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Magic Genre
Books in the Magic genre:
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
Wet Magic (1958)
When Francis unwittingly summons a mermaid, she and Mavis, Bernard and Kathleen must rescue it from a sideshow and return it to the sea.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
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 Magic World (1959)
This is a collection of twelve short stories, most dealing with magic in one of its forms.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Gerald Spencer Pryse
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
The Book of Dragons (1961)
A collection of eight stories about dragons.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. Granville Fell
H. R. Millar
Harding’s Luck (1961)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Last of the Wizards (1961)
Peter thinks he has outsmarted the old wizard when he uses his three wishes to wish for more wishes, but has he?
Author(s):
Rona Jaffe
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
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)
A collection of fairy tales which includes a story of Arthur and Merlin.
Author(s):
Alison Uttley
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Mary Poppins from A to Z (1962)
Twenty-six short stories about the denizens of Cherry Tree Lane.
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Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard