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Magic Genre
Books in the Magic genre:
The Mary Poppins Library (1962)
A boxed set of the four Mary Poppins books: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door and Mary Poppins in the Park.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Seven-Day Magic (1962)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Singing Cupboard (1962)
When great-aunt Gerda brings the singing cupboard, magical things begin to happen.
Author(s):
Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Speaking of Mrs. McCluskie (1962)
Author(s):
Cecil Maiden
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Five Children and It (1963)
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):
H. R. Millar
The Lord of the Rings (1963)
This was a deluxe edition issued in a publisher’s slipcase with a tryptych illlustration by Pauline Baynes.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
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)
Two children get caught up in a contest involving dragons, puppies, magic and midwinter.
Author(s):
William Croft Dickinson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
John Morton-Sale
An Enemy at Green Knowe (1964)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Rout of the Ollafubs (1964)
This is the story of Skyboy and Littleflame and their adventures with the Ollafubs.
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 Castle of Yew (1965)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Margery Jean Gill
Castles in the Sand (1965)
When Ben and Ann write something in the sand it immediately appears.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Betty Fraser
The Runaway Toys (1965)
The toys in the shop don’t want to be given to children, but Santa changes their minds.
Author(s):
Evelyn Hart
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Shoe Full of Shamrock (1965)
Davie O’Sullivan gets his wish with the aid of an odd little man, a robin’s feather and a small green plant.
Author(s):
Mary Francis Shura
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Zeee (1965)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
The House of Arden (1967)
Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Clarke Hutton
The Sea Egg (1967)
Toby and Joe learn to swim with a triton.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Starlight Barking (1967)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
The Lord of the Rings (1968)
This was the first one-volume paperback edition.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes