel and Calidor (1978)
When Prince Calidor strays off, his father, Carbonel King of the Cats, calls on Rosemary and John to help bring him back to the straight and narrow.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Charles Front
Big Anthony and the Magic Ring (1979)
When Big Anthony borrows Strega Nona’s magic ring to turn himself into a handsome man, he gets more trouble than fun.
Author(s):
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
Kate Crackernuts (1979)
Author(s):
K. M. Briggs
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
La Corona and the Tin Frog (1979)
A series of linked stories about the inhabitants of the playroom.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Russell Hoban
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1979)
Prince Ricardo has discovered his father King Prigio’s magic articles and gone on a villain-slaying spree -- but now finds himself in trouble and must look to Princess Jaqueline for help.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
Klaas Bil
Mr Cosmo the Conjuror (1980)
Mr. Cosmo and his family travel around in their caravan doing conjuring shows in small villages.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Joe Wright
The Little Moon Theater (1981)
Jo Jo, Jip and Nicolette traveling about in their caravan presenting plays and granting wishes, are shivering in the winter’s cold until a little old fairy godmother grants their wish.
Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Mary Poppins (1981)
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Dragon Smoke and Magic Song (1984)
Three tales of Mimus the dragon who leaves his home and finds himself in the real world. There, he discovers Santa Claus, swimming and friendship; a tale of a unicorn, and a tale of a wise and very old monster living in New Zealand.
Author(s):
David Harvey
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Peter Pan (1987)
It all starts when Pete loses his shadow, and before they really know what is happening Jane and Michael and John are off to the Neverland.
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Colm of the Islands (1989)
When Colm unwittingly insults the Hebredean Sea Giant, it abducts his sweetheart and he must ransom her with the rope of pearls from the neck of the Sea-King’s daughter.
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Witch’s Brew (1990)
Author(s):
Marcia Leonard
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (1998)
All seven of the chronicles of Narnia are included in this volume, printed in two columns. The illustrations have been colored by Pauline Baynes, the original artist.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1998)
Evacuated from London during the Blitz, the four Pevensie children discover a new world in the wardrobe in the spare room - Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Five Children and It (1999)
Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Paul O. Zelinsky
The Wizard of Oz (2000)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Il Fabbro Di Wootton Major (2005)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Box of Delights (2007)
Kay Harker is on his way home for the Christmas holidays when he falls a sleep on the train and has a marvelous adventure. This edition has been corrected from the original manuscript.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Judith Masefield
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