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Magic Genre
Books in the Magic genre:
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
The Tune is in the Tree (1950)
Annie Jo spends a day with the birds.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Eloise Wilkin
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (1951)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Gingerbread Shop (1952)
The story of buying the gingerbread with gold stars on it from Mary Poppins.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Elliott
Mary Poppins in the Park (1952)
More adventures with the world’s favorite nanny, Mary Poppins.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Magic Compass (1953)
A story from Mary Poppins.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Elliott
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
The Cuckoo Clock (1954)
Griselda discovers that the bird in the cuckoo clock can take her on magic journeys.
Author(s):
Mary Louisa Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
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
The Sign of the Seven Seas (1954)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Superstitious? Here’s Why! (1954)
Common superstitions and how they originated.
Read online at achive.org.
Author(s):
Julie Forsyth Batchelor
Claudia de Lys
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Carbonel The King of the Cats (1955)
When Rosemary buys a broom so she can earn money doing housework during the holidays, it comes with a royal cat and a spell.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
V. H. Drummond
Dragon Run (1955)
This time travel adventure takes Chris Mason and Mr. Wicker back to colonial days.
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